A memory floated into my mind…
A couple of years back there was an article in the papers about how so many primary school aged children were oblivious to where the food they eat comes from. There was a sample list of questions and I was so proud my two answered each correctly…
Tomato ‘from a plant’, ✔
milk ‘from a cow’, ✔
apples ‘from a tree’ ✔
etc. etc.
On a roll, I asked Lil Princess a few more,
carrots -‘from the ground’ ✔yay!
Sausages- ‘from the barbeque’ 😐
Ermmm…….
Kid’s logic pt 3
11 Jan 2015 6 Comments
in Kids Logic Series Tags: children, Food Origins, Funny, Humour
Banning the banshee!!
03 Jan 2015 9 Comments
in Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Banshee, children, Resolutions, Shouting
So I know it’s now the 3rd of January, and generally resolutions are meant to be kept on the 1st, but I have made a decision, I will stop hollering/screaming/shouting at the kids!
Firstly, it will save my throat!
Secondly, I have noticed how Lil Princess nowadays raises her voice rather a lot, and I guess children learn what they see, and I am so guilty of this!
There was a time when I was such a calm person, with the patience of a saint…then I had kids of my own!!!!
And yes, standing in the middle of the brother/sister war zone, sometimes the only way to be heard is to shout…. But no, I must control my urges!
So from today, I will try so hard to listen, and reason with the two monkeys in a cool, calm and collected way, before resorting to the banshee style that I tend to favour, unfortunately!
I will keep you posted with my endeavours to be quieter!
(So far today, I did really good, until I was trying to type my last post, and they were being little s***s, so slight volume control -or no volume control -was exercised…! Oops! Still. Baby steps, baby steps!)
So, what did you do?
02 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: children, Chilled, Family, New Year
Well. We have now seen the new year in, it kinda crawled into our household…
Sat at my in laws house, watching the London fireworks on TV, not toasting the end of one year and advent of a new one, because yes, I would be driving home!
Kids high on an excess of sugar because there is far too much available to them, and no one has the energy to stop them reaching for that third candy cane/fifth biscuit… But no Coke! I draw the line at fizzy drinks lol!
So as I said, it kinda crawled in, then we got home to wish our beautiful Sonu Singh his first Happy New Year! He was sat at the front door waiting for us… It’s very rare that mummy and daddy and the crazy kids leave him during an evening, so he was a bit lonely… I felt awful, looking at his little face, staring up at me! I’m sorry gorgeous kitty! As a treat, he slept on my bed, bless him!
So, late wake ups for all, especially for Hubby Dearest… Yes, I had the driving to do, he didn’t!
Then a visit to the Gurdwara, to give thanks for all we have experienced in the past year, and to seek blessings for the one to come. Oh and eat lunch!
Pop in to the in laws, say hello all, then back home to vegetate…
And vegetate we did! I got straight back into my PJ’s and TV in, slouched in bed all day! Kids ran round the house like loons, as usual, and occasionally joined me in my bed, Hubby Dearest pottering around and enjoying setting up his new phone.
Dinner, oops, somehow a pizza got delivered…. See, that healthy life thing is not starting today… But personally I think I’m better at starting theses things on a Monday! Roll on a better me! (Cone Monday… And I haven’t specified which Monday either!😝)
Bath for kids and bed again…
Yup, a chilled start to the New Year, I liked that!
So that’s where we’re from! Kids Logic pt 2
29 Dec 2014 4 Comments
in Kids Logic Series Tags: Asda, children, Genes, Humour, Jeans
Reminiscing about things the kids have said in the past…
One fine example of comedy from my dearest son last year.
Says my Pops to his grandson, ” You know, you are from India originally.”
Lil Man:” No, we’re from Gravesend!”
Pops/Nanu: “No dear, your genes are from India…”
Lil Man: ” No Nanu, my mum said my jeans were from Asda!”
There was a look of confusion on his face for ages afterwards, he couldn’t work out why we were rolling about, laughing!
Not sure I believe what I just heard…
28 Dec 2014 19 Comments
in Children Tags: children, Thin
We’re off on a family trip and I just got the Lil Princess changed…
She’s admiring herself in the mirror and says ” I like this dress!”
I enquired why..
“Because it makes me look thin!”
No no no no no!!!!
This is the society and time we live in, where a 6 year old is checking her figure out?! We certainly don’t discuss such issues at home…
The look on my face must have been enough…
“No, its because of the flowers mummy…”
Really?
But I Smile Anyway... 