whose bright idea was it to teach the child to cook?

[llywela]

Sunday afternoon at my Mum's, and I'm at the computer with the Calico cat stubbornly clinging to my lap, despite there not being enough room for her at the computer desk, because she's decided on my lap is where she should be and isn't going to budge for anyone. My stubborn, senile cat. Since the summer she's developed a bad habit of sitting in the middle of the road if she hears a car coming, and refusing to budge no matter what. She enjoys stopping traffic. Good thing my parents live on a private road just off the main road, but still. She's going to get herself killed one of these days, and does she care? Not a bit of it. Cats, eh.

Small came for a sleepover this weekend, and decided yesterday that she was going to cook breakfast for me. I blame my mother - she's the one who taught her how! So, I went and hid in fear and trembling while she got on with it. She did me bacon and scrambled eggs. Cooked properly, and tasted okay, but then went on to attempt pasta for herself (for breakfast), which was less successful. And my poor kitchen had to be seen to be believed afterward. My ears and whiskers!

We had a pretty good weekend together, though. Small was unusually well behaved, for her. I'd warned her in advance that due to only just throwing off my cold I expected her to be extra good and amuse herself, and she took me deadly seriously. Brought with her a little suitcase of her own clothes, two teddies and four bags full of things to do. For two nights. Then she barely touched the stuff she'd brought with her, as I bought her a teeny-boppy girl's magazine with puzzle book attached, and she amazed me by actually working her way through all the puzzles. It was like a miracle.

Now taking my ease at my mum's for the afternoon, and steeling my nerves for a Sunday School teachers' meeting this evening. Joy.

Comments

[pesha.livejournal.com]

Awww! It's really sweet that she wanted to cook for you anyway. My kid brother doesn't like to play in the kitchen, but my cousin Philip does. He's only six and he thinks he can fix breakfast for EVERYONE. *laughs* He can actually make biscuits. He'll burn them in the oven if you don't watch the time on them, but it's pretty good of him to manage what he does.

[llywela13.livejournal.com]

Aww. Kiddies are cute in the extreme. In, y'know, small doses. *G*

Small is ten, and thinks she can do everything. She was very cute making me breakfast, even if my one saucepan may never be quite the same again... But yeah, adorable, and thoughtful and all that. She's very clingy at the moment, what with one thing and another.

Face in your icon is very familiar, but I can't quite place it...

[pesha.livejournal.com]

The Boondock Saints, Sean Patrick Flannery and Norman Reedus as Connor and Murphy MacManus. *laughs* I love that movie. It's slashy twins who love one another and speak many languages and kill bad men. Plus, you get to see Willem Dafoe as a gay drag queen.