We are half-watching Peppa Pig (again). Mushroom is asking me to re-tell a complicated made-up story about how Peppa took him into the TV and he is ‘Mushroom Pig.’ He stops to watch as Peppa and George are getting ready for bed.
Mushroom: Mummy can I have a bunk bed one day?
Me: I don’t know Mushroom. Peppa and George share a room so they need two beds that don’t take up much space. There’s just you in your room so you don’t really need a bunk bed, do you?
Mushroom: *Thoughtful* No. I don’t have a brother or a sister.*
Me: No…
Mushroom: Maybe we should get one…
Me: Get one?
Mushroom: Yes, we could buy me a sister.
Me: Um, where do you think we could buy a sister from Mushroom?
Mushroom: The supermarket.
Me: …and how much do you think we would need?
Mushroom: £2.
Me:….
Mushroom: Mummy? Can you make up a story about me and I’m Mushroom Pig? You didn’t finish!
This really threw me, as one of Mushroom’s favourite books is Babette Cole’s ‘Mummy Laid an Egg!’
*If anyone is wondering whether Mushroom is getting a brother or sister, I’ll just refer you to this post, which should cover it.
Haha these conversations are always kind of tricky, aren’t they? Hey, Mushroom can still have a bunk bed, the ones where the bed is on the top and the desk and bureau is on the bottom. No sister needed from the grocery 🙂
You know, I had a bed like that… My sister and I got those instead of bunk beds… And it was much better – so much storage space! We used to call them ‘captain beds.’ I’ve no idea if that was what the store called them or we made it up! Hmmmm.. Yes one to think about when he outgrows his current bed (which I’m sure will be sooner than later)!