My take on a classic!
On the first day of holidays
My children gave to me
A bucket load of sick, yippee!
On the second day of holidays
My children gave to me
Two nights of coughing
And a bucket load of sick, yippee!
On the third day of holidays
My children gave to me
Three temper tantrums,
Two nights of coughing
And a bucket load of sick, yippee!
On the fourth day of holidays
My children gave to me
Four lame excuses
Three temper tantrums
Two nights of coughing
And a bucket load of sick, yippee!
On the fifth day of holidays
My children have to me
Five super smiles!
Four lame excuses
Three temper tantrums
Two nights of coughing
And a bucket load of sick, yippee!
On the sixth day of holidays
My children gave to me
Six loads of washing
Five super smiles!
Four lame excuses
Three temper tantrums
Two nights of coughing
And a bucket load of sick, yippee!
On the seventh day of holidays
My children gave to me
Seven snow requests
Six loads of washing
Five super smiles!
Four lame excuses
Three temper tantrums
Two nights of coughing
And a bucket load of sick, yippee!
On the eighth day of holidays
My children gave to me
Eight arguments
Seven snow requests
Six loads of washing
Five super smiles!
Four lame excuses
Three temper tantrums
Two nights of coughing
And a bucket load of sick, yippee!
On the nineth day of holidays
My children gave to me
Nine broken presents
Eight arguments
Seven snow requests
Six loads of washing
Five super smiles!
Four lame excuses
Three temper tantrums
Two nights of coughing
And a bucket load of sick, yippee!
On the tenth day of holidays
My children gave to me
Ten tummy aches
Nine broken presents
Eight arguments
Seven snow requests
Six loads of washing
Five super smiles!
Four lame excuses
Three temper tantrums
Two nights of coughing
And a bucket load of sick, yippee!
On the eleventh day of holidays
My children gave to me
Eleven headaches hammering
Ten tummy aches
Nine broken presents
Eight arguments
Seven snow requests
Six loads of washing
Five super smiles!
Four lame excuses
Three temper tantrums
Two nights of coughing
And a bucket load of sick, yippee!
On the twelfth day of holidays
My children gave to me
Twelve great big hugs
Eleven headaches hammering
Ten tummy aches
Nine broken presents
Eight arguments
Seven snow requests
Six loads of washing
Five super smiles!
Four lame excuses
Three temper tantrums
Two nights of coughing
And a bucket load of sick, yippee!
Merry Christmas!!!
A Poem from my book, Poetic Rituals, available on Amazon here – myBook.to/PoeticRITUals
Merry Christmas!
But I Smile Anyway... 
Dec 31, 2017 @ 06:01:00
I with my entire family wish you & your family and friends a prosperous,
successful New Year 2018.
May you and your family be happy, healthy and full of energy throughout.
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Dec 31, 2017 @ 09:33:54
Thank you and Happy New Year to you and yours! 🎉🎉🎉
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Dec 28, 2017 @ 04:20:06
Lol! Sounds like a lot of fun . 🙂
Well captured!!
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Dec 28, 2017 @ 09:18:37
It was the true reality of Christmas in our house a couple of years ago! Thanks!
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Dec 28, 2017 @ 15:23:53
Making it the most unforgettable Christmas ever I bet!! 🙂
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Dec 28, 2017 @ 15:35:01
Kinda lol!!!
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Dec 25, 2017 @ 13:11:12
😅🎄🌟
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Dec 25, 2017 @ 13:20:56
🎁🙏🏽☃🎅🏽
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Dec 25, 2017 @ 08:47:51
Love this. (that’s a lot of buckets of sick eewww) Merry Xmas. Xx
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Dec 25, 2017 @ 09:13:32
Merry Christmas xxx
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Dec 25, 2017 @ 00:12:08
Merry Christmas to you all. 😉 Michael
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Dec 25, 2017 @ 00:19:26
Merry Christmas Michael!
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Dec 24, 2017 @ 22:57:54
Merry Christmas, Ritu!
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Dec 24, 2017 @ 22:58:43
Merry Christmas Mitch! 🎄❄🎄
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Dec 24, 2017 @ 21:51:43
Reblogged this on Die Erste Eslarner Zeitung – Aus und über Eslarn, sowie die bayerisch-tschechische Region!.
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Dec 24, 2017 @ 21:44:12
Aww, sounds like family and all the ups and downs.
Hugs to you and your family, Ritu. Hope you have fun and lots of love flowing at Christmas! 🎄✨❤
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Dec 24, 2017 @ 21:48:29
Thank you lovely!!! Have a wonderful Christmas too ❤🎄💜
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Dec 24, 2017 @ 22:15:29
Thanks, dear! I love the purple heart, it adds a lot of color. Take care, Ritu. 🌟🎉
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Dec 24, 2017 @ 22:57:28
It’s my favourite colour! 💜 you too Robin 😊
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Dec 24, 2017 @ 20:05:27
Happy Christmas to my most favorite UK lady. 🙂
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Dec 24, 2017 @ 20:06:55
Merry Christmas to you Jim!!!!
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Dec 24, 2017 @ 19:00:38
This is wonderful, Ritu! 🙂
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Dec 24, 2017 @ 19:50:25
Thanks Tonya!
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Dec 24, 2017 @ 12:36:17
A very adorable take on family life
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Dec 24, 2017 @ 12:38:16
It is the reality of family life!!!
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Dec 24, 2017 @ 12:02:43
I was going to say Merry Christmas, but after reading this “May whichever God you worship or don’t worship……have mercy on you
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Dec 24, 2017 @ 12:35:36
Lol!!!! Thanks Charlie! Merry Christmas!!!
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Dec 24, 2017 @ 11:27:18
Thanks. Happy X-mas and new Year 2018 in advance.
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Dec 24, 2017 @ 12:34:28
Happy festive season! 🎄
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Dec 21, 2015 @ 04:26:13
I’d make the most of the smiles and hugs while you have the chance. 😉you love it really😘
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Dec 21, 2015 @ 09:41:20
I do love it really!!! 😊😊
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Dec 21, 2015 @ 18:20:59
I know you do sweetie😘
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Dec 21, 2015 @ 19:15:53
😘
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Dec 20, 2015 @ 07:17:51
Cute! And so true! Now our kids come over to visit on Christmas, and then they go home! Merry Christmas Ritu!
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Dec 20, 2015 @ 09:39:01
I dot want to wish time away, but it will be nice as they grow older, the different things we will appreciate, and complain about! Merry Christmas!
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Dec 20, 2015 @ 18:07:06
Exactly! I treasure all the memories of the earlier years! But I also love seeing them being independent and confident young men. I believe this means we did our job! 😊
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Dec 20, 2015 @ 19:22:11
Absolutely! 😊
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Dec 20, 2015 @ 00:53:46
I love it!!! 😊
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Dec 20, 2015 @ 00:56:17
Thank you Kat! It was actually written last Christmas, when both kids were unwell, and I was at the end of my tether!!!!
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Dec 20, 2015 @ 04:56:21
Very true to life. I had four children and it sounds very familiar! 😊
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Dec 20, 2015 @ 09:37:51
😊😊
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Dec 20, 2015 @ 00:27:46
Perfect!! Hope your holidays are merry and bright…..and healthy! 🙂
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Dec 20, 2015 @ 00:45:27
Here’s hoping Tonya! I hope yours are filled with joy too 🙂
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Dec 20, 2015 @ 04:57:43
Many thanks!!! 🙂 xo
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Dec 19, 2015 @ 23:55:21
Worth it for those hugs in the end! ☺
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Dec 20, 2015 @ 00:01:02
Oh it is all worth it Syl, it just doesn’t always seem like it at the time!
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Dec 20, 2015 @ 00:07:54
I can imagine! 😀
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Dec 20, 2015 @ 00:43:31
🙂 🙂
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Dec 19, 2015 @ 23:42:08
How clever and absolutely adorable this is, Ritu! I remember those days very well. Did you buy any wine? If so, drink it now… and every day until they go back to school! Merry Christmas. ❤
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Dec 19, 2015 @ 23:47:07
I am sipping from my glass as I type!!!! Merry Christmas Collen!
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Dec 20, 2015 @ 00:20:45
Now you are doing it right! LOL! After 5 kids I am a pro! LOL! Merry Christmas, Ritu. ❤
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Dec 20, 2015 @ 00:44:33
LOL!!!! I couldn’t risk in in term time, imagine me teaching with a hangover!!!
But tomorrow, no football matches, so I can lie in! (Watch me wake at stupid o’clock anyway!)
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Dec 19, 2015 @ 23:12:15
Haha!!! Fantastic, sis! Totally drawn from life 😀
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Dec 19, 2015 @ 23:35:46
Lol thanks sis! 😀
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Dec 19, 2015 @ 23:42:26
😄😄😄😘😘😘
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Dec 19, 2015 @ 23:47:19
🙂
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Dec 19, 2015 @ 21:25:35
Absolutely superb x
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Dec 19, 2015 @ 21:26:44
Thank you! 😊
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Dec 19, 2015 @ 21:11:58
Sorry for the sick, but it inspired something brilliant here, Ritu. 🎄
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Dec 19, 2015 @ 21:13:28
Thank you Van!! 🎅🏽
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Dec 19, 2015 @ 20:07:02
Oh this is brilliant Ritu. What a shame though that poor ‘Lil Princess has not been well and you have also been poorly. Let’s hope Christmas will be illness free for you all! 🙂
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Dec 19, 2015 @ 21:03:44
Fingers crossed Judy! Thank you x
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Dec 19, 2015 @ 21:04:25
And everything else crossed too! 🙂
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Dec 19, 2015 @ 20:06:27
Brilliant! Merry Christmas:)
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Dec 19, 2015 @ 21:03:23
Thanks Anna ! Merry Christmas to you!
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Dec 20, 2015 @ 09:28:47
Thanks 🙂
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Dec 21, 2014 @ 15:15:31
Very clever! Sounds about right to me. 🙂
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Dec 21, 2014 @ 15:17:10
And so true right now in out household!!
We started the holidays with illness and after tending to Lil Princess being sick a fifth time yesterday, inspiration struck!
Thanks for liking!☺
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Dec 21, 2014 @ 15:24:14
It strikes home for me as my daughter is just getting over the Flu and was kind enough to give it to me and it’s only a matter of time before my wife gets it. 🙂
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Dec 21, 2014 @ 15:35:16
Well we do try and teach them to share…. 😐
Hope you’re all better before the festive season truly starts! ⛄🎄
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Dec 21, 2014 @ 15:56:56
Thanks, as a parent, being sick is not optional. 😀
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Dec 21, 2014 @ 16:22:09
Oh isn’t that the truth!!! I actually said to my husband the other day, what I’d really like for Christmas is 2 days to be ill properly!!😷
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Dec 21, 2014 @ 16:35:43
LOL! Too funny! Years ago I was out of town and due to a snow storm my flight was canceled and couldn’t get back for Xmas eve. I was put up in a hotel for the night and was able to get a flight early the next morning.
(Best nights sleep I had in years) 😉
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Dec 21, 2014 @ 17:08:40
Love it!!! So true though!😊
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