Are you sitting comfortably? Then we'll begin.

[pne]

When reading Amy a bedtime story, or sometimes during the day, I'd usually sit down and sit her on my lap while we read the book together.

She seems to have got into the habit of doing that, because for the last couple of days, when she wanted to have a book read to her, she'd not only come up to me brandishing the book but, if I was sitting on the ground, would turn around and attempt to sit down on my leg.

I think that's really cute :) especially since she's still a bit "unbeholfen" (awkward/clumsy/ungainly, but the German word has a slightly cuter connotation to me) in her attempts to sit down there.

Comments

[jpallan.livejournal.com]

"Gawky" probably has the connotation you're looking for, but it borders on archaic. :)

[robnorth.livejournal.com]

Are you sitting comfortably? Then we'll begin.

Unfortunately, my mind has become so warped by prolonged exposure to Monty Python's Flying Circus (oder Monty Pythons Fliegender Zirkus, wenn du möchtest lieber) that the first thing I thought of upon reading the subject of this message was this (http://orangecow.org/pythonet/sketches/kidstory.htm). (NSFA: Not Safe For Amy)

[pne.livejournal.com]

The beginning is almost certainly a parody of the beginning of Listen with Mother (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listen_with_Mother), which was the reference I was making.

(I never heard any LwM myself, but my father occasionally used the phrase.)