oh, meeester hart!

Having grown up in different countries, it happens occasionally that either Daniel or I will make some kind of quote or pop-culture reference that is completely lost on the other, generally rendering what was otherwise a witty comment fairly .. not so, once it has been explained.

There is an ad that I think I have quoted a couple of times. It features a well known Australian artist called Pro Hart creating his unique kind of art on a large carpet. When the cleaning lady discovers the art work, she says “Oh Meeester Hart! What a mess!” But then she starts cleaning it and up comes up perfectly like new, because that’s how good that carpet is. (Apparently.)

Being the genius that I am, it just occurred to me that someone had probably uploaded that ad to You Tube, so I would be able to show it to Daniel. And you.

oh, meeester hart!

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The door is well and truly closed on further homo sapiens additions to our family. Today a man from a local shop that sells secondhand baby items came and took away all the remaining baby paraphernalia that we had taking up space. A cot (Kristian has been in a big boy bed for about 2 months now), change table, swing, steriliser, pram, sling, bouncer, high chair, learn-to-walk toy.

Although I don’t regret our choice to make Kristian our last child – three is plenty enough for us – getting rid of that stuff is a bit sad because there’s something a bit special about a baby that we won’t ever have again. Daniel didn’t relate to this sentiment, he said they are noisy and smelly. I countered that they didn’t talk back, and he did concede that this is a positive.

It’s probably going to be a while before anyone else has a baby, I don’t think Megan, Ashley or Matthew will have any for some time.

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