This is the mischievous grin I get from Small Girl when she has done something she knows she is not supposed to, like, say, pouring three packets of cereal onto the breakfast table.
She looks up at me, into my face of storm and looks me straight in the eye: "Are you happy mummy?" She knows the answer.
But then she cocks her head to one side, gets nice and close to me and cracks such a huge cheeky smile that it is very hard for me to stay cross with her. And she knows it.
This post is for Tara's Gallery: A smile.
Ah the michevious grin!
ReplyDeleteMy son, now 13 and well into teenage oik-dom, developed a similar tactic when he was about four.
ReplyDeleteIt's a slightly manic, closed-teeth, wide-mouthed grin now known in the family as "The Grommitt Grin" (cos it reminds me of the smiles on the faces of Wallace & Grommitt characers).
No matter what he's done, a flash of the Grommitt Grin will win him a (temporary) reprieve. I just can't look at him and keep a straight face.
Ha! The Gromit Grin - that's it exactly!
ReplyDeleteThey always know how to break us don't they? Big M does something similar, with head on hand, sweet voice, batting eyelashes. Gets me every time
ReplyDeleteLoving that grin. My Child Two does the Puss in Boots big-eyed look from Shrek, irresistible!
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