Mum's Journal

Aristotle receive Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Joke Book as a birthday present recently and it has inspired him to come up with his own jokes. Here are a few he came up with recently… Q: What do you get when you cross a dragon and a pig? A: Roasted pork. Q: Which dinosaur loves taking pictures? [...]

What Aristotle said one Sunday morning when the rain greeted him… “Hey! Why is it raining? It’s SUN-day, it should be sunny.”

Hercules is back at school. When I picked him up from school after the first day back, we had the following conversation… Me: How was school? Hercules: Good! Me: What did you do? Hercules: Play with friends. Me: What are your friends’ names? Hercules: Children! Don’t you love childhood? You don’t need to know anything [...]

The following exchange happened when Aristotle was little. To add a little background to it, he was trying to wake Daddy up to do something (don’t know what it was because Daddy can’t remember). Aristotle: Daddy, wake up! *insert whatever it was he needed Daddy to help him with* Daddy: I can’t. Aristotle: Yes you [...]

With Hercules off to school and Aristotle still on holiday, Aristotle’s been given a free reign to talk to me unceasingly. The continuous, unending chatter that accompanies my day reminded me of a conversation Aristotle once had with his Dad… Aristotle: When I grow up, I want to be a dentist like Mummy. Dad: Really? [...]