Me: Morning Sam, it's 10 past 7, time to get up
Sam: I got no school
Me: Oh? How come?
Sam: Antarctic day off
You all heard it here first. 28th of March is to now be known as Antarctic Day - even better, it's a holiday! Yay!
A hypnopompic state (or hypnopomp) is the state of consciousness leading out of sleep. Sleepers often wake confused, or speak without making sense, a phenomenon called "hypnopompic speech". This blog was inspired by having hypnopompic chats with my son first thing most mornings...
Friday, 28 March 2014
Tuesday, 25 March 2014
A good Kettle anecdote
Me: Wake up Sam
Sam: Come on, tell me the story
Me: What story?
Sam: I thought you were going to tell me an anectdote about a kettle?
Anyone got a good kettle anectdote I can tell him? It might help wake him up in time to go to school...
Sam: Come on, tell me the story
Me: What story?
Sam: I thought you were going to tell me an anectdote about a kettle?
Anyone got a good kettle anectdote I can tell him? It might help wake him up in time to go to school...
Thursday, 20 March 2014
Morning Rules....
Me: Morning Sam, time to get up
Sam: You tell me!
Surely Sam is aware of the rules of being a youth by now? He sleeps, I tell him to get up.
Sam: You tell me!
Surely Sam is aware of the rules of being a youth by now? He sleeps, I tell him to get up.
Friday, 14 March 2014
Me 'n Skepta - yeah...
Me: Sam, it's time to get up
Sam: You have a song with him.
Me: I do? Who?
Sam: Skepta
Doing our world tour shortly...you do want tickets for that! Believe me....
Sam: You have a song with him.
Me: I do? Who?
Sam: Skepta
Doing our world tour shortly...you do want tickets for that! Believe me....
Career chomping...
Me: Sam, time to wake up, love
Sam: He's scary
Me: Who is?
Sam: That guy. He says he is going to eat his career.
Me: Gosh! What IS his career?
Sam: Basketball
Me: Why would he want to eat his career?
Sam: Cos he wants to be big and black
Me: How will that work?
Sam: Not HIS career! Someone elses.
Ah. I see. Not.
Sam: He's scary
Me: Who is?
Sam: That guy. He says he is going to eat his career.
Me: Gosh! What IS his career?
Sam: Basketball
Me: Why would he want to eat his career?
Sam: Cos he wants to be big and black
Me: How will that work?
Sam: Not HIS career! Someone elses.
Ah. I see. Not.
Thursday, 13 March 2014
No emerging here....
Me: Sam, time to wake up
Sam: I’m not emerging, whatever that is
Me: Emerging from what?
Sam: From power.
Wow. Sam is not emerging from power. Let alone from his bed!
Monday, 10 March 2014
iLolly...
Me: Morning
Sam. time to wake up
Sam: Yeah, but the phone is frozen
Me: Oh! What do you mean?
Sam: I can't call anyone
Ah! So THAT's how I can keep the phone bills down. Put the phone in the freezer! Nice tip, Sam!
Sam: Yeah, but the phone is frozen
Me: Oh! What do you mean?
Sam: I can't call anyone
Ah! So THAT's how I can keep the phone bills down. Put the phone in the freezer! Nice tip, Sam!
Friday, 7 March 2014
I'm being noticed...
Crikey! Now the
other one's at it! My middle son, Oliver...
Me: Oliver, time to wake up
Oliver: I haven't seen that notice before!
Me: What notice?
Oliver: The one with the picture of you...
Me: Oliver, time to wake up
Oliver: I haven't seen that notice before!
Me: What notice?
Oliver: The one with the picture of you...
Has anyone else
noticed it? Did I become famous overnight?
Thursday, 6 March 2014
Maths problem....
Me: Sam, time
to get up.
Sam: Equals?
I have to say, I was rubbish at maths so this had me pretty flummoxed...
Sam: Equals?
I have to say, I was rubbish at maths so this had me pretty flummoxed...
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