What is it about Daisy?

(Daisy – on the right, and me – on the left at KTog last Tues)

So last Tuesday Daisy (and no, Daisy – I really don’t think your teeth look like a vampire’s!) came to dinner and then kindly gave me a lift to KTog. Ruth (being 2 3/4, and of a peculiarly obstinate turn of mind) decided that the fact that her mummy was talking to someone else was not on. So she did her best to get my attention. I continued talking to Daisy. The stakes were being raised. Ruth had a suitable riposte. She removed her socks. Mummy noticed. Mummy said “Why are you taking your socks off Ruth?”, but then went on talking to Daisy. Aha! So this tactic works. But clearly Ruth had not taken things far enough. So she took her trousers off. Mummy obviously registered this, but still continued talking to Daisy. The knickers were the next to go…

Throughout this Daisy didn’t turn a hair. “Oh don’t worry about it, my nephew is always doing things like this” she airily stated through my giggles.

Time passes.

Today I phoned Daisy. While I was on the phone Ruth wandered in – and promptly stripped naked. She has NEVER done anything like this before…

four comments:

Oh bless her! That is so cute and far more amusing than the child that insists on interrupting, “Mum, Mum. Muuuumm!” or having a complete emotional breakdown. Probably harder to ignore though, little ones like to make mummy giggle!

Louise () (link) - 29 January '07 - 21:45

I had a good laugh over this one. My youngest is 2 1/2, but he’s never tried anything quite so…attention getting!

Tracy WW () (link) - 29 January '07 - 22:49

Oh, naughty, adorable Ruth. I knew a couple whose kids (when about Ruth’s age) used to run into the room stark naked whenever there were visitors, singing “nudies, nudies”. They must be about 18 now, so I presume they’ve grown out of it..

rosie () (link) - 30 January '07 - 17:53

I’m sure it won’t last! The small child I told you about who used to strip off at church, is now reading Maths at Oxford and, I was told yesterday, is a “lovely young man” so it’s obviously not had a long term effect!

Daisy () (link) - 31 January '07 - 13:08

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