A Surreal day yesterday, taking a 2.5 year old to Forbidden Territories at a local art gallery.

She was the perfect companion because all 2.5 year olds live a surreal life most of the time.

She is very well used to being asked what is going on in the pictures in her books. So chatting about Surrealist Landscapes was entirely within her skill range.

My surreal moment was needing to describe the normal use of a telephone to her.

Her only experience of a land line phone is an old Fisher Price toy, not without its own surreal elements in my opinion. I can’t say it was ever my favourite thing my children played with.

She loved the colours of the gallery walls and liked to lean against them so she could ‘ be art’.

Sometime later this week we will take an adult trip to the exhibition, fabulous I am sure but maybe it will not be so much fun.