We're on a boat trip up the Moscow River. (It's one of the things you only ever get round to when you have visitors - in this case, my parents). The vessel is perfectly sea-worthy but has definitely seen better days. No matter; Boy #2 is delighted to simply be on the water. An hour into our trip, however, the excitement starts to wane, just as a very swanky boat from the Radisson Hotel glides by, all glass-encased luxury and futuristic lines.
Boy #2 watches it float past, his expression unreadable. Then, he turns to me and, deadpan, utters the immortal line;
"I think we're on the wrong boat, mama."
A truer word...
Love Boy 2. Such a sense of timing!
ReplyDeleteHmmmm, obviously still too young to appreciate fact that the grass is not necessarily greener on the other side. Or more seaworthy.
ReplyDeleteBut definitely more expensive.
LCM x
Perfect. Boy 2 is such a classic, and with an eye for the finer things in life.
ReplyDeleteAwww. And there you were trying your best. I know the feeling!
ReplyDeleteBoy #2 is very wise for his age. I bet he's going to be a great thinker. A philosopher maybe.
ReplyDeleteI know that feeling. I was walking home from school the other day and as we stopped to cross the road we heard a car beep. A BMW sports car? Oh my, do I have an admirer? I look again. There's a beaten up old red VW car...with someone waving at me, I wave back, with rictus grin... never mind...
ReplyDeleteWhat a perceptive child you have. Obviously all this hobnobbing with Ambassadors is wearing off on him....!
ReplyDeleteSo did he jump ship, pirate-style, and swim over to the other one...
ReplyDeleteDear Boy,
ReplyDeleteI am on the wrong boat too, my dear.
Sincerely,
Lisa
Mud, I don't know where he gets it from...
ReplyDeleteLCM - yes, I seem to be raising my boys to appreciate the finer things in life...
PwN (can't I just go back to calling you 'Brit'?) -see my comment above! (I wouldn't mind, but I was in my 20's before I realised there WERE finer things in life...)
Mwa - it's never enough, is it?
Nora - either that or an entrepreneur
NM - you want to try living in Moscw - so many beautiful girls here those of us over the age of - shall we be kind to ourselves and say - 35 never bother to turn around...
NVG - it's lucky he's allergic to nuts or we'ld all be drowning in Ferrero Rocher...
Iota, no armbands to hand, sadly.
Dear Lisa, can I join you on a different boat? Preferably one that has buses, trains and airplanes for us to play with? Yours, Boy #2