"She obviously doesn't get it from us!"

We went for the princess' second parents evening this school year the other week, and like in November last year it was all praise! She can write more words than required, she thinks out of the box when given a problem to solve, her maths is ahead of what's required, she's a happy and popular girl. Very proud parents we are but also slightly baffled like we were in November....(read)

It's probably not inherited (apart from the looks of course, ha ha.....)

Bickering....

.... bickering, bickering!! All the time, everywhere, in the car, at dinner, at breakfast! It's driving me insane.... (and the daddy too) It's the princess and little man I'm talking about. They have the last few months, started bickering, not proper fighting or arguments, just bickering!
I know it's just how it is, that it'll stop (at least for a while, right? To give us a break?) that they'll get older and wiser. Because they will, won't they?
Then suddenly on a Sunday morning or a Thursday afternoon, they will play in the princess' room. No shouting, crying, bickering at all for more than an hour. Or they will cover the floor in the little mans room with train tracks. The daddy and I will enjoy every moment of the non bickering because it will start again! Hard to believe though when you see them together like this.....

They're planing our Disneyland trip (honeymoon) something they don't seem to bicker about!

Do your kids bicker??

Mr Sulk.

Drawings by the princess. Story by pApA.

 
No matter what you did or what you said, it was impossible to get into the good books of Mr Sulk.
He didn't like anyone to think they were better than him and even if he found that someone had done a good deed, his face would drop and he would go off into a corner (always on the left) and that's right - sulk!

Why?

Because he hadn't thought about the good deed first and that annoyed him.

One day, it was a particularly bad sulk day, he was walking to the Post Office to buy some stamps, so he could send off a letter of complaint. He was always complaining. He met Mr Clever and for Mr Clever it was a particularly clever day.

Mr Clever told Mr Sulk that he had been very clever and had bought lots of stamps last week before the postage costs go up and with his little clever smile said "I'm sure you were clever enough to do the same thing!"

Mr Sulk gave a great big sulky frown and proceeded to the Post Office, one of many things that irritated Mr Sulk was to be made look foolish.

When he got to the Post Office he immediately checked the price of stamps. Only to be told by Miss Postie that today the price of stamps had gone up.
Mr Sulk frowned and immediately complained and said he would write to the Head of the Post Office to complain. So, yet another Mr Sulk letter of complaint!

Miss Postie, who was very tired of Mr Sulk's sulks said what a good idea that was , then asked Mr Sulk whether he needed any stamps for his letter of complaint?

Mr Sulk rudely said "Of course I do, how else can I send a letter of complaint?"

Miss Postie tittered to herself and quietly said to Mr Sulk "Well, you will have to pay the new price, do you want a 1st class or a 2nd class stamp?"

Oh dear Mr Sulk was so annoyed - he went into the left hand corner of the Post office, sat on the floor and guess what?

That's right, he sulked!

(Please don't copy text or use the drawings without asking me first. Thank you)

Little monkeys....

Yes, it was grey! Yes it was cold! But it certainly didn't stop them having fun....

Is that all we get?

Of sunshine and nice warm weather...? Seems like it for now. The last week here has been so lovely with the sun shining from a clear blue sky. We have tried to make the most of it and have been outside enjoying it everyday. Yesterday for dinner we had our first BBQ and the second time in a week we had dinner outside... We even had to have the parasols up, too hot in the sun!

This morning it looks grey and windy but hopefully it stays dry.  It's a bank holiday here today so we're off to a big park with bikes, slides, climbing frames and lots more. The little man and princess are so excited! So please mr weatherman, don't spoil the fun.....

After rain comes sun....

Or at least that's what happened here. Monday was as warm and sunny as Sunday had been grey and rainy!! Our neighbour was moving yesterday and came to tell us they had a few things we could have if interested. Of course we were and the princess and little man were thrilled when they saw what it was....

Think the daddy was the most excited about this...

The last day of April was the first day we have had dinner outside this year so far. Hopefully there will be many more to come...

It was a cheeky it's-pay-day-take-away dinner we had! Pizza with lots of fresh salad, tomatoes, cucumber and spring onions. A nice summery meal!