Faces
Having fun with faces.
Faces I'm liking to be found here here here here here, and this one here made me laugh out loud ( sorry Adelaide).
Molly, now aged 6. She says thank you for the Happy Birthday wishes last week.
She looks cute, but after this conversation recently, I pity the fool who falls for her.
Molly . "When I'm grown up, I'm going to live in a cottage with twin boys and twin girls and lots of kittens and 'I' won't mind tidying up after them" (Bit of a dig at me there).
Me. "That sounds lovely, can I come and live with you ?"
Molly. " No. You'll be old and dead ".
Me. " Oh. What about a husband ? Are you going to get married ?"
Molly. "Do I have to ? "
Me. " Ummm, well...."
Molly. - Huffy sigh - " OH ALRIGHT THEN , but he's got to be kind and gentle to my children, and he's got to do EVERYTHING I say ".
The poor bugger. I think I'll tell him to run. Fast.
My e-mail is down again, if I haven't replied to anybody, I apologise. Hopefully, all will be well again later today. xxx
"you'll be old and dead." Oh my god! I can't stop laughing at that one!
Posted by: amanda | March 20, 2006 at 03:11 PM
Twin boys and twin girls?! And no husband? I wouldn't envy her.
But old and dead? Children can be so cruel sometimes. ;)
Posted by: persephone | March 20, 2006 at 03:53 PM
Oh dear! You made me laugh out loud early in the morning.
Print a copy of your post today... I'm guessing it will come in very handy in a few years time :-)
Oh, and if she finds a way of making her husband do EVERYTHING she says, could you kindly ask her to write and tell me all about it? Thank you.
Posted by: Adriana | March 20, 2006 at 03:53 PM
The little princess is right! A husband only if he's a "prince" (= kind with her and kids)! How funny! She looks very cute.
Posted by: Natacha | March 20, 2006 at 03:54 PM
She is simply adorable. :)
Posted by: kelli | March 20, 2006 at 04:35 PM
I like a girl who knows what she wants!
Posted by: tyn | March 20, 2006 at 05:38 PM
I'm twenty-two and those are still my plans for when I'm grown up. Except for the mom part - I want her to live in the cottage with me ;)
Posted by: EmLocke | March 20, 2006 at 05:43 PM
The honesty of kids!
I used to have a similar plan, maybe cause I read my mum's old Bobbsy Twins books before finding The Famous Five.
Posted by: cally | March 20, 2006 at 05:51 PM
Oh my goodness, sooo funny! She is adorable, but maybe you should start warning the local boys her age just in case!
Posted by: vegasandvenice | March 20, 2006 at 05:56 PM
children are so truthful... make sure you keep a copy of that one. send it to her after her first child is 6 months old and see what she thinks. 8-)
Posted by: kerry | March 20, 2006 at 06:16 PM
teeheehee
that is so funny...
you never know what they are going to say
next..
:)
Posted by: gkgirl | March 20, 2006 at 07:03 PM
Hi Molly,
I love your sense of self; must take after your dear OLD mum.
Posted by: Snowbear | March 20, 2006 at 07:41 PM
That girl is an inspiration.
Posted by: Kay | March 20, 2006 at 09:30 PM
I laughed when I read this post, so I shared it with my husband. He didn't think it so funny, maybe because it rings of truths he wouldn't like to admit. ;)
Your face drawings are great. I love a full page of inspiration.
Posted by: Michelle | March 20, 2006 at 10:09 PM
Molly is soo sweet! ...but I'd better have my 5 year old son run if he saw her...
Children have such wonderful imagination.
Posted by: roo-roo | March 21, 2006 at 04:01 AM
Oh no!! Really, really sorry to mess up your TrackBacks ... that's what comes of being a newbie I guess. Molly looks so, so sweet by the way, I'm sure all the guys will adore her and do everything she says ;D
Posted by: red swirl / ginevra | March 21, 2006 at 11:06 AM
I love what kids can say ... I have 2 girls and it's twice much more fun believe me ...
the one who is 4 years old told to her sister as I was calling her to be dressed up "I can't come darling because the maid is calling me to be dressed up". When she saw my face she told me "yes you understand we are playing, I'm the mother, she is my daughter and you are the maid because you are cleaning, cooking, dressing us us and so on - face of the mother :-( ... but I know very well that in the real life you are my mother uh ?"
Posted by: cécile | March 21, 2006 at 11:29 AM
YAY!!!! Sketchbook excerpt! This reminds me that I nee to e-mail Typepad. I've had your blog on my list since day one, but it won't let me change the name to "Molly Chicken", it just keeps loading as "My Weblog." Geez, people will think I'm a vain little thing. Sorry, I'm not sure why I just rambled about all that....
Posted by: scribblesnbits | March 21, 2006 at 02:02 PM
Strong willed little girls, gotta love that! I have one of my own who comes up with some interesting ideas...
Posted by: beki | March 21, 2006 at 02:16 PM
I love it when you open your sketchbook - I find it so inspirational! You do have a way....
Also, thanks for sharing the excerpt of your Molly conversation - I do so love the way they think at this age!
(Old and dead....hee hee hee - that's still cracking me up.....)
Posted by: LLA | March 21, 2006 at 02:36 PM
this had me laughing...out of the mouth of babes. priceless!
Posted by: vicki | March 21, 2006 at 05:34 PM
Delurking to say....
I love her attitude. It's always makes me laugh that kids have such strong opinions about "when they are grown up and married"....my boys are always saying "mum, when I'm a dad...." and I look at their wee sweet faces and think "you are 4 and 7, do we HAVE to talk about this already!?" lol
Posted by: Fabricated Goddess | March 21, 2006 at 09:40 PM
Ha ha, that was a lovely story :D
Posted by: Annika Sandin | March 21, 2006 at 09:59 PM
don't kids just say the most amazing things? she is too cute. she has a very determined yet soft look about her.
Posted by: jenn | March 21, 2006 at 10:19 PM
Ha! What a cutie - I wanted twins when I was little, too. I love your doggie faces...
Posted by: Rose | March 21, 2006 at 11:17 PM