How Dinosaurs Can Create The Urge To Nest
27. Septembre 2006 | en
Part of the joys of being a governess is that your part teacher and part nanny. So though while you get to throughly enjoy your preparation time and teaching time, there is also all out play time and the occasional bathroom break time when you are asked âis my bum cleanâ and you check, and then share some of the pride displayed when the 4 year old boy exclaims âWOW its as big as a snake.â (We were beaming over different things. He was impressed with size, I was happy that all that time spent on phonics and singing âthe snake is in the grassâ wasnât wasted).
But there is also the fights over if its study time, or flat out âhe/she is my sibling and I can take them out with a well placed clothesline to the neck if I so wish.â And sometimes at parties it gets a little out of hand and you need to sit with one of them while they throw a 40 minute temper tantrum, and you find your greatest fear (that one day you will turn out to be your mother) isnât true, because you find your fathers words coming out instead âTears donât work on me, We should have thought about that before we tried to tackle your brother.â And you wonder how the hell your parents ever put up with you and didnât dump you with grandma and grandpa and run off Costa Rica. And then you get a tearful apology and you decide to let the offender go.
And you open the door to see a four and a half year old neon orange dinosaur hurdling down the hall towards you. And your thoughts are (in this exact order);
What the fuck?
Where the Hell did he find that?
He cant put socks on how did he get orange spandex with fluffy spikes on?
Oh My God where do I get my own?
(I refer to both the outfit and the 4 year old).
Because we all know we can just go to the store and buy them.
Marqueurs:
Istanbul
Dinosaurs and nesting
Carte:
N 41° 00.892
E 29° 00.939
