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My Daddy Went to Market…

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My daddy went to market to buy a loaf of bread and came back with…5 kilos of carrots. Mummy gave him a withering look while my brother jumped up and down excitedly asking, “Are we getting a donkey? Are we?”

Mummy said we already had one in the family, which is wrong, unless she was thinking about the sparkly donkey carrying Mary that we hang on the Christmas tree.

Daddy was very pleased with the carrots (maybe we’re getting a rabbit!) and told Mummy that they only cost $5.00 which was a good buy because the other packets were $1.49 per

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kilo. Mummy smiled (I think it was a smile, although her teeth looked very tightly held together and her eyebrows were up near her hairline) and said she could get carrots for 98c per kilo and sometimes even 49c per kilo, and only had to buy 1 kilo, not 5. Who knew?

Daddy put down the very heavy shopping bags and started unpacking.

My daddy went to market to buy a loaf of bread and came back with…5 kilos of carrots and some chicken thighs that need to be used by today. Mummy looked at the clock, looked at us children, looked in the freezer and

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sighed. Just like the innkeeper and his inn with Mary and Joseph, Mummy frequently tells us that there is no room in the freezer, particularly with all that bloody fishing bait in there. Fortunately, Daddy likes cooking all manner of adventurous meals and was happy to make some chicken bakes with whatever he could find, and put some in the freezer. Except there is no room in the freezer. Chicken bake for the next week then.

My daddy went to market to buy a loaf of bread and came back with…5 kilos of carrots, some chicken thighs that need to be used

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by today and 2 bags of apples which he will make into apple pie, which everyone loves and which he can do while the chicken bake is in the oven. Mummy’s smile looked a little more relaxed (maybe, though, we are getting a donkey, a rabbit and a pony). A pony! I would love a pony and wouldn’t mind sacrificing some of those apples which are meant for the apple pie.

My daddy went to market to buy a loaf of bread and came back with…5 kilos of carrots, some chicken thighs that need to be used by today, 2 bags of apples, some ice-cream that was on

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offer (Oh yes. No room in the freezer. Apple pie AND ice-cream tonight. Yum.), 4 tins of baked beans (they never go off) and 5 packs of toothpaste. Mummy’s smile WILL be very sparkly.

My big sister came out of her cave and said, “Hungry.” Mummy said she could make herself some toast and it would be super if she could eat it sitting at the table, and to use a plate, please. Daddy looked at the empty shopping bags at his feet and bit his bottom lip, like when we were playing I Spy and he had to guess my word beginning with ‘f’. He kept making

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the ‘f’ sound until he had run out of air and then he took a breath and said, “Ah, a loaf bread,” none of which begin with ‘f’. Then he and Mummy looked at each other and held each other and laughed. Parents. Tsk. They’re weird.

 

* Based on true events, as seen through the eyes of my youngest child. Carrots as per pic!

 

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- 5 Jul 16

My daddy went to market to buy a loaf of bread and came back with…5 kilos of carrots. Mummy gave him a withering look while my brother jumped up and down excitedly asking, “Are we getting a donkey? Are we?”

Mummy said we already had one in the family, which is wrong, unless she was thinking about the sparkly donkey carrying Mary that we hang on the Christmas tree.

Daddy was very pleased with the carrots (maybe we’re getting a rabbit!) and told Mummy that they only cost $5.00 which was a good buy because the other packets were $1.49 per kilo. Mummy smiled (I think it was a smile, although her teeth looked very tightly held together and her eyebrows were up near her hairline) and said she could get carrots for 98c per kilo and sometimes even 49c per kilo, and only had to buy 1 kilo, not 5. Who knew?

Daddy put down the very heavy shopping bags and started unpacking.

My daddy went to market to buy a loaf of bread and came back with…5 kilos of carrots and some chicken thighs that need to be used by today. Mummy looked at the clock, looked at us children, looked in the freezer and sighed. Just like the innkeeper and his inn with Mary and Joseph, Mummy frequently tells us that there is no room in the freezer, particularly with all that bloody fishing bait in there. Fortunately, Daddy likes cooking all manner of adventurous meals and was happy to make some chicken bakes with whatever he could find, and put some in the freezer. Except there is no room in the freezer. Chicken bake for the next week then.

My daddy went to market to buy a loaf of bread and came back with…5 kilos of carrots, some chicken thighs that need to be used by today and 2 bags of apples which he will make into apple pie, which everyone loves and which he can do while the chicken bake is in the oven. Mummy’s smile looked a little more relaxed (maybe, though, we are getting a donkey, a rabbit and a pony). A pony! I would love a pony and wouldn’t mind sacrificing some of those apples which are meant for the apple pie.

My daddy went to market to buy a loaf of bread and came back with…5 kilos of carrots, some chicken thighs that need to be used by today, 2 bags of apples, some ice-cream that was on offer (Oh yes. No room in the freezer. Apple pie AND ice-cream tonight. Yum.), 4 tins of baked beans (they never go off) and 5 packs of toothpaste. Mummy’s smile WILL be very sparkly.

My big sister came out of her cave and said, “Hungry.” Mummy said she could make herself some toast and it would be super if she could eat it sitting at the table, and to use a plate, please. Daddy looked at the empty shopping bags at his feet and bit his bottom lip, like when we were playing I Spy and he had to guess my word beginning with ‘f’. He kept making the ‘f’ sound until he had run out of air and then he took a breath and said, “Ah, a loaf bread,” none of which begin with ‘f’. Then he and Mummy looked at each other and held each other and laughed. Parents. Tsk. They’re weird.

 

* Based on true events, as seen through the eyes of my youngest child. Carrots as per pic!

 

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