No Boys Allowed

Who needs brothers when you have a Dad?

I was in the kitchen looking through junk mail. Stuart cam in smiling and began making a cup of tea, when Samantha called from the living room.

"Mom, how do you spell aloud?
"A-L-O-U-D"

Stuart says, "You left out the 'e'"

I think "huh? aloude?!?" and look suitably confused.

Samantha yells, "What? Ho do you spell aloud?

I begin again slower realising she was spelling not reading, "A...L..."

"Double L" says Stuart.

"Huh?" I pause, "Samantha what kind of aloud do you want to spell?"

"Aloud, aloud"

None the wiser I go to have a look and there she is kneeling at her chalk board outside her bedroom door  with " NOBOYS" written on it.

She wants 'allowed' not 'aloud'!!

Ai  yo English makes no sense at all.

And I don't know what brought on the need for such a sign, must be a father, daughter thing.



Stuart wearing Samantha's hat at Yanchep, and Samantha trying not to be in the picture.