It's a bit like Chinese Whispers ...

With the impeccable timing small children are known for, as we race out the door this morning S stops and gasps "My teacher said I have to have my school books today !!!"

Me (feeling guilty because we bought them on the weekend and I haven't had a chance to cover them all yet) : "I'm sorry, you'll have to take them tomorrow."

S (looking like she's about to burst into tears) : "But she'll growl at me !!"

Me : "Well you can just tell your teacher that we haven't had time to do them because Daddy and K are away on camp and Mummy is working two jobs at the moment and we are running late and haven't sorted them out yet and if she has a problem with that you tell her to call me and she can growl at me, OK ?!?!?"

So after school I ask S whether her teacher growled at her for not having her books and am more than a little taken aback when she says "No, she laughed."

Me (worriedly) : "What exactly did you tell her ?"

S : "I told her I didn't have my books because Daddy and Kieran are on camp and you were too tired because you had to get out of bed early."

?!?!?!?!?