06 August 2007

F is for ...

Folk of the Faraway Tree - I'm reading that to the FB at present and he seems to love it. We've got an old version from 1972 and the vocab is so completely different ie "queer" gets used a lot

First Born - My plan was to upload a few photos of the FB from birth to present but I can't find any from his 2nd birthday. I suspect they are upstairs on a computer somewhere. Ach I'll put a baby photo up instead..or as Blogger is playing funny buggers, perhaps I won't.


Filofax - the pinnacle of stationary. Is there anything better than the smell of a new leather filofax, its pages pristine and ready for use?

Friends? - The question mark is there because today the preteen was trying to get 2 of his little chums (aged 5 and 7) to fight the FB for his (the FB's) water pistol. After it was pointed out that this was not on they proceeded to send my son to Coventry for the rest of the day. I wish I knew why they had taken against him so and if it could be mended.

10 comments:

Aunty Evil said...

Fleas?

Thought so...

velcro said...

smart arse!

meggie said...

Fark. Bugger those kids.

Aunty Evil said...

I loved that Faraway Tree book! It was seriously one of my favourites, if not THE favourite book of my childhood.

Sorry your son is in Coventry, hopefully he will be out soon and it will be someone else's turn. Can't be nice for him, he is still a bit young to understand the ins and outs of that kind of thing.

nutmeg said...

Ditto what Aunty said (the second comment!) But I have to say I am still trying to figure out the "friend" politics thing and with some it may never be worked out!

velcro said...

my thoughts precisely Meggie

I wanted a Faraway Tree of my own Aunty, but as for favourite book - I think the Famous Five were just that bit better.
He doesn't understand at all why the other children don't want to be his friend.
Ah well we are off out to the park for the day to have a picnic in the sun

Jenny said...

I too was a huge Folk of the Faraway Tree fan. Oh those lands at the top of the tree-what fun(mostly):)

velcro said...

Hello Jenny and welcome. I think it was the idea of living in a tree that fascinated me, and the Slippery Slip (I suspect that that is the FB's favourite bit - he adores slides)

Ali said...

I loved the FT too, but wondered if it would seem a bit too gily for my son - perhaps I should give it a go.

My float said...

I suspect I'm going to be hopeless at this friends/coventry business. How nasty kids can be! The preteen has some serious issues.