{"id":572,"date":"2013-03-27T22:56:05","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T22:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/?p=572"},"modified":"2013-03-27T22:56:05","modified_gmt":"2013-03-27T22:56:05","slug":"pizza-thyme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/pizza-thyme\/","title":{"rendered":"Pizza Thyme"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As we all know small children have an unfortunate habit of repeating snippets of conversation they\u2019ve overhead at inconvenient times. They parrot back words and phrases that they\u2019ve overheard, frequently without you even knowing that they\u2019ve overheard and sometimes that you didn\u2019t particularly want them to hear.<\/p>\n

We instituted a no swearing in front of the child rule after Ol\u2019s thirty-second word was \u2018oh c**p\u2019, used in context I hasten to add, and needless to say it doesn\u2019t figure on the list of \u2018My First Fifty Words\u2019 that every paranoid first-time mother fills in. Other than that, though, we\u2019ve got off fairly lightly so far. Or at least I thought we had.<\/p>\n

Every now and again Ellie will recount something with an unholy amount of glee. I\u2019ve learnt to be wary of a conversation at the end of the day which starts with a meaningful \u2018so\u2026\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u2018So\u2026you know you keep a box of tampax at toddler height in the downstairs loo?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018So\u2026your son overfilled his nappy today and had an impromptu bath just before lunch.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018So\u2026he\u2019s really mastered the whole spoon as a catapult thing now.\u2019<\/p>\n

I have a rule that if I can get in the door, put my bag down, hang my coat up and get the kettle on without hearing \u2018so\u2026..\u2019, I\u2019m safe.<\/p>\n

The other night I came in as usual. Bag down, check. Toddler anchored to the ankle, check. Coat away, check. Toddler into the arms, smothered with kisses, and released. Check. Kettle on, check. Relax.<\/p>\n

Ellie shoots me a mischevious glance.<\/p>\n

\u201cOl, poppet, what did you want for dinner?\u201d she cooed sweetly.<\/p>\n

\u201cA PIZZA!\u201d Ol announced proudly. I spin my head round so fast my neck practically breaks.<\/p>\n

\u201cShall Ellie make you pizza?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, telephone a pizza,\u201d he said seriously, toddling off into the hall. I covered my face with my hands.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t have takeaway pizza that often,\u201d I begin. Ellie shoots me a look which immediately conveys that she knows I\u2019m lying and it doesn\u2019t really matter whether we have pizza every night she doesn\u2019t leave something for us.<\/p>\n

Ol reappears with the cordless phone and presses some buttons. Thankfully the keypad on this actually locks, something a childless person wouldn\u2019t have known or thought about when buying said phone but pretty useful when you discover that it does.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, hello. A pizza?\u201d Ol cocked his head to one side. \u201cOkay. A pepperoni and a veggie supreme\u2026\u2026Half hour great okaybye. Bedtime Ollypop\u201d.<\/p>\n

Ellie falls about laughing. I feel a giggle rising up inside me too. It\u2019s cute, admittedly but three embarrassing things.<\/p>\n

One that our son is practically able to order our pizza for us.<\/p>\n

Two we obviously have pizza so often they know our voices and address without even asking.<\/p>\n

Three we order it so frequently just before putting him to bed that he tags \u2018bedtime Ollypop\u2019 onto the order.<\/p>\n

Oh the shame\u2026.Maybe we\u2019ll have Chinese tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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