Last night after a busy day for us but a stay inside work day for the King this is what transpired when a suggestion to go outside was made. Nobody was very enthusiastic. We lost ………………….. 🙂 King: Let’s go out for a hit of tennis after dinner kids kids both falling asleep in their dinner plates: nah bit tired …
Summertime Blues
Summer vacation is a time of freedom, of spending time in the great outdoors, swimming, running, bike riding, discovering nature and just playing wild and free…………..right?! eeeeeehhhhhhhhh  (lame buzzer sound) This household has a hard time moving 🙂 the kids don’t even surface until after 9am, hey I’m only just up myself, don’t judge me. Then we gnaw on whatever …
How To Collect a Kid from the Airport, City Style………
When collecting an unaccompanied minor from the airport, you’ll need to take along a lot of patience. You would think that having Grand Master D fly home on his own would be less hassle all round and I suppose it probably is, but it was rather a long frustrating process. I left home before he even boarded the plane to …
And Then There Was One.
Grand Master D is away, I know I’ve mentioned this. It’s quiet here without him-I miss him. He is having an experience of a lifetime. We spoke with him last night at 10pm and he told us he had a 5am start today for a 6am breakfast then a full day of touring in Philadelphia.
The Independence Bug
Grand Master D and little Miss Gremlin have taken themselves off to the movies this morning. They didn’t need me. Just my money 🙂 It’s funny how one minute they can be at each others throats, like yesterday, then today they are a united front against the world……. Or Harlem or the 10 blocks between the cinema and home. It’s …
A Glimpse into the Future….. ?
I may or may not have just experienced my first pre-teen tantrum. It was messy, there were tears. He was pretty upset too 🙂 . I’m not sure I handled it well to begin with, the frustration went straight to 11. I think it was shock but in the end I just let it go. He had to collect himself, …
Never Say Never
The King spent many years convincing me that we were never going to get married or have children. He had been married before and after that ended, he felt that he’d done that and didn’t want to do it again. I resisted of course, wanting to have children, wanting to be married, arguing for my side, on many occasions until …
It’s a World Gone Mad…..
Oh wait the kids just swapped beds. In my total, wasted haze of befuddledness that was monday, I generously allowed the children to swap beds. Yeah I know it was a school night and being in new digs is not going to help them settle down and leave me the hell alone but they caught me at a weak moment. …
Proud Mummy
This time of year here in the US is end of school, things are winding down. It’s all about field trips and fun days like pyjama day, silly shoe day, crazy hat day, sprinkler day, at least in 2nd grade. Today was the Award Ceremony. Miss Gremlin sat patiently as everyone received their individual awards.