What it is with children and telephones?
Our youngest son, TJ, hates talking on the thing. To get him to chat to Granny takes an age and when he finally says something it usually takes two minutes and he is handing the phone back to me.
So yesterday, I popped into the littlest room in the house (not the kitchen cupboard) leaving TJ in the next room watching TV. I had no sooner sat down than the phone began to ring.
Great!
We have an answer phone so I thought it best to leave it and if it was important I could call them back.
But no.
Today was the day that TJ decided he would answer the phone. I heard the ringing stop abruptly and this little voice say, 'Hello - is that Granny?' - that shows how often anyone ever calls us on the landline.
It obviously wasn't Granny as the little man went on - "No, my Daddy isn't here - well, he is here, but he is on the toilet." (there are definately no secrets where kids are concerned.)
I now had to make the decision to either rush what I was doing or just leave it to TJ to sort it out. I opted for the latter.
TJ then went on to have a long conversation.
"No Daddy, could be a long time - he usually takes ages in the toilet - I can watch a whole Scooby Doo while he is in there." (What!!!!!!!!)
I was now hoping that this was someone trying to offer me a PPI insurance claim service or sell me a new kitchen.
TJ went on, "Papa says we can't go in there for ages after Daddy has been - Papa's poo smells of roses but Daddy's doesn't - thats what Papa says."
By now I was starting to laugh thinking of the poor PPI salesperson having to hear all this.
"I went in once after Daddy and I had to hold my nose - and I went it once after Papa and it didn't smell of roses to me. I don't have smelly poo but my big brother does."
There was then a silence and TJ said, "Ok, I'll tell him you will call back."
Definately a sales call I thought - if it was important they would have left a number.
So I finished what I was doing and took TJ over to collect his big brother from the school bus.
When I came back the phone rang again. I picked it up. "Hello," a lady said, "I called a few minutes ago and had a lovely chat with your son... this is Mrs Smith (our elder son's teacher) arranging next week's parent evening. Are you free to chat now?"
I could have died!
Next week is the Sprog's parent teacher evening and I will be meeting his new teachers for the first time... I am probably already the laughing stock of the staff room... Oh well - time it have a chat with the boys about telephone etiquette I guess.
Our youngest son, TJ, hates talking on the thing. To get him to chat to Granny takes an age and when he finally says something it usually takes two minutes and he is handing the phone back to me.
So yesterday, I popped into the littlest room in the house (not the kitchen cupboard) leaving TJ in the next room watching TV. I had no sooner sat down than the phone began to ring.
Great!
We have an answer phone so I thought it best to leave it and if it was important I could call them back.
But no.
Today was the day that TJ decided he would answer the phone. I heard the ringing stop abruptly and this little voice say, 'Hello - is that Granny?' - that shows how often anyone ever calls us on the landline.
It obviously wasn't Granny as the little man went on - "No, my Daddy isn't here - well, he is here, but he is on the toilet." (there are definately no secrets where kids are concerned.)
I now had to make the decision to either rush what I was doing or just leave it to TJ to sort it out. I opted for the latter.
TJ then went on to have a long conversation.
"No Daddy, could be a long time - he usually takes ages in the toilet - I can watch a whole Scooby Doo while he is in there." (What!!!!!!!!)
I was now hoping that this was someone trying to offer me a PPI insurance claim service or sell me a new kitchen.
TJ went on, "Papa says we can't go in there for ages after Daddy has been - Papa's poo smells of roses but Daddy's doesn't - thats what Papa says."
By now I was starting to laugh thinking of the poor PPI salesperson having to hear all this.
"I went in once after Daddy and I had to hold my nose - and I went it once after Papa and it didn't smell of roses to me. I don't have smelly poo but my big brother does."
There was then a silence and TJ said, "Ok, I'll tell him you will call back."
Definately a sales call I thought - if it was important they would have left a number.
So I finished what I was doing and took TJ over to collect his big brother from the school bus.
When I came back the phone rang again. I picked it up. "Hello," a lady said, "I called a few minutes ago and had a lovely chat with your son... this is Mrs Smith (our elder son's teacher) arranging next week's parent evening. Are you free to chat now?"
I could have died!
Next week is the Sprog's parent teacher evening and I will be meeting his new teachers for the first time... I am probably already the laughing stock of the staff room... Oh well - time it have a chat with the boys about telephone etiquette I guess.
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