The Boy is Going to School

As I am writing this, I am in deep shock!
Last Wednesday I enrolled my mini man into our local primary school. Such an emotional day for a soppy mummy like me.

Will someone please tell me where the time has went to?? Who stole it?
I demand to have my bouncing baby boy back.

In all honesty though, and as much as I hate to admit it, he is ready, bless his wee socks.
Bias, of course not (well, maybe a teeny, tiny bit) but I have one smart cookie on my hands. And in these last few months, he has been soaking up more and more, is more willing to learn than this time last year.

Do you know how hard it was to finally decide on what school to send him to? Unbelievable! But you have to think carefully, as it’s their future in your hands. Scary biscuits or what?!
In the end we picked our chosen school for various reasons. Including some help from the nursery, thoughts from the teachers etc.

I am nervous and excited for my mini man to start a new chapter in his life and he is more than ready to.
Question is, am I?

How did you pick your little ones school? Were you anxious?
I’d love to hear about your school stories, maybe put my mind at ease.

S x

Confessions of a Not so Mad Mummy

This week you’ll notice the change of title and that’s because for some weirdly unusual reason, my monsters (mainly the eldest) have been quite helpful this week!
I know, seems wrong doesn’t it!

I have been fairly unwell this week, struck down with a sickness bug 😦 since Sunday, and it’s still sticking around. Showing no signs of going anywhere.
My mini man has been a great wee help. I put Lolly down for a nap in Monday and asked Junior if he wanted to cuddle in and play. He said play, naturally but then he gave me a cuddle told me to get cosy and that he would check on me. And that he did.
He checked on me 3 times in a couple of hours. Each time giving me a kiss and cuddle and telling me to cosy in and keep warm.
He’s my wee superstar.

Lolly, on the other hand, as taken over chief monster role this week. And done everything she possible could to drive me batty. Ranging from breaking into my kitchen cupboard and eating sweets, eating my slimming world snacks, eating toothpaste, to name but a few.
But Lolly knows her get out clause, that’s to give you a huge great grin, flutter her great big eyelashes (they are huge and I’m just jealous) and point to her eye, her chest then me. Saying as she goes “I. Love. You. ”
She’s a smart wee cookie, they Both are.

And that is why I am a not so mad mummy this week.

X

Confessions of a Mad Mummy

This week I have been seriously thinking about hiring a bouncer for the mornings.
My 2 monsters have done nothing but fight with each other every other day or so. And it’s driving me nuts.
Do they not know they are upsetting my morning routine? The one I dream about that consists of complete calmness and no running away from me when trying to get them dressed. Oh and not forgetting the part where they eat all the breakfast without trying to feed it to the dog!

If you were in my house now, sat watching them. You would never believe me! As they are playing nicely together, helping each other and Junior is showing Lolly how to play his robot game that Santa gave him.
In fact, I’m even wondering if its all real or just a nightmare!?
I’m sure I will be reassured tomorrow morning that its not a nightmare and in fact real.

So if there are any bouncers looking for work, please get in touch! Thanks.

X

Confessions of a Mad Mummy

Over the last week or so my littlest monster Lolly hasn’t been sleeping too well. She has been getting up in the middle of the night, coming through for a cuddle so she says, them deciding to bounce all over my bed.
She has been unsettled at night since she has a bad dose of the cold, where all she wanted to do was cuddle in.

My sister visited just before Christmas and as we have no spare beds. She slept on an air bed in the living room. Now this got me thinking!
Maybe I could sleep on the air bed? Just for one night, to let me get a full nights sleep?!?
What would the monsters do, traipsing into my bed and me not being in it?
Junior would no doubt just climb in and go to sleep where lolly would either jump up and down in it or scream blue murder.

What would you do for a full nights sleep?

X

Confessions of A Mad Mummy

We have had a horrendous time, this last week. All of us have been under the weather with every bug going (or so it felt!). 1 down with man flu, 1 down with the cold, 1 down with the cold and diarrhoea and myself with a throat infection.
Today with everyone on the mend, and hyper as a monster with a bellyful of sugar, mummy is starting to go a little mad.

We have tried our hands at everything I could think of today to tire the little monsters out, from baking to drawing, to jigsaws and on and on. And nothing’s working. Aaaarrggghh.
The only thing I have left is juniors swimming lesson this afternoon, I’m hoping that this tires the little buggar out.

With all the fighting, running , jumping going on today, I have not had a minutes peace to myself (not good as I’m still fighting off this blasted throat infection).
So, what’s a mummy to do?
Well, I started off trying to move to a different room from the monsters just even for 5 mins. Nope. Didn’t work. Within 2 minutes I had one coming in telling me “she won’t share” or “he pushed me”.
So I moved to the bathroom, again didn’t last long before they found my hidey hole (the bath with the shower curtain pulled).
I had one last resort, the Mr’s shed. I say shed, it’s huge. Think just a little bigger than the size of an average sized living room, perfect for hiding (we have a fridge in there full of beer, wine, etc) shame the Mr wasn’t about as I could have quite happily stayed in there.
I thought just 5 minutes in here will do. We also have a tumble dryer in here so could at least check on that.
And it’s like the little devils can read my mind, as they followed me around and watched me put my shoes on.

“Mummy is just checking the clothes are drying”
“Ok mummy we will help”

Cue smiley faces and shoes going on.

And we ended up playing in the garden with the snow falling. It was great and in the moment I felt a little bad at my previous intentions to run and hide from them
At this point we were all smiles and laughter.

Do you have a hidey hole from your monsters? Or is it just me?

X