Are we nearly there yet mummy? » buns http://arewenearlythereyetmummy.com The Mummy Blog everyone is talking about Fri, 18 May 2012 06:00:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Things I have learnt at the weekend … http://arewenearlythereyetmummy.com/things-i-have-learnt-at-the-weekend/ http://arewenearlythereyetmummy.com/things-i-have-learnt-at-the-weekend/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:22:00 +0000 Laura - AWNTYM? http://addcreative.co.uk/AWNTYM/?p=1508 Smirnoff’s Lime Vodka tastes great and goes down really well
Letting your Saturday evening dinner guests have a look round the cellar whilst the 5 year old turns off the light is mildly amusing
Telling your friend’s husband that he has hands like a werewolf is not polite
Watching your husband stick his nipple through the hole in a place mat at your dinner party on Saturday night, whilst your friend’s husband flicks it, however funny at the time … will never be right and will haunt you
Diet Coke and lard does not cure a Smirnoff Lime Vodka hangover
If my children are left to their own devices early in the morning they will make their own breakfast consisting of custard creams and raisins
Three rounds of paracetamol does not cure a Smirnoff Lime hangover
Getting the 5 year old to tell her friend from next door to “go away and come back later” through the letterbox is fine, because it’s midday and you are all still in your pyjamas
The smell of chicken madras lingers for at least 24 hours, the after effects of chicken madras last longer

]]> http://arewenearlythereyetmummy.com/things-i-have-learnt-at-the-weekend/feed/ 16 A shrug of the shoulders and a waft of garlic http://arewenearlythereyetmummy.com/a-shrug-of-the-shoulders-and-a-waft-of-garlic/ http://arewenearlythereyetmummy.com/a-shrug-of-the-shoulders-and-a-waft-of-garlic/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:27:00 +0000 Laura - AWNTYM? http://mhatrey.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/a-shrug-of-the-shoulders-and-a-waft-of-garlic/ I have stopped asking questions about school at pick up time. I get the same tired answer over and over again …

“I don’t know” with a shrug of the shoulders.

The words blood and stone spring to mind.

I have learnt to leave well alone and during the evening I get a trickle of glimpses of the 4 year old’s day.

Gone are the days when I knew my children’s every move.

I remember fondly a time when I could chart the bowel movements of my children and regale them to my husband when he returned from work.

Oh, those were the days.

One of the things I always want to know is what she’s eaten for lunch. Mainly because when I’m serving dinner I always seem to be in line with the school kitchens. I serve spag bol, she had it for lunch. I serve lasagne, she had it for lunch and so on and so forth. Whether this is the truth or just my daughter being 4 I am not sure.

As I picked the 4 year old up from school today I got a waft of garlic …

Me – “Have you been eating garlic?”

My pedantic daughter replied all matter of fact, as only she can …

Her – “No Mum, it’s not garlic, it’s garlic bread.”

So, tonight over dinner I asked the 3 year old what he did at pre-school. He is always happy to give explicit details in his own special way …

Him – “I climbed on David* … eat buns … had poo … bikes and sing songs with lady”.

Poor David.

The buns bit is his daily lie, he tell me this part with a mischievous grin so I will say in mock horror “Buns?” to which he says “Noooooo” with a giggle. It’s one of those little things that he never seems to tire of.

The 4 year old feeling left out and pondering whether to share her day starts up with …

Her – Do you want to know what I did with my lunch?

At this point I get excited thinking I’m going to get hard information …

Me – Yes, what did you do?

Her - I ate it.

… and that is all I get.

My son climbed on David, didn’t eat buns, had a poo, rode a bike and sang songs.

My daughter ate her lunch which involved garlic bread.

Maybe I should be grateful for any information at all?

Imagine the conversation David and his Mum were having.

* Names have as usual being changed to protect the, in this case poor, innocent David

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