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Conversation with a small girl

June 4, 2014

Over breakfast this morning, and the din of Boy racing round the house shrieking like a Banshee, Button asked me if I was working today.

Me:     No, I’ve got a lovely day of sewing planned.

B:        What are you making?

Me:     A dress.

B:        For me????

Cue big blue eyes and a hopeful expression.

Me:     No, sweetie, this one’s for me.

B:        But Mummy, you’ve got at least four things in your wardrobe and I have absolutely nothing to wear.

In tone of absolute astonishment and dismay.

I have created a monster!

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Comments

  1. K-Line says

    June 4, 2014 at 2:48 pm

    Oh, this is going to be a problem! 🙂 I do love the perfectly natural entitlement of children. I mean, you already have 4 things. Why would you sew more for yourself??

    • Evie says

      June 4, 2014 at 3:49 pm

      Can you imagine what she’s going to be like when she’s 16??????? Oh, good grief!
      I’m obviously the most selfish mother in the world *rolls eyes*

  2. Gail says

    June 4, 2014 at 3:13 pm

    Hahahaha! Priceless!!

    • Evie says

      June 4, 2014 at 3:50 pm

      Oh that’s one word for it! 😉

  3. Fiona M says

    June 4, 2014 at 4:03 pm

    Awww, how could you??
    And little girl dresses are so small and quick to make … 😀

    • Evie says

      June 5, 2014 at 6:43 pm

      I know…I’m a terrible mother! 😉
      I do have two pieces of fabric in the wash for her. She’s shamed me into it!

  4. Mother of Reinvention says

    June 4, 2014 at 9:01 pm

    Hahah, it only gets worse. Brilliant! 😉 xx

    • Evie says

      June 5, 2014 at 6:44 pm

      Oh don’t tell me that! 😉

  5. Vicki Kate says

    June 4, 2014 at 10:57 pm

    Uh oh…

    • Evie says

      June 5, 2014 at 6:44 pm

      I know….

  6. Anne W says

    June 5, 2014 at 6:51 am

    LOL!! 😀 Good luck with that!

    • Evie says

      June 5, 2014 at 6:44 pm

      I need all the luck I can get, I tell you!

  7. Kim Hood says

    June 5, 2014 at 12:26 pm

    Shame on you mummy! (Glad I wasn’t drinking when I read this or I would have ruined the computer 🙂 )

    • Evie says

      June 5, 2014 at 6:45 pm

      Hahaha! She’s an absolute scream. Today she was telling me how I’m stuck with her! Little horror!

  8. Sewing princess says

    June 6, 2014 at 9:49 pm

    Oh my! A beautiful monster you have there 😉 So funny…it makes you wonder how they come up with such thing at that age! You’d better sew as much for you while you still can… Soon she will be making long lists of dresses you should make for her 😉

    • PendleStitches says

      June 8, 2014 at 2:00 pm

      She’s a very sharp cookie indeed! I’m going to have my hands full, for sure.

  9. Andrea says

    June 8, 2014 at 1:11 pm

    I love this conversation. Spoken like a true girl! You better get her started with sewing so that she can make her own outfits when she’s a teenager otherwise she’ll have you sewing night and day for her 🙂

    • PendleStitches says

      June 8, 2014 at 2:01 pm

      When she was 2 she would comment on people’s shoes and outfits! It was simply adorable and hilarious. I feel sewing lessons coming on for sure!

  10. Chica Andaluza says

    June 13, 2014 at 9:34 pm

    How did I miss this post – hysterical, gotta love her 😉

    • Evie says

      June 14, 2014 at 6:13 pm

      She’s a scream, for sure.

Evie

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