Gremlin’s Fireside Chat

I have in previous posts blogged about how fast my daughter Maeve learns things – words, concepts, skills – and after 7 years she still amazes me in this manner. Not only has she taken to Horse riding with some elan her English skills still knock me for six from time to time – like tonight when I asked her to get my Google Nexus tablet for me. Being the good girl she is she did – but it was turned on and she was accessing Youtube. “There you are dad” she says “I hope you don’t mind me hacking it ” she continues … “Hacking it” … right word and right context …. my you are learning – fast.

Not too sure whether to scold or praise her.

Maeve is now a smart, bright and bubbly seven year old and time in its usual fashion is whizzing buy at what seems an ever faster rate. Maeve for the last few months has taken up a hobby and one popular among “the girls” – that of horse riding. Fortunately near is a a great little horse riding school called the Kilcrea Equestrian Centre ( https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kilcrea-Equestrian-Centre/171893226216625 ) .

I managed to get a photo of action Maeve in action – I am so proud of her and her riding confidence at 7.

Today is “accounts” day – its the day where as a contractor I go through my “in box” of bills, accounts etc and do everything that’s necessary to enable my accountant to perform their arcane magic and keep the collector general happy. Anyway you can imagine my surprise where secreted among the pile of bills I discovered this:

Made me smile a lot.

Maeve is growing fast and tall for her 6 years of age. Today she asked one of those “big” questions of life … when you go to heaven do you look young or old?

I had to say I don’t know.

Its summer and tonight for our Daughter Maeve’s bedtime story it was the turn of that classic “Rapunzel” – Maeve listening raptly to her Mother reading the story with Dad listening discreetly. The story was at the point where the wicked witch imprisoned Rapunzel in the tall tower without a door and shouts “Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair” when Maeve asks the all important question – “But mommy how DID Rapunzel get into the tower if it had no door”.. Mommy replied “That is a good question Maeve – maybe she had a ladder on the first day”.

Yep an incisive question indeed.