Say What?

Cormac- (age 9)- Mammy, why are there no families like ours on the ads on TV?

Me- What do you mean?

Cormac- Well, they all have a Mammy with blonde hair, a Daddy with dark hair and only one boy and one girl. There's never any that look like our family!


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Overheard- Jude making camping plans with a friend....

M- Which garden will we pitch the tent in tonight- yours or mine?

Jude-Whichever house has the best cereals for breakfast. Lets go check!


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Rory (age 7) - Mammy, I'm a scientist and I've just done an amazing experiment- I've discovered that I'm able to taste with my feet! N put crisps on the ground and I knew just by rubbing my feet on them that they were salt and vinegar! Isn't that amazing??

Me- But how did you know you were right, Rory?

Rory- I ate them afterwards to make sure.



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Boy- There's a girl in my class and she's a quadrilateral.

Me- Hmmmm?

Boy- Yes, she's got three other sisters all born on the same day as she was!


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Made for TV

Ahhh-those were the days....

A few weeks ago my little sister Mary had a beautiful baby girl whom she's named Orla Grace. (She's adorable and I'm clucking like mad, but that's beside the point!)
 Little Orla has one other sibling - her 'big' brother Senan who's almost two, and this was a conversation I had with Cormac (age 8) shortly after he learned of his new cousin's arrival.
 Cormac: 'Mammy, you know the way all the families on TV have two children, and the older one's a boy?
Me: 'Yeeeeeesss?'
C: Well, Auntie Mary has one of those families now!'
M: 'Are those the only families that are on TV?' 
C: ' Emmmmmm, I can't think of any others....and there's DEFINITELY none as big as ours!'
Yep, he's definitely got a point, and unlike me, he's much too young to remember The Waltons. G'night John Boy! G'night Mary Ellen!