Have I ever told you how much I enjoy swinging by 'your place'? (A few times maybe?)It's got to the point where my husband hears me giggling like a crazy person and he lifts a brawny brow and says "meester?"
Lazy parents, by the way, do not take their children to parks.
I would have been horribly disappointed if the first part of the story was true, lol!

Also, about this whole business of me mucking up the Scottish accent. My son said something very consoling, he said "If you were to write the scene like meesterboom talks sometimes, only Scots would know what you were talking about, everyone would be so busy trying to figure out what you were saying the chapter would be a bust. When doing an accent in writing, mimicking tv as well as you can is best." Hahahahahahaaaa. True story!! He's a brilliant kid, not even fourteen yet.

Of course if I had a real handle on it, than I could paint the scene around it well enough for people to know what I was saying- the way you do- so you aren't wrong about my needing to get my arse over there and spend some time :)