So Boy 1 has started Really Big School, no more Daphnes4Boyz, country club with lessons. Now he is at the local state* grammar school for boys, let's call it Greggs Grammar.
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| After a carefree summer my big boy put away his shorts and T-shirts and went back to the daily grind; also Boy 1 went to his new school |
Keen that Boy 1 makes a good impression, I am helping with homework as required.
Today he had to design some sort of heraldic shield for Religious Instruction.
He got a bit stuck on thinking up a motto.
"MUUUUUUUUUUUUUAAAAAAAMMMMM!" he requested softly, in his usual dulcet tones, "THINK OF A MOTTO. NOW. COME ON!"
I came up with a few suggestions:
Just Do It.
Work, Rest and Play.
Go to work on an egg.
Mind the gap.
No good.
I studied the design carefully. I concluded the key elements were:
fear of heights;
keen on footie and ping pong.
"I've got it", I announced triumphantly:
"Keep Your Feet On the Ground and Your Balls in the Air."
Really I'm wasted here.
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| In the end Boy 1 opted for the more succint "Believe in my sport." He looked at me with pity: "When you say something you think is funny, you laugh, and then you keep on laughing, long after it isn't funny..." Harsh but fair. |
* This means it's FREE. No more school fees. It takes extreme willpower to refrain from throwing myself at the staff, sobbing "I can't believe all this is free, thank you, thank you...."
