27 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in Children, Humour Tags: Blog, Blogging, Lil Princess, Mornings, On Time, Update
So following on from yesterday morning, we have a breakthrough!
Firstly, I slept all night, with no interruptions!!!
Lil Princess stayed in bed, no ‘sleep walking’ (that’s what she calls it anyway, I call it ‘bad habit’!). Then she got up herself, and was downstairs eating her breakfast happily!
It’s only 8.06am and she is nearly changed, that fancy hairstyle might just get a chance today!!
Long may it last! (Though I don’t hold much hope!)
26 Jan 2015 13 Comments
in Children, Humour Tags: children, Getting Ready, Getting Up, In A Rush, Mondays, Mornings
Sat here waiting… Waiting for the Lil Princess to get ready for school…
I’m up before the crack of dawn, rushing around like a blue arsed fly, trying to do lunches, get uniforms and school bags ready, so when the kids descend, it’s a simple process, teeth, breakfast, wash face, change, hair done, coats on, out the door!
Seems like a faultless process… Hmm well it works fantastically for Lil Man, who wakes early anyway, he’s eaten, chances and ready with shoes n coat in half an hour before we need to leave, bless him!
But Her Highness, The Lil Princess… Well it starts with trying to rouse her… From my bed, I’m ashamed to say, but she manages to get in almost every night, while we are fast asleep, and most times I only know, when I wake, and there she is, snuggled up to us!
Well, this is where she is sooooo like her daddy, Hubby Dearest, as I wake her, she’s like “5 minutes, 3 minutes, 1 minute! I just need to streeeeeeetch…..!” After practically dragging her down the steps, and plonking her down its the rigmarole of deciding what to eat… 5 minutes and several whines (by this time, I need wine not whine!) later, it’s decided, then Oh My God, I’m showered, breakfast done, and she still has over half left! 10-15 minutes more of cajoling then maybe, just maybe she’s finished. Then comes the lurching to the bathroom to freshen up! By now she is up and sprightly, but then she CAN’T stop talking!
And, unlike most women, she hasn’t mastered the art of doing more than one thing at a time! As she changes, she pauses to have conversations with me, her brother, the cat, anyone who’s there! I have given strict instructions to everyone not to respond back, but it doesn’t stop her!
With 2.5 minutes to go before we leave, if we’re lucky, she presents herself to me, “A nice hairstyle please mummy!”
REALLY!?!?
A quick scraped back plait, ( her hair is below her bum, I have no time to do more!) and wrapped up, shoes in, finally we’re ready to go!
I’m lucky she still doesn’t really understand time yet! I get her up 20 minutes earlier than I have to, because of this, and still we end up rushing around like headless chickens! Well, I do, she just saunters on…
And on this note, I go to scrape back her hair. Before getting out the door!
See, she takes so long, I have time to write blog posts too!!!!
Happy Monday everyone!!
17 Jan 2015 4 Comments
in Children, Humour Tags: Cheeky Monkey, children, Clever Clogs, Test Me, Times Tables
So the Lil Princess asked me to test the 1 x tables, 2 x tables etc…
She was in her room, I was shouting from around the house, as you do.
I tried to trick her with a couple of 3 x tables, and was amazed… She was getting them all right!
Until I remembered… The kids have a Multiplication poster in their room! Cheeky monkey!!!
17 Jan 2015 2 Comments
in Children, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Display, hard work, School
Thought I’d share my display board at school today. Been working those Lil lovelies hard this week to create characters from traditional tales around the world… I’m v proud!
14 Jan 2015 20 Comments
in Children, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Advice, children, Confidence, Height, Parenthood, Parenting, Plastic Surgery
Somehow, tonight, the kids and I ended up discussing plastic surgery…
No, I don’t condone it on young people, but I will discuss various topics with the Little Monsters, in simplistic terms, if questions arise… as they did today!
The kids were talking about sight, and contact lenses, and Lil Man mentioned that I had already had Laser eye surgery. “Why can’t kids have it?”. While explaining why, I touched on nose jobs and things, talking about how your body needs to grow first, before being altered, or surgery could be pointless.  I also mentioned boob jobs as I know at the age of 9 he likes a good snigger at the words ‘boobies’ and ‘breasts’! (The meat aisle is a constant source of amusement to him at the moment, what with chicken breasts and turkey breasts!)
Lil Man asked ” Can you get an operation to make you taller too then?”
I hesitated before answering… He continued “because I think I’d like to have that, if it makes you taller.”
I hadn’t anticipated that question, but as soon as he asked it, I kinda knew that statement would follow. I’ve made no secret of that fact that my Lil Man is small in stature, for his age, but I didn’t realise it bugged him that much! We’ve had the conversations in the past, I’ve even researched famous vertically challenged people with him, so he doesn’t feel like being small is a bad thing, and at the end of the day, he’s 9, there is plenty of time for him to grow.  But obviously it does bug him.  “People at school don’t believe I can’t be good at anything in sports because I am so small. They think I’m rubbish…”
Now, far be it for me to big up my son, but this is so far from the truth, its unreal. In fact he has surprised his teachers and sports coaches with his strength, and skills in football (soccer), basketball and badminton.
Aside from telling him to ignore these people, I was at a loss… what should I tell my Lil Man?
Great things come in small packages. We’ve all heard that old chestnut countless times, I’m sure, but how do I make him believe it?
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