argghh so now she is insiting on pronouncing slimy as Sl I my as in IT and sphinx as spinx. How could she even know that if she wasn't reading.
Me - sweetie are you doing a bit of reading but don't want to tell me
DD: no mummy leave me alone.

To Mana I hear you about living in the wops - but lets face it Chchc isn't exactly a thriving metropolis right now. Part of me wonders if the quakes have held her back at all, the govt is working with schools down here to help kids not doing so well at school due the quakes, no mention of brighter ones though of course.

DH has started comparing her to the L & P togs and undies ad recently, genius genius genius, idiot :-) (no offence to anyone who doesn't like the word idiot!)