Last week ago
“Last week ago” is my favourite Alex-ism right now. (There are so many good ones, like “have to try and avoid that,” and “we’re alllll cats.”) But this one combines his growing sense of time with a subtly mutated idiom in an unutterably cute three-word package.
“So, Alex, when did you stay overnight at Grandma and Granda’s house?”
“Last week ago I did that.”
Scary place
Alex has a jigsaw puzzle that is a map of Europe. Being designed for three-year-olds, it includes cute, stereotypical cartoons for each country. Scotland has a kilted bagpiper, Spain has a flamenco dancer, and Romania has a…vampire.
As we were putting it together this evening, Alex explained to me:
“That’s a scary place. It’s got ouchy things that could make you dead.”
I’m sure the Romanian Tourist Office will be pleased that this message is getting across to toddlers.
Alex in a kilt
We got Alex measured up for a kilt today. My cousin Cameron is getting married at the end of September, and of course all the Sutherland men have to be dressed appropriately for the event.
Photo Booth
While we were picking up Kathleen from the airport today, we had some time to kill. We all bundled into a photo booth, and…
Sibs and cousins
