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In an English Country (town) Garden!

12 Jul 2015 33 Comments

by Ritu in Family Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, dry, Garden, sanctuary

It appears to be a time to share gardens, as my dear blog paks, Erika and Rich have been doing… So I thought why not take a few snap snotty things of our garden… It’s a wonderful space, but just a tad dry, even with watering, due to the mini heatwave the UK are experiencing!

Here is our space, complete with kids corner and our summer house!

Even Sonu Singh loves the climbing frame!

Looking back, at our house, and yes, there is goal posts in the garden! That’s what you need with a sporty son!

Buddha, in our oasis of calm!

And a laughing Buddha too!

And some flowers!

And a few more!
So there you have it… Not the most spectacular of gardens, but it’s OURS!

Sports Week!

11 Jul 2015 18 Comments

by Ritu in Children, Family, Humour Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Sports Day

It’s been a busy week, this week, school life is always crazy for a teacher, and I have been busy with more home visits to some of my new pupils starting in September…. seriously teeny tots, some not even three yet! And a meet and greet session at the nursery for some of them too!

I also had a fantastic course all to do with the Early Years Foundation Stage of education, a refresher for professionals going into this young age group after a while. That was fun, apart from the fact that the venue was exactly on the junction that was closed on the M20, thanks to Operation Stack…(strike action to do with lorry drivers, and stuff…I don’t really understand, but what I do know, is that they are seriously impacting on the lives of many of the locals!) so I had a double journey time to the place… still I got there, and that’s what matters, and we were able to leave earlier too, which was cool, as some others were going to have an awful journey home because of these closures!

And at school it has been Sports Week. Lil Princess had her Sports Day on Monday, and for the first time, I couldn’t be there, but Hubby Dearest was there for her, which was wonderful!

Lil Man had his Sports Day on Thursday, a full on full day of sports, to which again, I couldn’t come, but Hubby Dearest managed to be there for. He even took part in the Father’s Race, and won! (apparently there was some interesting acrobatics involved in his win too… Lil Man burst into my classroom, to tell me “Daddy won the race and he did somersaults!” Apparently he lost his balance right at the end and more or less fell, gambolled, got on his feet again, and ended up first!!!! Classic! Oh he won’t live that down! The amount of people, staff, and parents who told me of his ‘impressive’ performance in the race was hilarious! I wonder if anyone got a video??!! I would pay to see it!

And in my class, I arranged a mini sports day for my two little classes! We had a few games for them to go round in teams to play, and at the end they all got medals, and a certificate that I had created! It was the first time they had done this, so it was lovely! The kids really enjoyed themselves, and were so proud of their medals, as they left nursery, showing them off excitedly to their mummies and daddies as they were picked up!

I do love making those children smile, and be happy! I hope I can carry on doing that too! It kinda makes all the early starts, late finishes at school and late nights worth while!

The Birds And The Bees – Kids Logic Part 39

10 Jul 2015 52 Comments

by Ritu in Humour, Kids Logic Series Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Humour, Kids Logic, The Birds and the Bees

A few short weeks ago, I wrote a guest post on A Momma’s View, about the impending conversations with Lil Man… Yes that age has now come, where we need to start to think about talking Puberty… and of course the questions will be raised, that lead to the Birds and The Bees!

Well, it’s started! I believe the puberty talk is starting next week, but there have been a few taster sessions already…

He tells me he knows the word ‘vagina, hee hee hee’!

He’s been asking around the family…. Daddy says “Hmmm, the birds and the bees… we’ll chat about that later son!”

He asked one uncle “What are the Birds and The Bees?” He was told “The birds fly, the bees sting, simple!”

The other uncle, my brother said “Ahem, I think that’s a conversation you and your daddy need to have!”

Today, he said to me, “Mummy, why does the Queen call her special jewels, The Crown Jewels, after men’s privates??”

I explained that no, that is a little the wrong way round, and that the Crown Jewels are very precious, and so are a man’s bits… so that is why they are named after the Queen’s jewels, “because, you know, they are an important part of your body, if they got hurt, you might not be able to have children…” Ooops! Why did I say that??!! At this stage, willies are not for baby making, or pleasure of any sort! They are the means to go toilet!

So says Lil Man ” But mummy, that’s silly, what do mans privates have to do with babies? Men don’t have babies!”

Then, not to be left out Lil Princess starts ” Yeah mummy, when I was born, there was no willies, were there?”

I left the room sharpish, time to change the subject and it was bath time.

Lil Man pipes up “The other class were drawing penises and boobies! Hee Hee Hee! And vaginas! You know, that’s like your crown jewels, isn’t it!”

I just tried to ignore the conversation!

Dear God! Help me!!!! this next couple of weeks are going to be fun!!!!!

I’m In Love All Over Again!

04 Jul 2015 49 Comments

by Ritu in Children, Family Tags: Aunt, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Family, love, Nephew

The day I have been waiting for, for, well, 7 months was finally here today!

I was able to meet, hold, cuddle, play with, and generally love my baby nephew, our Finnjabi baby!
Oh how I have longed for this day!

They were over from Finland for a few short days, on the sad business of my brother’s best friend’s funeral, and stayed on a few more days, and we wanted to meet them all, so off we went to London today.

It was a most emotional day for me… I have countless ‘nephews’ and ‘nieces’ via my 6000 (slight exaggeration!) cousins, and their kids, but my Lil Finnjabi is MINE! By that I mean, my real flesh and blood, my brother’s offspring, and I would be lying if I said I wasn’t a tad emotional the moment I saw him!

He looks at people he hasn’t met before, and the sign of approval is a touching of the face, and we all got that from him! But 6 hours wasn’t enough! That’s not even an hour for each month he’s been alive!

We were with him through 2 messy mealtimes, a trip to the park, and bath time.

I wish I could post a photo of him, but like me, his parents are not fans of putting personal pics of children on any media, so I can’t even physically share him with you, but I can describe!

Big, huge brown eyes twinkling from a cute little tanned skinned face, cheeks not so chubby, but enough for you to want to eat them up. A perfect nose and the gummiest smile, showing two teeth, flashing constantly! Shiny brown hair that naturally created a mohican and frames his beautiful face.

He’s a smiler, a giggler, and sitting in his bouncy chair, he waggles his legs manically to bounce himself, and he loves to growl like a bear!

The kids and Hubby Dearest are as infatuated as I am, and when it was time to go, we physically had to tear ourselves away!

But my high light was at the end when I got a few precious moments with him, no sharing, after his bath, and he kept on grabbing my face with his little hands, and pulling me down, so he could kiss/eat my nose, cheeks and lip! My brother managed to get a video of that, it’s so cute!!! As I said in my post title, I’m in love again!!!!

Counting down the next time we meet, which I know will be in October, unless we manage to arrange a trip out to them in August!!!

In other business, the scratch is better, but I definitely twisted my ankle in our dramatic rescue of the Cat Called Sonu Singh, last night, when I fell off the chair!

Birthdays Birthdays! It’s all going mad here!

29 Jun 2015 37 Comments

by Ritu in Children, Family Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, double Figures, Happy Birthday, Milestones, mum, Son

As I wake this morning, I will be very aware that I am getting older…

This morning, my son, Lil Man, reaches his first big milestone age. He’s hit double figures today, 10!

Where did that time go? How did that happen? Surely not??!! But he’s my Lil Man!!! He is a little person truly, and doesn’t look like he should be 10, so it makes it even harder to comprehend!

I still feel like it was yesterday, when we were struggling to conceive, and then that day arrived when he couldn’t wait, and dive-bombed into our life 3 weeks earlier than expected! It’s been a rollercoaster of emotions from then, but the biggest one is love, unconditional love for our Lil Man.

I love this little man so much, and he will be there, my Lil Man, forever and a day! Happy birthday son, your mummy, and daddy are so proud of you and love you so much!

Wait, it doesn’t finish there…

10 years ago, I managed to give my Mum the best present ever… something that I don’t think I could have even planned… you see the day my Lil Man dive-bombed into our lives was already my wonderful mum’s birthdate! So, what a present we gave her that day!