SERVES ME RIGHT
One evening, I spoke to my son, who is fussy about vegetables, about how he needs to eat more and why they are important. He promptly replied, “Mum, I eat potatoes when they are in the form of fries or wedges and I also eat carrots when you make carrot cupcakes. So I do eat my veges, just in a different way!” I couldn’t stop laughing. Smart kid.
Sonia, via email
SWEET TEMPTATION
My elderly mother had been over for dinner. As she was leaving, I said to her, “Be good!” With a sweet smile, she replied, “Temptation doesn’t often come my way at this age.”
KS, Havelock North, July 24, 2006
TEA, ANYONE?
My daughter, Miss Two, had been learning about boys and girls. One morning…
