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Guest Post – Please Don’t Say He’s That Age Already!

02 Jun 2015 17 Comments

by Ritu in Children, Guest Posts, Humour Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, children, growing up, Guest Post, Sex Education

A guest post on A Momma’s View! Thank you Sandra, for asking me! 😊

A Momma's View

It was a lovely surprise to get an email from Momma asking me if I’d like to write a guest post for her.
Who am I?
Sorry, how rude of me! My name is Ritu of But I Smile Anyway. I’m also a mum, in the UK, and also I’ve just started work as a Nursery Teacher. I like to write about all sorts, from recollections and reminiscences, to jokes and quotes, stories about my family, my thoughts on various issues, and all about my cat too!
Please have a mosey on over, and have a nose at my posts, and if you like, join my lovely followers!!
I had a think, and came up with something I hope you will enjoy reading!!!!

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Q & A – Kids Logic Part 36

01 Jun 2015 34 Comments

by Ritu in Humour, Kids Logic Series, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Humour, Kids Logic, Questions and Answers

Something a friend posted on Facebook…I had to do it on here for us to enjoy!!!

WITHOUT any prompting, ask your child these questions & write down EXACTLY what they say. It’s a great & funny way to find out exactly what they think.

Childs Name: Lil Man and Lil Princess
Age: 9 and 7

1. What is something Mummy always says to you?
LM: stop arguing with your sister!
LP: sleep in my own bed

2. What makes Mummy happy? –
LM: being good
LP: me listening

3. What makes Mummy sad? –
LM: punching my sister
LP: being naughty and hurting people

4. How does Mummy make you laugh? –
LM: making faces
LP: jokes

5. What was Mummy like as a child? –
LM: I don’t know cos I wasn’t born!
LP: good

6. How old is Mummy? –
LM: 39
LP: 39

7. How tall is Mummy? –
LM: 2 foot
LP: big but not as big as daddy, but daddy is younger

8. What is Mummy’s favourite thing to do? –
LM: Watch TV
LP: shopping

9. What does Mummy do when you’re not here? –
LM: kisses dad!
LP: kiss daddy

10. If Mummy becomes famous what will it be for? –
LM: teaching
LP: doing work and singing like crazy!

11. What is Mummy really good at? –
LM: being a mum
LP: looking after me

12. What is Mummy not very good at? –
LM: telling us off
LP: nothing

13. What is Mummy’s job? –
LM: a teacher
LP: being a nursery teacher

14. What makes you proud of Mummy? –
LM: she loves us
LP: when she looks after me

15. What is Mummy’s favourite food? –
LM: Chocolate
LP: pasta

16. What do you & Mummy do together? –
LM: talk
LP: watch Come Dine With Me or Eastenders

17. How are you & Mummy the same? –
LM: because we’ve got the same blood
LP: we have the same body

18. If your Mummy was a cartoon character who would she be? –
LM: Mr Bean
LP: Marge from the simpsons!

19. How are you & Mummy different? –
LM: cos I’m a boy
LP: mummy has boobies and I don’t!

20. How do you know Mummy loves you? –
LM: because you say it
LP: because I came from her belly button

21. What does Mummy like best about Daddy? –
LM: him, all of him
LP: he’s funny

22. Where is Mummy’s favourite place to go? –
LM: shopping
LP: Asda

23. How old was Mummy when she had you? –
LM: 21
LP: 21

Hmmm… Interesting answers!!!

Nice Tush! -Kids Logic Part 35

30 May 2015 17 Comments

by Ritu in Kids Logic Series Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Bottoms, Butts, Kids Logic Series, Tushies

The conversations we get into with our kids!!!

Today Lil Man was Chatting away about a game he had been playing… he mentioned that someone on the game said Luke Skywalker got milk on his tushie. He laughed, and then said “not that I know what a ‘tushie’ is!”

So I explained that it is basically an Americanised term for Bum! How people would say someone had ‘a nice tush’ and things like that. Well, he laughed, Lil Princess laughed, and he stated how ‘inappropriate’ it was!

I remarked that it wouldn’t be long before he was checking out girl’s behinds, and quite possibly making those kind of comments himself. He was horrified! “No!!! People don’t do that, that’s, like, sick, mum!”

Lil Princess must always involve herself into all conversations… “Well Daddy says it all the time… He says mummy has got a nice bummy!”

Gee thanks!

For Our Unique Children…

29 May 2015 39 Comments

by Ritu in Children, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, children, Individuals

When I read this for the first time, it hit a nerve, so close to my heart. I printed it off, and put it in my classroom at the time.
All children are unique, they grow into unique adults. If they were all to achieve the same successes, and excel at everything they did, what a boring world we would live in … It’s good that some kids are good at maths, or literacy, and others are great in sport, or the arts. We need those strong in the sciences too, but they don’t have to be top in everything!
Equally we shouldn’t compare them… Two best friends might be polar opposites, academically, and in personality, but their two different halves, make a fantastic whole… Don’t spoil it by comparing them, and playing one off the other, so their friendship inevitably suffers…

Let’s love our children for what they are, not what others expect them to be.

Going a bit Lego mad AGAIN!!

25 May 2015 36 Comments

by Ritu in Children Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Collections, Lego

You know my kids have a Lego obsession at the moment… Well one of our national daily papers had a 9 day offer, where if you bought the paper every day, and took the voucher from inside to a specific shop, you could get some Lego sets free.

Not a bad deal, I think I paid under £10 for all the papers, to get a whole set. One single set would cost between £5-9 so I made a saving of… Whatever! It was a great deal!!!

And aside from the first one I had to double up, as Lil Princess decided she would like to collect them too!

Here is what you could collect…

Pretty cool, huh!
And we got em all too!

The whole shebang!!!!
First we had the Swamp Police Helicopter

Second, the Joker Bumper Car

Third, the Off Road Vehicle

Fourth, Rapunzel’s Market Visit

Fifth, Tractor

Sixth, A Star Wars Tie Fighter. .. I think!

Seventh, Garbage Truck

Eighth, Demolition Truck

And Ninth, and finally, Ninjago Kai Drifter

Kids were very happy, and it was just another thing to add to my daily list of things to do, albeit something a bit more out of my way, as I don’t go into town every day!!!

But I have to say I’m glad its over… I didn’t have the energy to be rushing around any more than necessary!!!!