Monday, May 29, 2006

Casino feet

Joselyn is 5. She just turned 5. She's one of our preschoolers and I don't mind telling you she can be a handful . My nickname for her is "Bossy Jossy" because frankly there are times when she is the boss of everyone and CANNOT be told what to do.
I arrived at Mulga Bore this morning and made my usual stop at Lindsay's house. Joselyn came running up to me very excited. She was holding a pair of shiny black shoes that looked to be about her size.
"Lisa, look my casino feet."
She was proud as punch to own a pair of shoes that would gain her access to the Casino in Alice Springs. Sadly, I fear that she knows this phrase only too well because it is a venue frequented by her father. Joselyn mostly stays out at Mulga Bore and is cared for by her aunties and her grandparents. She's happy enough and all in all I have to say that she's better off being a bossy little school girl than a Casino orphan.

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