A Lump in the Throat

Conversations with my Daughter #51

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:55:16 -0400

Milla: Lynne can have a baby. She's got lots of eggs.

Conversations with my Daughter #50

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:54:44 -0400

Me: I need a wee.
Milla: You could have gone at Helen's.

Conversations with my Daughter #49

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:14:11 -0400

Milla: You smell nice, are you wearing that spray?
Me: No, I'm not.
Milla: You should wear it because it makes your skin smell fresh..

Conversations with my Daughter #48

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:09:11 -0400

Milla: I love you, and Daddy and Lynne.
Me: What do you love about Lynne.
Milla: She has vegetarian sausages.

Conversations with my Daughter #47

Sun, 05 May 2013 15:17:31 -0400

Milla: I'm going to write a story about the moment a girl starts writing a story, about the moment a girl starts writing a story.

Conversations with my Daughter #46

Sun, 05 May 2013 15:03:00 -0400

(Watching Harry Potter)
Sirius Black: Once this is over we'll be a proper family.
Milla: Once this is over you'll be dead.

Conversations with my Daughter #45

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:55:20 -0400

Milla: Have you noticed one thing about Harry, Hermionie and Ron?
Me: What's that?
Milla: They all have white skin.

Conversations with my Daughter #44

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:15:27 -0400

Milla: Do you know what the most importantist thing is?
Me: You tell me what the most importantist thing is.
Milla: Life.
Me: What makes you say that?
Milla: It's Life. Not Mum and Dad, not school, not nursery, not house, not friends, not God. Life. And the world.
Me: What makes you say that?
Milla: Emmmmm. Life is nice. If your not in life your nothing. If life wasn't invented we wouldn't be here now. We're human. We're stardust. If stars we'ren't invented we wouldn't be here. Full stop.

Conversations with my Daughter #43

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:08:28 -0400

Milla: Do you know what's inside a baked bean?
Me: Bean?
Milla: No, potato.
Me: No it's not it's bean.
Milla: Look. It's white.
Me: But the beans are white so when you look at their insides they are white.
Milla: And so are potato's.

Conversations with my Daughter #42

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:19:33 -0400

Milla: Are we in fairyland?
Me: No, we're in Scotland.

Conversations with my Daughter #41

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:53:54 -0400

Milla: If you get married again can I hold a cushion with a ring on?
Me: Yes. But I don't think I'll get married again.
Milla: Why not?
Me: Well I don't think there is much point to it.
Milla: But you want another baby don't you? Or a daughter?
Me: Yes, but you don't need to be married for that.
Milla: But the man has to give you something.
Me: It's not marriage.

Conversations with my Daughter #40

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:18:14 -0400

Me: I have something to tell you. In about a month I won't be going to work.
Milla: That's great!
Me: Why?
Milla: Because then you can pick me up from school and we can have fun together.
Me: Yeah, we can have fun together. But we're going to have to be careful with money. We won't be able to have chips.
Milla: Why?
Me: Well work is where I get money.
Milla: But you'll have a boyfriend by then.
Me: Why do you say that?
Milla: We'll because you should. It's very unusual.

Conversations with my Daughter #39

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:02:00 -0400

Milla: God made people, and Buddah made the plants.
Me: What makes you say that?
Milla: Buddah's are good at planting things. They plant wishes. God is good at human's but God and the Buddah's made the first people on earth. And perhaps wizards.

Conversations with my Daughter #38

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:00:51 -0400

Me: Now, I'm going to put some music on. We're going to listen to music. This, is Massive Attack.
Milla: Is it scary?

Conversations with my Daughter #37

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 12:58:51 -0400

Milla: I think Christmas is when the dead rise up.
Me: Why?
Milla: Because that is when the world started.
Me: I don't think that anyone knows when the world started.
Milla: It's when you give presents to the dead. It's when you give presents to the living. It all add's up!

Conversations with my Daughter #36

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 09:22:26 -0400

Me: I couldn't love you more.
Milla: You stink.

Conversations with my daughter #35

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 06:09:26 -0400

Milla: Do you think Voldomort is telling the truth?
Me: I don't think Voldomort ever told the truth.
Milla: But he gives nice cuddles.
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Conversations with my daughter #34

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:10:46 -0400

Helen: We went to see my mother.
Me: You went to see Helen's mother? Is she the oldest person you've ever met?
Milla: How old is she?
Helen: 93.
Me: 93.
Milla: What about her death?

Conversations with my daughter #33

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:42:42 -0400

Milla: I know how babies come out. They come out your head. That's why you can't think.

Conversations with my daughter #32

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:24:00 -0500

Me: Tell me about the story you are going to write?
Milla: This is the title and it's is called Transforming Girl. And these are the characters Davie Jones, Jack Sparrow, Jack Sparrow's Dad and a mermaid Princess. A mermaid princess, she's called Serica. And who else is in, the princess of warriors and Princess Mononki, and I don't know her name but it's an alien and I think she's called Aloe Vera. And, what else was I thinking and Branzilla's.
Me: What are Branzilla's?
Milla: Their doll's I've seen them in the window. And what else, I can't remember they have pets. Do any people copy you?
Me: I'm not good enough yet to be copied.
Milla: Why?
Me: People only copy people if they are good.
Milla: The evillest and the prince, and all Disney princess.
Me: What's going to happen?
Milla: We'll do that another day, these are just the characters, I need the toilet.