Tahlia was asking me in the car on the way home today, how do babies come out of thier mummies tummies.
I took a deep breath and replied, they push them out. I'm big fan of the "need to know basis" parenting style, give only the neccessary and age appropriate information!
She thought about this and then asked - but how? While i was trying to form an appropriate answer to this question, she said, "Oh, I know, like this" and then gave quite a good impression of a lady giving birth!
After this, she said, I wish i had a baby.
Daddy replied from the front seat "no you don't, if you did you'd have to get up the middle of the night to look after it"
Tahlia's reply? - Well daddy, you know, the daddy can get up TOO!
I have trained my daughter well!!
Monday, June 18, 2007
Thursday, June 7, 2007
How Long?
I'm just wondering how long it will be before darling Zac does'nt have to completely strip in order to go to the toilet. It's driving me insane.
Especially at the shops, i get some pretty strange looks. He doesn't wait to go into the stall to start stripping. He just stands in the general area and off come the clothes. I am left standing there with a pile of clothes looking like a dill.
It's a bit gross too, he takes of his shoes and everything, so he's walking around on the bathroom floor with no shoes on, you never know what's on those floors!
I should point out that he is still at the sitting down stage at the moment. I have yet to introduce the concept of standing up peeing. I just can't face the mess yet. We have enough problems without adding peeing all over the bathroom to the list!
Especially at the shops, i get some pretty strange looks. He doesn't wait to go into the stall to start stripping. He just stands in the general area and off come the clothes. I am left standing there with a pile of clothes looking like a dill.
It's a bit gross too, he takes of his shoes and everything, so he's walking around on the bathroom floor with no shoes on, you never know what's on those floors!
I should point out that he is still at the sitting down stage at the moment. I have yet to introduce the concept of standing up peeing. I just can't face the mess yet. We have enough problems without adding peeing all over the bathroom to the list!
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
pull my finger
My darling husband has taught my kids the old - "pull my finger trick" (you pull thier finger and they..er..pass wind)
We had grandma in the car today and Zac from the back seat says - pull my finger!
Grandma looks at him quizicaly as I pull his finger.
He says - oh no, you're too late! I laughed my head of for about 3 hours!
I then very embarrassingly had to explain the whole thing to grandma. I think she'll be having a few words to Daddy about this one.
We had grandma in the car today and Zac from the back seat says - pull my finger!
Grandma looks at him quizicaly as I pull his finger.
He says - oh no, you're too late! I laughed my head of for about 3 hours!
I then very embarrassingly had to explain the whole thing to grandma. I think she'll be having a few words to Daddy about this one.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Who's the Boss?
I'm trying to work out just who is the boss in our family.
I have a horrible feeling it is the tantrums of a certain three year old boy.
There are some days that we dance around zac trying not to annoy him so that he doesn't explode into one of his world famous tantrums. Although thier frequency has reduced of late, thier intensity has NOT!
One of the things that makes it worse is that Tahlia is absolutely terrified of Zacs tantrums. She does whatever she can to placate him, which usually ends up with her being in trouble too. It turns into a huge disaster with one family member screaming and another two in tears.
Another thing that makes it worse is being in public, or worse, in the car. The "ignore and it will go away" school of thought just doesn't work in these situations. Not with Zac anyway, it did with Tahlia, she was a softie!
I think we're just going to have to wait out this joyfull stage, ignoring wherever possible, placating without it being obvious we are doing so, and praying alot. We must be doing something right I guess, at the beginning of the year we were on about 5 tantrums a day, now it's more like five a week.
I have a horrible feeling it is the tantrums of a certain three year old boy.
There are some days that we dance around zac trying not to annoy him so that he doesn't explode into one of his world famous tantrums. Although thier frequency has reduced of late, thier intensity has NOT!
One of the things that makes it worse is that Tahlia is absolutely terrified of Zacs tantrums. She does whatever she can to placate him, which usually ends up with her being in trouble too. It turns into a huge disaster with one family member screaming and another two in tears.
Another thing that makes it worse is being in public, or worse, in the car. The "ignore and it will go away" school of thought just doesn't work in these situations. Not with Zac anyway, it did with Tahlia, she was a softie!
I think we're just going to have to wait out this joyfull stage, ignoring wherever possible, placating without it being obvious we are doing so, and praying alot. We must be doing something right I guess, at the beginning of the year we were on about 5 tantrums a day, now it's more like five a week.
Monday, May 28, 2007
boys will be boys
Two very funny boy stories. The first one I actually read on another blog while i was randomly clicking the next blog button. Of course i forgot to actually write down the name of this blog. So if you recognise this story as your own, please let me know so that i can link it to your site, which was very good BTW.
A little boy was sitting in the bath playing with the family jewels. He looks up at his mother and asks "are these my brains", she replies, "no darling, not yet!"
I think this was actually a true story - i can certainly imagine it happening. The next incident happened this morning.
I had just got out of the shower and zac was doing his usuall - "I kissed your bottom" thing, he has a fascination with bottoms at the moment. Then he looks at me and says.
"can I see your wee wee mummy?" I reply that it's just there and point. He says "did you lose it?" HA HA HA
A little boy was sitting in the bath playing with the family jewels. He looks up at his mother and asks "are these my brains", she replies, "no darling, not yet!"
I think this was actually a true story - i can certainly imagine it happening. The next incident happened this morning.
I had just got out of the shower and zac was doing his usuall - "I kissed your bottom" thing, he has a fascination with bottoms at the moment. Then he looks at me and says.
"can I see your wee wee mummy?" I reply that it's just there and point. He says "did you lose it?" HA HA HA
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Sibling relationship
I am so proud of my kids. They have a really wonderful relationship as far as kids go.
Don't get me wrong, they spend a fair amount of time trying to injure each other, physically or emotionally, but a larger amount of time is spent being incredibly sweet to each other. A few illustrations.
Yesterday I took Zac shopping for a few things, he was not in the "shopping groove" so we stopped for a milkshake. The shop happened to be next to a florist, he looked over and said "I want to buy some flowers for Tahlia" How cute.
Most afternoons we have a fight over who will collect the mail. It seems to be some high status thing at our place? The last few days though, it has been very cute. Tahlia says - zac, you can collect the mail today, he replies, thats ok, you can get it, she says, no really, i want you to get it, he says, oh, thankyou very much tahli.
I've been unwell the last few weeks, and been having afternoon naps after Tahlia gets home from school. Usually this would be interupted every five minutes or so with requests or whinges or fights, but the last couple of naps have been really long. I wake up in a panic because the house is quiet, and have walked out to find the pair of them cuddling on the couch watcing tv.
They really do look out for each other and are very aware of things being fair between them. Too sweet. We must be really good parents!!!!!!
Don't get me wrong, they spend a fair amount of time trying to injure each other, physically or emotionally, but a larger amount of time is spent being incredibly sweet to each other. A few illustrations.
Yesterday I took Zac shopping for a few things, he was not in the "shopping groove" so we stopped for a milkshake. The shop happened to be next to a florist, he looked over and said "I want to buy some flowers for Tahlia" How cute.
Most afternoons we have a fight over who will collect the mail. It seems to be some high status thing at our place? The last few days though, it has been very cute. Tahlia says - zac, you can collect the mail today, he replies, thats ok, you can get it, she says, no really, i want you to get it, he says, oh, thankyou very much tahli.
I've been unwell the last few weeks, and been having afternoon naps after Tahlia gets home from school. Usually this would be interupted every five minutes or so with requests or whinges or fights, but the last couple of naps have been really long. I wake up in a panic because the house is quiet, and have walked out to find the pair of them cuddling on the couch watcing tv.
They really do look out for each other and are very aware of things being fair between them. Too sweet. We must be really good parents!!!!!!
Friday, May 4, 2007
canteen and other things we do for our kids
I recently had my second shift on the school canteen/tuckshop. It was something I dreaded for weeks. Why would i volunteer for a job that involves three of my least favourite activities - housework, cooking for kids, and retail?
There are three answers to this question.
One is Mother Guilt. I am not a decent mother if I don't do all those little things that mothers "should" do.
Two is pure selfishness, yes, it's true. I get a little buzz out of knowing that i am doing something that only a few others do. I am making a difference at the school. I am involved, making a sacrifice....
Third is that i love my daughter too much not to do it. When she heard there was a vacancy at the canteen, she was SO excited. I simply had to fill it. She gets a thrill everytime I'm on canteen, and for that day I am the perfect mother, i even buy food for her friends.
This third reason should be the most important I suppose, but for me, i have to admit, number one comes in first. I really should do something about that.
There are three answers to this question.
One is Mother Guilt. I am not a decent mother if I don't do all those little things that mothers "should" do.
Two is pure selfishness, yes, it's true. I get a little buzz out of knowing that i am doing something that only a few others do. I am making a difference at the school. I am involved, making a sacrifice....
Third is that i love my daughter too much not to do it. When she heard there was a vacancy at the canteen, she was SO excited. I simply had to fill it. She gets a thrill everytime I'm on canteen, and for that day I am the perfect mother, i even buy food for her friends.
This third reason should be the most important I suppose, but for me, i have to admit, number one comes in first. I really should do something about that.
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