Scrum down

Approaching an intersection in the car with oiss Five, I was on watch from the passenger seat for traffic coming from the left. I saw a car and cried, “Stop!” once it had passed I said “Clear!” As we drove on, oiss Five called out, “Engage!” We sure do have rugby fever!

Cath, by email

Delicious views

oy three-year-old comes up with some really descriptive words for everyday objects. He also likes to wear bright red earmuffs, which he refers to as his “ear muscles”. Recently, on a holiday to Fiji, he looked out over the sea and said, “Fiji is really juicy, isn’t it!”

Mary, Auckland

Count on it

When I asked oaster Five how he was feeling as his stomach bugs had gone, he resentfully replied, “I only had one bug!”

Karen, by email

Teacup of the week

oy two-year-old son loves playing with one of our old inactivated cordless phones. This morning he was holding it in his hands and I told him to talk to Nana in Canada. He said, “No,” bashfully, shying away from the phone. Then
a bit later he accidently dropped the phone on the floor and it rolled under the coffee table. In horror he exclaimed, “Sorry, Nana!”

Christina, by email