Dear Readers,
You might assume that as I have not been posting as regularly is my want that all has been quiet on the Pip front. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. Pip has been keeping us very busy – he has turned into a very naughty boy!
You might assume that as I have not been posting as regularly is my want that all has been quiet on the Pip front. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. Pip has been keeping us very busy – he has turned into a very naughty boy!
What
happened to my dear lovable pup?
One example. D2 and I took Pip for a walk on the beach. Now D2 –
being an agile 7 nearly 8-year-old tomboy – likes a bit of mischief herself. On
this particular day; she wanted me to ‘spiflicate her’.
This is something my Mum used to say when she was really fed up
with us – ‘If you don’t behave, I’m going to spiflicate you!’ I never really
knew what the word spiflicate meant and even back then it was kinda funny –
although Mum usually cried this in a pinnacle of rage. Anyway, it’s become a
bit of a running gag with me and my kids; when they muck up, I threaten to
spiflicate them.
On one memorable occasion, I threatened to spiflicate D1. We
pretended to start karate fighting on the way to school – she made a mock kick,
I caught her foot, she fell over and promptly skinned her knee. Although she
was in pain, she was also in fits of giggles. ‘Mum, you spiflicated me!’
So D2
and I began play fighting on the beach BUT Pip decided to join in...
