the tape that glues them together
growing up in the lyons household, where sweeties were forbidden, we were given a packet of trident gum every Christmas. not dentyne, which was somehow less healthy for us than trident. pam got cinammon flavoured, graeme got fruit, i was the lucky recipient of the mint flavoured one. they didn’t have cool flavours like spearmint for trident gum in the 70’s,
we knew that gum would be in our christmas stockings. it was a given.
with my children, last Christmas, and for sebastian’s fifth birthday and most recently when i shook off my drears and managed to celebrate the triplet’s birthday (only a month late this year!) i bought them the same present. their favourite present.
cellotape.
or scotch tape.
they love cellotape and liberally apply it to each other, books, beds, dolls (look! mr incredibles is invisible!) and any surface they can find. they ask me to rip the cellotape for them, and if destracted enough, i do.
in my defense, cellotape is much easier to remove from hair than gum is. right mum?
the kids are getting to the point where if i promise them a cool present, they want it to be cellotape. they love cellotape. it can form a house, clothing, swing, accessory…whatever they need it to be. cellotape gets their creativity zipping over time, which is the only reason i allow it, of course. that and the quiet, then giggling it provides them. i love eavesdropping when cellotape creativity is in session.
the kids love when park n shop groceries arrive, because they come in boxes that immediately become cars, beds and homes. however the other day sebastian decided he wanted barbie’s dream house, and out came the cellotape. the boxes were screeched together, and because he couldn’t get the tape to cut off, he left the tape dangling.very cute. 45 minutes of cuteness if i recall correctly.
i stuck with trident, and today have no cavities or fillings. (although i did have a retainer)
what future lies with my cellotape trips and scotch tape seb?
