Grandson is now 6!!!! 6!!!!! How can that be? Daughter 1 made him this card, in which the red and green men from a pedestrian crossing decorate the inside of their box, wrap presents and make a cake for him.
It's been beach weather. If it looks windy, that's because it was. But it was also hot. Well, Scottish hot.
We needed a new nail brush, so I looked for one in the supermarket but couldn't find one. So I asked a passing Tesco chap and he led me to the shelf, where there was only one nail brush and it was pink. He handed it to me. "Oh," I said, "thank you very much but it doesn't match my bathroom." He looked at me, clearly trying to process this and failing. I don't think he'd spent much of his life worrying about coordinating colours in the bathroom. "Thanks anyway," I said politely, and departed before I had to explain myself further.
Shortly afterwards he rushed up to me with a big smile and a packet of three nailbrushes: two purple and one pink. "I found these. They're three for a pound," he said triumphantly. "The other one was a pound for just one." He was so pleased that I thanked him, took them and then spent ages trying to find where he'd got them so that I could put them back on the shelf, all the time furtively looking round for him so I didn't hurt his feelings / make him think I was completely mad.
Our bathrooms are a) white with blue and yellow and b) white with blue and green. They're both coming up for 20 years old, so it's not as if we're the sort of people who rip things out all the time but come on, you can't have a pink or purple nailbrush in a non-pink bathroom, can you. (Can you? Is it just me...?)
I found one in another supermarket. £1 for just the one, but worth every penny.
6? already? that time warp thingy has messed up again ...and of course the colour of the nail brush is important..you just have to have the right one.
ReplyDeleteHappy, happy birthday to you grandson.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday young sir from Yorkshire. Not as far north as you but pretty far north for me. What a brilliant card. There's surely a book in that idea.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to Grandson. (I remember the day you were born! )
ReplyDeleteGreat card Aunty.
Greetings to you All.
I need to introduce you to Britt-Marie. She would totally understand your nailbrush dilemma....It is alarming how fast grandchildren grow. We have some now who are teenagers, and taller than us, and we're not exactly midgets.
ReplyDeleteMany Happy Returns to Grandson. Six is a great age for adventures.
ReplyDeleteI was a bit surprised that DD doesn't have any nail brushes, before I start cooking I like to ensure my nails and hands are clean. Perhaps I should be wary of her cooking?
ReplyDeleteWe will ensure we take one when we go to cat sit whilst she and her man go on their holidays.
Lucille - the card is actually inspired by the illustrations jn an existing book (The Red Man and the Green Man by Julia Donaldson) which is one of Grandson's favourites. So I can't claim originality! - Daughter 1
ReplyDeleteWhat is a nail brush? I don't have one, so I'm not sure if it would need to coordinate with my bathrooms. I mostly hide stuff in the cabinets anyway :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a perfect card for little N! I can't believe he's 6 already -- we don't even want to talk about what this means for the future. Also, you CAN have a pink nail file in your bathroom if you keep it hidden LOL!
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