Words or wisdom?

A rule for life.

That’s what my son, 10, announced the other day.

I had to stop what I was doing to listen to this gem of wisdom.

You should never drink orange juice after brushing your teeth.

He’s set for life…

As the snow failed to deliver, our new favourite lockdown activity has been getting out early to crack ice puddles.

The dog walkers may have been a bit bemused the other day when they saw said son rolling around on the ground in his ski gear, sans snow (luckily the deer poo was frozen). Or when they saw him lying on ice to see if it would break. Or when they saw me rescuing him from that ice when he realised it would break if he tried to stand up.

It brought back memories of racing down the hill to beat the neighbouring kids to the bus stop to break the ice there. That was much more fun than the trek back up the hill in the afternoon (although it has been very handy to roll out as example of how much harder we had it when I was growing up).

They are obviously very grateful.

But they have discovered another rule for life….

Make sure the water doesn’t go over the top of your gumboots.