PostingFlowers and Stripes

Have I mentioned before that husband Va-vay writes verse? He wrote me a sonnet for our wedding day, and when he read out the bit about us both being "awake to happiness we dared not dream" as part of his speech he brought tears not just to my already reddened eyes, but also those of many other female guests. The following lines, Flowers and Stripes, are jokier than the wedding poem and were inspired by the arrival of our first daughter, Beanie. The background to the poem is that what with Va-vay being a bloke and everything, he initially found female clothing, especially female clothing for the under-ones, something of a mystery. I found myself giving him some advice and tips for those days when it was him getting Beanie ready, after we had some rather odd combinations of stripey trousers and flowered tops. Of course, if we'd had a 'boy baby' the tables would have been turned, since I have no brothers and went to an all-girls school. Even twenty years later I'm still no great shakes on the nuances of male dress, but as reproductive chance turned out, it was darling Va-vay who had to put up with lectures from me on what constituted stylish dress for the girl babies of 2006. Trinny and Susannah - remember them? - were popular at the time, and it appears from Va-vay's verses that I might have followed their bossy, stern ways too closely when I was advising him against mixing flowery items with stripey ones.

Flowers and Stripes

"No, no, no" said the little Beanie Boo.

"You must never dress me up in flowers and stripes.

You can dress me up in pink,

You can dress me up in blue,

You can take me to the park,

You can take me to the zoo,

You can put me in a rocket

And send me to the moon.

But....

Never, never, never," said the little Beanie Boo.

"You must never dress me up in flowers and stripes!"

Posted 02 June 2009 13:40

Beanie Fun Husband

Comments

Littlemummy said:

Hi, three is good, your email not working, can you letme know if you get this. ta

Posted 02 June 2009 14:58

Working Mum said:

Good poem. My daughter has suffered some strange combinations too!





Thanks for popping in to mine. Sorry, I'm still looking for the secret to having it all. I do share my some Working Mum strategies from time to time - there's one coming up soon about Dinner Parties. Hope tha helps :)

Posted 02 June 2009 15:06

Littlemummy said:

Just got a delivery problem notice both times - said something about permanent failure...and...and spam (you don't think I'm spam do you!) :)

Posted 02 June 2009 17:16

Helen said:

Hmm.. M thinks it might be a spam filter problem. That is odd about the permanent failure notice though.

Posted 02 June 2009 19:22

Helen said:

Working Mum, I'm impressed you manage dinner parties at all, at the moment, given your work loads. Writing up tips on holding them puts you in another league!

Posted 02 June 2009 19:23

Catriona said:

Ah, could you explain this to a male who thinks it is fine to wear brown shoes, grey trousers, a green shirt, tie with navy and brown stripes - all with the tweed jacket his father made him 63 years ago?

Posted 02 June 2009 23:35

iota said:

Husband has never quite managed to define the line between dressing-up clothes and real clothes, when it comes to his daughter. We've had some interesting combinations when he's helped her get dressed.

Posted 03 June 2009 04:33

Helen said:

Catriona, no, sorry, unable to help. The longer I live with a bloke the more I realise men and women are wired differently. It's a cruel irony, since we are destined to fall in love with and marry each other - but also, as you would know, makes life more fun.



Iota, just after I finished this posting, I read about the ballet challenges - most amusing. Card in post to you. Thinking of you. xxx

Posted 03 June 2009 08:52

Mimi said:

Well if Laura Ashley and Cath Kidson can do it?

Posted 05 June 2009 00:12

Helen said:

Hi Mimi, hah! how true. Do you reckon Va-vay could sue Cath for infringement of copyright? I mean, obviously, she has to get her ideas somewhere....

Posted 05 June 2009 13:36

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