So, part of the reason mom started this thing asking us to post our memories is because I was on the phone with her and told her some things I remembered. So I'll re-tell the stories here.
One was about one time when Alex and I were tasked to clean our room. (It was when we had the room in the basement of Ackroyd). I don't remember too many details but dad was getting annoyed that we weren't cleaning it fast enough (or maybe not at all... who knows. haha.) so he put on a timer and said we better finish it before the time was up... or else. As soon as he put the time on, we thought it was a super fun game and we cleaned our room really fast and finished before the timer. I don't know exactly how this next part went but either we were giggling and told him right away or we asked him to time us again later and I remember him being annoyed about it because he didn't time us so we could have FUN. He times us so we would do what we were asked. Hahahahaha.
Maybe Alex has more insight on that.
Speaking of dad, there's another memory that I often think about. It was at the Des Lilas house. Dad was trying to wake me up for something and I wasn't waking up - but he thought I was awake, so he started counting down. But I was having a dream that I was in a spaceship and we were counting down for blast off. Anyway, when he got to 0, I woke up. And again, he was annoyed at me because he didn't believe that I was asleep and just conveniently woke up when he finished his countdown. Lol.
I always wonder how much of my memories are real. I know they are never 100%. It's literally impossible with the human brain. But who knows how much is actually real?
I guess we can never know.
Haha I'm thinking with that first memory that maybe dad was pretending to be annoyed and you didnt get it. That's the exact kind of joke that kids don't get.
ReplyDeleteI seem to have been really focused on time... At least I didn't wake you up like MY dad, who would open the door clap his hands REALLY loud and yell in his high pitched outside voice, "Wakie, wakie, rise and shine!!!" And you know how he could project his voice - it would pierce you to the core. Ask Barbara or Peter about that - they all remember.
ReplyDeleteYeah it doesn't sound like fun to be woken up terrified. That would probably ruin my whole day.
DeleteHa! You may not know, but Gavin is a total space case. So one of his jobs to do before he can play games in the afternoon is tidyijg the sun room, and EVERY DAY he takes honestly two hours, mostly rolling on the floor, and missing huge obvious sections of messiness. So the other day I said, "See how much you can do in five minutes. I'll time you! Go as fast as you can!" And he totally ate it up. And guess what: the entire sun room can be cleaned in five minutes. And he loves it so much he requests it every day. Such a good game.
ReplyDeleteI also would love to know if dad was TRULY annoyed or if that was just your kid perspective on dry humour lol.