The day we first went to the toddler group, I was excited but also just a little nervous. I was keen to make a good impression on these new people, naturally. All was going well until The Girl headed for the play house area, picked up a toy iron, and shouted across the hall "Mummy, what's dis?"
Fast forward nearly 7 1/2 years, to Thursday of last week. That was the day I had a happy time stitching - and sometimes when you sew something the fabric does need to be a little bit smoother, hence the scene above. When the iron had cooled I put it back in the cupboard, but I hadn't quite gotten around to putting away the board just yet (tidiness is not one of my strongest points either!)
The Boy, who had been quietly reading upstairs during my creative burst, came downstairs just at this point. And said, "Mum, why is there a surfboard in the living room?"
I'll let you draw your own conclusions from these tales.....
This post was brought to you as part of Sian's Storytelling Sundays
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Brilliant! My two look at me as if I am doing something weird on the rare occassion that our 'I' word comes out! :)
That's brilliant! (Although for insane reasons I misread the first part as lion and so the story was definitely better the second time around :D)
Ah, a woman after my own heart! Love these stories.
We learnt to iron around the age of The Boy .... mine are used to seeing it out, I wonder what it will be like by the time they reach TB's age? I bet they run a mile!
Though not a lover of ironing....I do do it fairly regularly.....none of my kids iron...even though once they get to age 16 I won't do it for them anymore....so sometimes some serious negotiation/bribery takes place.....I'm happy to be bribed.
I love it!! I get the feeling you genuinely mean you don't like housework which makes you a woman after my own heart! Unfortunately ironing is something I am going to have to do today before DH goes back to work tomorrow and Emily goes back to school! :( xx
a girl after my own heart!! Though I used to do sessions of ironing whilst watching a film. Before scrap/craft took over my life lol xx
love the story! My DD did the same one day when she saw the vacum out!! To be fair we have wooden floors everywhere so I tend to sweep rather than vacum (that's my excuse anyway!) Did u ever work out why you were unable to post on certain blogs? I am still having problems xxx
Terrific ~ I laughed out loud!!
that reminds of a party i had and my friends actually used the ironing board as a surf board.............the most action its ever had i think ;-))
jo xxx
ps.........dr whoooooooooooo!
The iron rarely comes out here either and when it does, it is almost never for clothing! I buy only wash & wear. i take DH's dress shirts out of the dryer right away and hang them so they don't have to be ironed. And if they are a little wrinkly, he just wears them that way!
My take-away from the story is that you are a woman who knows there are many things more important in life than wrinkle-free clothing!
LOL!!! those are wonderful stories Mel =-)
I guess the male of the species DOES look at the world a bit differently than the female of the species ;)
Brilliantly told - life's too short for housework you don't enjoy - I actually like ironing - but don't treat myself that often :P just high days and holidays!
Furrypig - the short answer is no. unfortunately :( If a blog has an embedded comment form and doesn't have an option for Name/URL then I don't seem able to leave a comment :( The Blogger update sites don't seem to mention a solution either, though they do seem aware of the issue - fingers crossed they work something out! Meanwhile, if any of you has an embedded comment form you may want to consider changing it to a different version or allowing Name/URL comments as there are probably several people who would love to be commenting but can't! xx
Great story. Someone bought M a toy ironing board for her 3rd birthday and I held my brath, expecting a 'Mum, what's this?' but fortunately she'd seen one before. I can only conclude at Nanny's house or on TV!
PS Go on. Start My Freedom with me. It's not so much fun with an archived class and no forum buddies(although it was good to see Sian's stuff on the forum)
Lol! That reminds me of the time that TSO watched me cleaning out the fridge - and then asked if we were having visitors!! Out of the mouths of babes.
Thanks Mel, that's a great little gem of a story.
I gave up ironing on a regular basis years ago, now everyone irons or doesn't their own stuff! It is very surprising to me how much doesn't get ironed before wearing now! My boys chant was, when ever I do a pudding 'are we having visitors?"
ps sorry, forgot to say how much your story made me laugh.x
This really made me laugh!
this did make me smile, you sound like my sisters, not me of course!!
We do seem to have the same comments problem, it's very annoying isn't it.
A great story - especially linking the past and present.
Well with modern day fabrics who needs an iron and board. Thanks for the laugh Mel
Brilliant story.....I can just imagine the other mums' faces at playgroup!
Alison xx
Oh how wonderful! those moments when the kids say something so good you can't ever imagine forgetting it and yet....
what a brilliant story...:)
Funny story Mel!! Hubby bought a new iron last Fall and can you believe I used it for the first time this past week! LOL! I'm sure you can see why he was the one who bought the iron :)
Brilliant story Mel - the surfboard comment had me really giggling :-)
Love this story Mel. I only iron what we want, when we want it. David has said before "Can I take my jumper off?" I have had to say no as I had only ironed the collar and cuffs of his shirt!
Hee hee, your story made me laugh, and I had to read it out to my hubby too, if only to prove I'm not the only woman who doesn't iron! I hate it, only do it for a very few items that look hideous otherwise, or if hubby has an important meeting! x
LOL--literally!
Love it! That could totally have happened in my house, where the ONLY use for the iron is to press stitching.
Oh my, that is hilarious Mel. I grew up with my mom sewing & quilting, so I probably knew what an iron & ironing board were before I knew other things. Of course, I rarely use mine! LOL
Very, very, funny! Thanks. xxx
LOL - love the surfboard comment. As for the iron - I usually wait till I want to wear something and then it's a mad dash to get it ironed or before we go away. Your story reminded me of my cousin - my aunt & uncle had his boss & wife over dinner one night and as my aunt served dessert Diane comes out - "oh we get dessert tonight" The weird thing was - my aunt made dessert everynight. :)
Love it! I'm not sure if you remember or not, but I had a similar story.
rinda
Made me laugh!
Do you think your children are trying to tell you something here? Great story, it made me giggle.
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