Toast but no kids

Good morning everyone! Happy Monday J I am back, well sort of…my Mum is letting me borrow her laptop for a little longer so I can keep in touch with the technological world. It is quite scary how dependant I am on my laptop to run various elements of my life…my blog, banking, surfing the net in an effort to procrastinate on jobs that actually need to be done...you know, the usual. So today I am back and I have a funny Sophie story to share with you all. A good giggle to get your week started J

I was making toast for breakfast this morning when Sophie pipes up “When I am a grown up, I am going to have one like that with buttons and turny things and everything”. I established that she was talking about the toaster and I confirmed that she can absolutely have a toaster of her own when she grows up and that if she behaves herself, I might even buy it for her. She declined my offer, instead declaring “No, when I am a grown up, I will buy my own toaster. But I won’t have any kids because grown ups with toasters don’t have kids yet”. She then went on to explain her perception of the course life should take. First you are a “teeny tiny” baby, apparently the size of a grain of rice. Then you be a “whingy baby like Elliott” before “getting bigger” and heading off to Prep. Then you get to be a grown up (not sure what happens in all those years between) and buy your own toaster but you don’t have any kids. I then said to Sophie that you only get to have kids after you are married (not a belief that particularly concerns me however when it comes to my own child, hell yes she can wait until she is married to have kids. In fact, it is only at her wedding that I will hand over the key to her chastity belt!) Sophie agreed and then said “I will have to try, try, try and try to find someone who likes to marry me. Then we can both have a toaster and babies”. So simple J

Note to self – more conversation required with Sophie on the notion that she doesn’t need a husband. Sure she can have one if she wants to but she doesn’t need one. Work harder on emphasising the importance of independence and career…a challenging example to set when, despite my two University degrees and previous employment, she sees me in my role as a Stay at Home Mum day after day. Hmmm…