Wednesday, 15 April 2009
A BIG thank you to the everso lushy David Tennant
You are just the best doctor ever. Oh, such a good episode!
So just how has he become quite so sporty.
His father and I are quite active, so I can understand the boy being quite active. However, the boy has become sport mad. If its not golf, the trampoline, running around the large deck, climbing, or simply bouncing round the garden, the boy is not happy. I am very thankful for this as the boy goes to sleep at night with his tongue hanging out from exhaustion.
The boy does not walk anywhere, he runs and ,full pelt at that. Whilst other kids his age are still in a buggy or on a buggy board, the boy has walked everywhere for the last year. Well done my little man. Now if you could just slow down so mummy can catch her breath….
The boy does not walk anywhere, he runs and ,full pelt at that. Whilst other kids his age are still in a buggy or on a buggy board, the boy has walked everywhere for the last year. Well done my little man. Now if you could just slow down so mummy can catch her breath….
Chuckled to myself.
Madam has learned to run. So how does she choose to apply this new found talent? Steals the boys toast out of his hands and runs as fast as her little legs can carry her.
Easter
Cooked half the farmyard again. Went for some lovely days out, one lovely morning on the beach. Madam and I got a little wet when we miss-judged outjumping a wave. Consoled ourselves with a snack whilst the boy ran round the beach. Boy ran round perilously close to the nudist area, where the potbellied variety slowly basted themselves in glorious sunshine.
Share update
I am one smidgen short of making a pound per share on my investment. Having taken a good look around a certain well known high street store, I am sure they have too much stock and not the right stock. Am going to have to beg hubby to “short” them. Watch this space.
When is a bag not a bag?
When it becomes a time machine. I found the following in my fav red handbag: madam’s half eaten plum, brown with age. Pack of colouring pencils from Café Rouge, compliments of the boy. A sippy cup. A golf ball. A kids library book which we (I thought) we returned 3 weeks ago. A half eaten pack of raisins. Sand. masses of sand from when I played in the sand pit with the kids. I did not realise they tried to use my bag as a mould.
Getting the kids ready to go out.
1. An estimated half hour before you actually need to leave, start shouting cheerfully “who wants to go out to xxxxx”
2. Take a deep breath. Put your coat on.
3. Heard kids into the hallway. Explain to whiny boy why we need to leave the house. Explain, patiently to the boy that, no, we won’t have time to go to the garden centre.
4. Pick boy up off the floor, which he seems to be welded to, courtesy of garden centre disappointment.
5. Get kids to sit down on the bottom step. Ensure you have chosen shoes to hand, as, if you have not chosen kiddies fav shoes du jour, all hell will break loose and you will not be able to win the battled entitled “shoe choice – why you cannot wear odd shoes”.
6. Ask kids politely to agree on who is having shoe fitted first. Ask kids to stop kicking each other. Retrieve the child whichever child is second, from kitchen. Close hallway door.
7. Wedge kids feet into shoes whilst other child climbs on your back pretending it’s a slide.
8. Gently tempt arms into jumpers / coats. It may feel like the kid has just grown 10 wriggly arms, but in actual fact they still only only have two. Find out you have put on jumper backwards.
9. Repeat number 8.
10. Retrieve your toddler from the bathroom (which you have just cleaned), who is busy smearing liquid soap into the walls. Tell toddler off. Berate yourself for having the audacity to clean during the day and expect it to last that way.
11. Take deep breath no 2, you will need this as you are slowly melting because you have had your coat on for the last half hour.
12. Put your shoes on. Salvage your other shoe away from toddler, who is determined to wear it. Pick toddler up (stops them from creating any more havoc) and balance child on your hip, whilst trying to put shoe on.
13. Pick up house keys, swat boys hands out of “snack” bag, which he is eagerly rifling through.
14. Open the door. Walk down to the car. Tell toddler to stop pulling your hair, toddler only stops slapping and pulling your hair when you have walked back up driveway said “good morning” properly to the neighbours cat.
15. Make a mental note to always say hello to neighbours cat.
16. Put kids in the car. Try and remain calm when they both demand that you strap them in first.
17. Sigh and sink into drivers seat. Ask if everyone ok.
18. Boy triumphantly announces he needs a wee. Cue deep breath!
2. Take a deep breath. Put your coat on.
3. Heard kids into the hallway. Explain to whiny boy why we need to leave the house. Explain, patiently to the boy that, no, we won’t have time to go to the garden centre.
4. Pick boy up off the floor, which he seems to be welded to, courtesy of garden centre disappointment.
5. Get kids to sit down on the bottom step. Ensure you have chosen shoes to hand, as, if you have not chosen kiddies fav shoes du jour, all hell will break loose and you will not be able to win the battled entitled “shoe choice – why you cannot wear odd shoes”.
6. Ask kids politely to agree on who is having shoe fitted first. Ask kids to stop kicking each other. Retrieve the child whichever child is second, from kitchen. Close hallway door.
7. Wedge kids feet into shoes whilst other child climbs on your back pretending it’s a slide.
8. Gently tempt arms into jumpers / coats. It may feel like the kid has just grown 10 wriggly arms, but in actual fact they still only only have two. Find out you have put on jumper backwards.
9. Repeat number 8.
10. Retrieve your toddler from the bathroom (which you have just cleaned), who is busy smearing liquid soap into the walls. Tell toddler off. Berate yourself for having the audacity to clean during the day and expect it to last that way.
11. Take deep breath no 2, you will need this as you are slowly melting because you have had your coat on for the last half hour.
12. Put your shoes on. Salvage your other shoe away from toddler, who is determined to wear it. Pick toddler up (stops them from creating any more havoc) and balance child on your hip, whilst trying to put shoe on.
13. Pick up house keys, swat boys hands out of “snack” bag, which he is eagerly rifling through.
14. Open the door. Walk down to the car. Tell toddler to stop pulling your hair, toddler only stops slapping and pulling your hair when you have walked back up driveway said “good morning” properly to the neighbours cat.
15. Make a mental note to always say hello to neighbours cat.
16. Put kids in the car. Try and remain calm when they both demand that you strap them in first.
17. Sigh and sink into drivers seat. Ask if everyone ok.
18. Boy triumphantly announces he needs a wee. Cue deep breath!
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