The stooky fairy
Saturday, 23 May 2009
YS, poor lamb, broke his wrist and arm on Thursday evening, when he fell down the stairs. He is bearing up well and keeps telling me not to cry about it, "cos it's so embarrassing, mummy." Well, I haven't cried, but I do feel very sad for him and am finding it hard to conceal from him. He is a perceptive wee thing.
OS has been told he needs new glasses because he has grown out of them. I didn't think that could happen, but I did tell the optician we were a family of big hat wearers. I guess that didn't quite come out right. Now he is 9, he is becoming sniffy about glasses selection. "I simply won't wear grey," he said veering towards a a swanky multi coloured designer pair that cost £170. I told him straight that he wasn't allowed to like frames over £49, and he looked at me disdainfully. "Mum, glasses are a very important thing to choose, it's important to get it right." Has he been watching Gok?
When the optician discovered that YS had broken his arm, he was optimstic and charming. "When is the stooky (a Scotterish term for a plaster cast) fairy coming/" he declared excitedly, looking around for reinforcement from his colleagues. Everyone looked aghast, we had only ever heard of the tooth fairy. He danced about and said that every time he broke a bone, the stooky fairy brought him a present. Awww, how sweet. At that moment, every woman in the shop melted. I love it when men show there innocence.
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Saturday, May 23, 2009 7:41:00 PM
Poor YS, I hope he mends soon. I have NEVER heard of the stooky fairy, that's a first. How many bones has your optician broken?!
Saturday, May 23, 2009 7:45:00 PM
I had never heard of the stooky fairy either. What's the going rate for a stooky these days? Do you get more the bigger the bone you break?
Saturday, May 23, 2009 7:50:00 PM
Stooky fairy!
I luvs it!
As regards the optician, how safe are you all with him and his propensity for bone breakage? LOL.
XO
WWW
Saturday, May 23, 2009 10:22:00 PM
Fancying a £170 pair of glasses indeed, he's pushing his luck there. You must hanker for the days when cheapo NHS glasses were the only fashionable choice.
Sorry to hear about the broken bones. Still, at his age they should heal pretty quickly.
Sunday, May 24, 2009 1:30:00 PM
NMJ: According to the optician, all of him, but that may be some exaggeration.
Loth: I reckon it's more one pressie per bone as opposed to per fracture.
WWW:Glad you luvs it WWW, knew you would. I am glad he is my optician and not my dentist or orthopaedic surgeon lol.
Nick: Unfortunately, cheapo NHS glasses break within a fortnight within the hands of a boisterous boy. They don't make them like they used to.
YS is remarkably upbeat, even though he is aware he has now lost one of his 100 lives!
Monday, May 25, 2009 10:03:00 AM
Awww the wee soul!!! Still, he'll have fun getting everyone to write their names on it :-)
Stooky fairy....brilliant!!
C x
Tuesday, May 26, 2009 4:59:00 PM
Oh poor YS!
I love the word stooky. And they come with fairies!
Tuesday, May 26, 2009 6:14:00 PM
Aw, bless them both! Or all three including the optician.