Friday 13 March 2009

GORGEOUS

Tonight, Nathaniel, my five year old was snuggled up on my knee before bed and I had a real emotional moment when I realised that he's my baby and he's growing up so quickly.

He's gorgeous, he's beautiful and he's very, very cool. Here are lots of reasons why :

I say to him "I love you Little" and he replys " I hate you Big!" (with a grin).

He asks the waiter in Ask to put more 'snow' cheese all over his pasta!

He cuddles his soft toy 'cat' as he's going to sleep and asks me if I love hime more than Cadburys world!

He invites me to snuggle up in his bed as he's going to sleep and says "I love it when you lie with me mummy".

He rides his scooter all around the kitchen without falling off.

He can tell a joke all the way through - this one " Why did the orange go to the doctors?", "because he wasn't peeling very right!".

He thinks sex is when two men kiss.

He puts his shoes on the wrong feet, and doesn't even notice.

He giggles when I tickle him and tell him his giggle is my happy thought when I'm feeling down.

He listens to the Foo Fighters, Never Surrender, as he's going to sleep, and finds it relaxing.

He can do a press up on a medicine ball.

He idolises his big brother and sister.

He rides his bike with no fear.

He likes Sex On Fire by Kings Of Leon I Don't Feel Like Dancing by the Scissor Sisters and sings to them loudly.

He calls a unicorn a "horsicorn".

He gives me a big kiss and hug before he goes into his classroom every morning at school (Ben runs a mile if I even attempt to go anywhere near him!)

And lots, lots more .............
I'm feeling sentimental this evening.I'd like to stop time and I ask him, and Ben and Lauren, regularly, to stop growing and stay just as they are. They'll all always be my babies and I'll always adore them. And they'll never really know how much.

Tuesday 10 March 2009

SEX,

Not really a subject for a children's blog you may think? But I was in the car with two of my children and one of their friends on Sunday and Sex On Fire by Kings Of Leon came on the Ipod. It's a top tune and we all sang along merrily, not really thinking about the words, at least I wasn't!

All of a sudden Nat pipes up " I know what sex is Mummy". Lauren and Alice giggled, and I asked him matter of factly "what is it babe?".

He replied "It's when two men kiss". Interesting.

"No", says Lauren "That's gay". Interesting.

" Yes", I said, trying to regain some control, " When two people of the same sex kiss, they do tend to be gay".

"Oh " says Nat and carries on playing on his Nintendo.

" I know what sex is Mummy" Says Lauren in a very animated fashion. "It's when they take their clothes off".

That'll do me for now. Kings of Leon finished and was replaced by the Stereo Mcs - Deep Down and Dirty! Think we're going to have to modify the Ipod shuffle songs sometime soon!

Friday 6 March 2009

KIND BIG BROTHER

A few years ago when Ben and Lauren were aged just three and just one, Chris and I were staying in a country house hotel with my sister and her partner for the weekend. The four of us (Chris, me and the children) had a family room which consisted of a double bed, single bed and we'd put Laurens travel cot up in the middle of the room.

Having established early on in the day that our baby monitor would work downstairs in the dining room, we booked dinner for 8pm thinking both kids would be asleep by then, and we could have a very civilised meal and a good few glasses of something fizzy (me anyway, Chris is not a champers person - Becks every time).

We bathed the kids at 6pm, got their pyjamas on and read them lots of stories snuggled up on the bed. My plan was working like a dream and we left the two of them at 7.45pm asleep in their respective beds.

We were well into our meal and feeling pretty merry on our chosen alocholic drinks when we heard noises coming from the monitor. The children were having a little natter! At least Benjy was talking away to Lauren and she was making baby gurgling noises back. Oh how sweet we thought, until we heard Ben ask Lauren if she'd like a pillow in her cot!!!!

We've never moved so fast up a flight of stairs in our lives, and got there just as he was about to put said pillow into the travel cot for his sisters head - what a very kind big brother!!

Tuesday 3 March 2009

NEW WORD

Five year olds are very cute when trying to use the English language. I could listen to Nathaniel for hours as he spouts forth! It amuses Lauren (she's seven but very eloquent) too and the two of us sit with him and giggle - he doesn't mind.

This morning he was painting, in one of those special clean and safe painting books that I like so much, where he just has to brush water over the picture and colour appears (a great invention).

I asked him what he was painting and he replied " a HORSICORN mummy!". Sure enough there on the page was a horse/unicorn cross! Logical?

One of his first phrases was "YUM DUM DAMMER" when somethings great. That caught on in our house and we now use it all the time. Top saying!