Stream of consciousness

Mummy, why does the camera need a bulb in?

It’s not a bulb, it’s a film.

What’s the film for?

That’s how it makes pictures.

How does it do that?

Er….

Does your camera have a film in?

No, it’s a digital camera.

What does digital mean?

That’s the format it stores the pictures in.

What does format mean?

I forget what I said after that, but I do remember that my head was hurting. Other questions included “why is it called a REmote control?” (we’ve only just got her to stop calling it a ‘mote control). “what’s a nickername” (addressed to Tim, you’ll have to ask him what the answer was).

I *must* carry a notebook one day and write down all the questions. And to think I used to worry that she didn’t ask questions, because she didn’t, when she first came out of nursery. She must have been denurserying, and I think that process is well and truly over.

Oh, and she did more maths yesterday afternoon, by request, and read another Bob book with Tim today, also by request. Child led it is then. 🙂 There was also a minor incident yesterday over a map, but we’ll gloss over that one.

Small has discovered mouths to go along with noses, and is branching out into ears. He also likes ’round and round the garden’ and ‘this little piggy’. He likes gluing and sticking and artwork as well.

Edit to add – oh yes. Interview – forgot about that. Lasted over two hours, was very pleasant chat, would be interesting place to work, not sure I’m quite what they are looking for with breadth of experience, but I’d be surprised if they are going to get better. They’ve more ppl to see before they decide on a shortlist, so I probably won’t hear until the end of the week as to whether I’ve to go back for a second interview.