Are we nearly there yet mummy? » Auntie K http://www.arewenearlythereyetmummy.com Parenting Blog Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:00:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Sniffing and Squeezing The Fruit and Vegetables http://www.arewenearlythereyetmummy.com/sniffing-and-squeezing-the-fruit-and-vegetables/ http://www.arewenearlythereyetmummy.com/sniffing-and-squeezing-the-fruit-and-vegetables/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:43:00 +0000 Laura - AWNTYM? http://mhatrey.wordpress.com/2009/04/17/sniffing-and-squeezing-the-fruit-and-vegetables/ I had a rare opportunity to visit the supermarket after work last week, on the way to pick up the children from Auntie K’s.

I don’t often go to the supermarket and use online shopping. Less stressful but fairly boring as I end up ordering the same stuff every week.

I revelled in wandering round sniffing and squeezing the fruit and vegetables, looking at all the new products and committing them to memory for my next online shop.

I am an avid people watcher. In fact, avid doesn’t quite cover it … I LOVE watching people … their behaviour, interaction, foibles, habits.

I wandered with my trolley and watched the frazzled lady with her three children hanging off the trolley arguing over a Fruit Shoot; The man with his meal for one and beer perusing the condom and lubricants shelf; The old couple looking at stain removers.

Old Lady - Pointing “Is it the same as that one?”

Old Man - “I don’t know I haven’t brought my reading glasses, I can’t see what it says”

Old Lady - In loud whisper “Does it remove large areas of blood?”

The Old Man looked at his wife in horror and then at me, at which point I scurried off to peruse the cake aisle and see what else the ‘meal for one man’ had put in his basket.

]]> http://www.arewenearlythereyetmummy.com/sniffing-and-squeezing-the-fruit-and-vegetables/feed/ 12 We have a family tradition … update http://www.arewenearlythereyetmummy.com/we-have-a-family-tradition-update/ http://www.arewenearlythereyetmummy.com/we-have-a-family-tradition-update/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:46:00 +0000 Laura - AWNTYM? http://mhatrey.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/we-have-a-family-tradition-update/ We met at my sisters house on Easter Sunday. The children hunted for chocolate eggs in the garden. The dog joined in too and I am looking forward to picking up metallic poos from our garden.

We went to the park for our egg rolling and found a fantastic hill, complete with kamikazee rocks and tree roots for a bit of added excitement.

I didn’t win … my niece did, she was overcome with emotion as she has never won before.

My egg is the golden one in the green box, next to the black sheep.

The 3 year old came third. Perhaps with a weekly training session the 3 year old will win next year.

… then I can live the winning of the egg rolling cup through his eyes (and pretend the trophy is mine giving oscar style acceptance speeches in the mirror when I’m alone).

]]> http://www.arewenearlythereyetmummy.com/we-have-a-family-tradition-update/feed/ 2 We have a family tradition … http://www.arewenearlythereyetmummy.com/we-have-a-family-tradition/ http://www.arewenearlythereyetmummy.com/we-have-a-family-tradition/#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:15:00 +0000 Laura - AWNTYM? http://mhatrey.wordpress.com/2009/04/10/we-have-a-family-tradition/ … egg rolling.

Every Easter.

Up until five years ago I hadn’t met another family that did it. We take it seriously, very seriously indeed.

… we have a trophy.

For those of you who are not with it (ahem) … we paint hard boiled eggs, find a hill and roll our eggs down it. The egg that gets the most points over three rolls is the winner. The owner of said winning egg receives the trophy, which is proudly displayed until the next ‘egg roll’.

In t’olden days, when I was a child it was simple. Paint egg, find hill, roll egg, slap winner on back, well done.

Now the rules are a little lax.

I follow the old style method of ‘place and release’. Placing my egg on the line and releasing it.

I have never won the trophy.

Other family members, I shall name no names, favour the ‘egg toss’. The wrongdoer appear to be applying the ‘place and release’ method but at the last minute tosses their egg to gain speed and distance. This causes much bickering amongst the family and the word ‘cheat’ is bandied about. We have over ten family participants and it can get a little heated.

When the winner has been presented with the trophy we have lots of leftover eggs. One year, pre small children, we decided to have an egg pelting session which ended abruptly when a Grandparent received a black eye.

Since then we have taken a cricket bat and taken it in turns to bash the eggs (away from other people).

This week I received an email from my sister. I realised the excitement was brewing when she asked for verification of the rules.

She wanted to know if she could use more than one egg?
No, you may not. If you want to show off your artisitic abilities then we shall admire your extra eggs and say ‘oooh’, but they will not be submitted. One egg is sufficient.

Could we make the rules on trophy winning clear?
Yes. The winner wins the trophy.

Anything else?
Yes, we are going old school. We are using the ‘place and release’ method. Anyone found to be using the ‘egg toss’ will have points deducted from the total and people will point and mock.

After 30 years I might stand a chance of winning the trophy.

I keep finding the husband staring off into space and I think he must be thinking about work. Then I realise, he is a graphic designer, he is already designing his egg in his head.

Like I said, we take it seriously.

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