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Last night Year 4 at my son's school had a Mother Son Bowling Night. It was a lot of fun and while we mothers felt we would love to have a mothers-only bowling night as well we wouldn't have the excuse to raise the lane bumpers if the boys weren't there!
All was going most excellently with the sauvingon blanc and soft drink flowing nicely until one mum decided it would be a great idea to issue balloons to each mother-son combination. We were to write a loving message to each other on the balloon and then keep it as a memento of the night.
Right.
So without any instructions like "Write what you love about your mum" what do you reckon the boys wrote? One boy in our team wrote "You stink unless you give me $20".
And my beautiful blue-eyed boy? This is what he wrote:
They thought they were being hilarious.
I'm not sure whether I feel amused by the message, concerned about the spelling or just relieved he wrote "you are" and chose not to get confused by "your/you're".
What did I write in return you say?
Be careful what you ask for, I say.
What did I write in return you say?
"I may be grouchy but I still love my blue-eyed boy".
Be careful what you ask for, I say.
4 comments:
That $20 kid needs a sound spanking! Or at least no pocket money for a month....
He shows a good appreciation of the value of exclamation marks to indicate cheekiness. Especially followed by a smiley face. I'm impressed by his ability to convey tone via the notoriously difficult balloon medium.
!!!!!! :)
well... honesty in our children should always be valued.
A few years ago my hazel eyed boy was called upon to make a similar comment and came up with "you look like a princess and smell like flowers". He'll get on in life that boy.
Bowling night? All I can think of is the hire shoes. *shudder*
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