Miss M, as some of you already know, is obsessed with mermaids. She went through a little bit of a “mermaids, who cares?” period, but has now rediscovered her love, and requested a new mermaid tail for her birthday, one which can be stepped into and doesn’t show her feet. So I spent some time on the internet yesterday trying to find a suitable tail, but sadly, didn’t get too far. There doesn’t seem to be a huge market in incredibly realistic mermaid tails, but I did find this (too disturbing, and possible suffocation risks), but Miss M seemed happiest with the mermaid Ariana costume at the left of this page, even though the feet are clearly showing. Not as much as her current tail though, as pictured here:

The current despised tail

During my search, I also found [tags]Hannah Fraser[/tags] this website, which I’ve become just a little obsessed with. I foolishly assumed Miss M would also like it, but she was furious when she found out she couldn’t have the same tail as the mermaid model. But after I’d explained how the woman travels the world “being” a mermaid, she calmed down, and we’ve talked about designing a tail especially for her. Can I just say this will never happen, as she’s been cursed with a mother who couldn’t even make pillowcases with straight seams, let alone a complex tail which needs to move freely and not get waterlogged.

Yesterday at the pool, she practiced an undulating, “Man From Atlantis” style, and was pretty good at it. The degree of difficulty was increased by the gang of teenagers playing an aggressive game of water cricket, but my little mermaid swam on regardless. She may have found the perfect vocation, having never been bothered by icy cold water, wind chill factor, or anything normal humans worry about at the beach. I’m just not sure how she’ll manage work experience in high school.

Today I’m loving: 7am this morning - so cool, and the smell of gum trees in the air.