• He sniffs everything from spoons, pencils and books to his sister, the slide and golf balls.

    The other day at breakfast he told me he wanted to swap his spoon because it was stinky.  Last night as I read to him he took the book, closed his eyes, had a deep inhale, and told me that it smelled good.

    The only thing he doesn’t mind getting a bit whiffy is trusted, floppy, Lulu.  Yesterday he reached his limit, he’d had enough.  After a prolonged sniff he announced that she was too smelly and asked for her to be washed.  I had a sniff and immediately obliged.

    Now everything is well in the world of the 4 year old again.  He can go back to sniffing spoons.

    Clean Lulu Cuddle

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    December Snow & Doodle bread 019Rose at Doodle bread asked us to try out a Doodle Bread kit this week. We had great fun as you can see from the photos.

    Doodle Bread has shapes running through every slice.

    The colour from Doodle Bread mixes come from powdered vegetables, seeds and grains so it won’t send the kids doolally!

    The kit was so easy to use and the step by step instructions ensured that we put our ‘doodle’ in the right place! it was really messy which made it even more exciting, the 3 year old especially liked getting his hands in there.

    Once baked they ate the lot in one go. The 3 year old particularly liked the beetroot coloured star in the middle.

    The Doodle Bread kit was a real winner and something we’ll definitely use again … in fact we’re going to try out this chocolate and vanilla star loaf recipe next time.

    If you’d like the chance to win your own Doodle Bread ‘make your own bread that doesn’t look like anyone else’s in the world, ever’ kit then please leave a comment below. A winner will be picked my my ever present independent adjudicator (aged 5) on Friday 12 February. Open to UK residents only.

     

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  • Profit

    Photo credit Fudrucker

    Gramps and my Stepmum came for tea on Tuesday.  I made a shepherds pie and broke the ‘no pudding during the week’ rule by buying profiteroles.  They are the 5 year old’s favourite.

    Whilst I was cooking the 4 year old came into the kitchen.  He asked me what I was making and wanted to sniff the carrots (that’s just one of his foibles).  I told him he could have a sneak preview of pudding and opened the fridge.

    4 year old “What are those?!”

    Me “Profiteroles”

    4 year old“Porritterholes?”

    Me “No, profiteroles”

    4 year old “Porrferretholes?”

    Before I could correct him again he was away in search of his Hot Wheels track.

    Later over dinner the 5 year old was struggling with her tea.  I decided to tell her what was for pudding in the hope it would give her that extra Oomph.

    Me “I’ve bought a lovely pudding for us, it’s your favourite…”

    5 year old “Is it cheesecake?”

    Me “No”

    5 year old“Is it banoffee pie?”

    Me “No, I tell you what, [the 4 year old] knows what it is, let him tell you”

    All eyes and ears fell on the 4 year old.

    4 year old “We’re having pooholes for pudding”

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  • I was helping the 5 year old tidy her room at the weekend.  She was moving piles of ’stuff’ from one side to the other and I was accidentally, on purpose, putting things in the bin when she wasn’t looking.

    The result was a much tidier bedroom.

    Whilst sorting through her dolls and their paraphernalia she picked two babies, put them in her double pushchair and announced ”I’m taking the twins for a walk”.

    I found another baby hiding under the bed and handed it to her.

    “Ooh, now I have twiglets” she said.

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  • January 2010 - Various 074Whilst the 5 year old and I were out on our secret birthday present shopping mission after school last night it appears the now 4, then 3, year old decided to open his present from Gramps and my Stepmum. Granted it was sat in the dining room waving at him, but he had been told that it was for his birthday and not to open it till then.

    He went to an awful lot of trouble, even getting a butter knife from the drawer to get to the goods quicker. He proudly went upstairs to show The Husband his new toy saxaphone and got a telling off.

    When I returned home, after our secret birthday present shopping mission, it dawned on him that I was also displeased and that he would have one less present to open this morning. He sobbed for a while.

    Later when he was getting ready for bed he may have unexpectedly ventured into my bedroom where he may have seen another present, this time unwrapped.  A Toy Story lunch bag, to replace the torn and battered Ben 10 one. A practical addition for his birthday.

    As I was saying goodnight to him last night he said “Why did you buy me a Toy Story lunchbag?” in a disappointed tone. I said in an upbeat tra la la voice with a beaming smile that he would have to wait and see what his birthday would bring, whilst thinking “Oh shit”.  Poor disappointed 3 year old.

    Anyway, that’s behind him now because today is his birthday and he’s 4.  Who cares that he knows he has a toy saxophone which will be utilised as a gun or a method of torturing his parents and sister with?  Who cares his mother bought him a boring old Toy Story lunch bag? I for one love Buzz and Woody and in the cold light of day he was actually quite pleased with it. Now, he also has a new scooter, to replace the rusty old one … and this one has lights that flash along the footplate a bit like the ones that some chavs attach to the underside of their car.

    I sit here shell shocked wondering where the last four years have gone.  I’m sure The Husband is equally confused, for it is his birthday too. 41 today. I’m sure he is wondering where the last 40 years have gone. Ahem.

    This weekend we have a birthday party for the 4 year old with some of his friends from nursery.  Later the husband and I will go out  and meet our friends in the village. We may even drink a beverage or twenty two.  I’m sure there will be lots of laughter … and cake.

    To infinity and beyond ….

    See you on the other side.

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