Mum says:
"Another Monday morning, which is the day of the week that's always a particular struggle to get the kids up and dressed and out of the door in time to school. But it doesn't help with the kids still reeling from their natural body clock rhythms being put out of sorts by the clock change a few weeks ago.
Several weeks on from the clock going back one hour, and we're still not all fully adjusted in our household.
As for me, by far the worst adjuster in our family, it seems my body rhythms only just get properly used to the hour change when it's time for them to get them all messed up again when the clocks change in six months time.
Natural body rhythms are given for a purpose, and in my view, it's foolish to mess with them, whatever the excuse given or the history behind it.
I detest the clocks being changed with a passion. And I'm not even counting in the darker evenings, another hateful by-product of this unnecessary 'evil', which makes the winter draw in even more quickly and feel even more dismal for us all.
The hour change is horrible. And it's so unneeded in this day and age. The sooner the government move to abolish the clock change, the better. I reckon it would be one of the most popular things the government has done for a very long time."
Showing posts with label children. Show all posts
Showing posts with label children. Show all posts
Monday, 22 November 2010
Saturday, 20 November 2010
We Love The Garfield Show (and Italian food)
Mum says:
"Shaun came back from school the other day, full of a song he's been learning there. Me and his Dad had to laugh though when we heard Shaun's classic rendition of "Sing Hosanna", the lyrics of which Shaun had ever so slightly misheard:
Oh dear!
Shaun really loves watching The Garfield Show on Boomerang - perhaps this demonstrates he may watch the show just a little bit too much!"
Shaun (age 7) says:
"I love Garfield because he likes the same food as I do: pizza and pasta and ribs and things."
Joe (age 5) says:
"I like Garfield because he's a talking cat, that's really cool, and I like it when he goes up and meets the aliens."
Dad says:
"Shaun loves Garfield so much, we even bought him a special cake mould shaped like Garfield. Together, me and the boys then used it to make a huge chocolate cake that looked just like this cool cat with attitude. The cake went down extremely well, but unfortunately the mould was so flimsy you could only really use it one time only, which made it very expensive for what it actually was."
"Shaun came back from school the other day, full of a song he's been learning there. Me and his Dad had to laugh though when we heard Shaun's classic rendition of "Sing Hosanna", the lyrics of which Shaun had ever so slightly misheard:
"... Sing lasagne, sing lasagne, sing lasagne to the King of Kings!"
Oh dear!
Shaun really loves watching The Garfield Show on Boomerang - perhaps this demonstrates he may watch the show just a little bit too much!"
Shaun (age 7) says:
"I love Garfield because he likes the same food as I do: pizza and pasta and ribs and things."
Joe (age 5) says:
"I like Garfield because he's a talking cat, that's really cool, and I like it when he goes up and meets the aliens."
Dad says:
"Shaun loves Garfield so much, we even bought him a special cake mould shaped like Garfield. Together, me and the boys then used it to make a huge chocolate cake that looked just like this cool cat with attitude. The cake went down extremely well, but unfortunately the mould was so flimsy you could only really use it one time only, which made it very expensive for what it actually was."
Tuesday, 16 November 2010
We love sugar and Sugarland
Mum says:
"My youngest, Joe, has a particular affection for sweet things, and his passion inspired him to write a song all about his next most favourite thing in the world to hugs, sugar.
Joe had already waxed lyrical about his own special imaginary place, Sugarland, before, so it seemed a natural progression for him to want to turn his vision into a proper song. He only had a little bit of guidance from me in creating this.
His Dad and I have since told Joe that there's a real life place called Sugarland in Texas, and of course now Joe wants to go there, even though we've warned him it's not at all like his song ... (or is it? I'd better check out Google Street-view! Sugarland residents you're very welcome to tell us all about your neighbourhood if you have a moment!)"
Joe (age 5) says:
"This is my song by me, and it's all about sugar!"
"My youngest, Joe, has a particular affection for sweet things, and his passion inspired him to write a song all about his next most favourite thing in the world to hugs, sugar.
Joe had already waxed lyrical about his own special imaginary place, Sugarland, before, so it seemed a natural progression for him to want to turn his vision into a proper song. He only had a little bit of guidance from me in creating this.
His Dad and I have since told Joe that there's a real life place called Sugarland in Texas, and of course now Joe wants to go there, even though we've warned him it's not at all like his song ... (or is it? I'd better check out Google Street-view! Sugarland residents you're very welcome to tell us all about your neighbourhood if you have a moment!)"
Joe (age 5) says:
"This is my song by me, and it's all about sugar!"
The Sugar Song by Joe (age 5)
I wish the world was made of sugar,
Then I'd bring you chocolate flowers,
And yummy things would come down,
In the loveliest of rain showers.
Rainbow coloured sweets would pour down from above,
Jelly babies and winegums, all things that I love!
My garden would be called "Sugarland",
The birdsong there would sound sweet,
A river of custard flowing through the middle of it,
Which I'd splash thru' with chocolate wellies on my feet!
A pathway of snap crapply pops would lead right up to my liquorice front door,
And yellow and pink lollipop trees would be there for me to climb and explore.
My house walls would be made from spongecake and traffic light ice-cream,
Meaning living in Sugarland would be just like a dream.
Verse:
Sugarland, Sugarland
Come and see
Sugarland, Sugarland
Come to Sugarland with me!
Copyright Joe, WeAreLovingIt blog, 2010.
Sunday, 14 November 2010
We're NOT loving the British weather
Mum says:
"It was supposed to be our community's fireworks night last night, but for the second year in a row it had to be cancelled because of the really wet weather here (not just tonight but for the whole week - actually make that this month, no, this whole YEAR, or so it seems to us).
We live in a very rural area, so there's very little selection of other bonfires to go to around here on any other days, so naturally the boys (and I) were (and are) still really disappointed not to be able to go to this 'special' bonfire we've had pencilled in on our calendar for months. But there's not a lot you can do, is there, when the clouds come to call in typical British fashion? (It was the same story this summer with the few fetes we had planned to go to - all cancelled because of the really wet weather.)
The sad thing is that our eldest, Shaun, has never been to a community fireworks before.
Two years ago, Shaun was really naughty and so as punishment we didn't let him go to the boys' first ever bonfire we had planned. I just took his younger brother Joe along there instead. (Please don't call me harsh, I gave Shaun enough chances and warnings beforehand (all week long) and I think and I and his Dad suffered more from the punishment than he did. One feels like an ogre, but you have to be strict at times.)
Anyway, Shaun was very upset to miss out on that bonfire two years ago, but he learned a very important lesson from the whole episode and has been determined never to miss out again because of his bad behaviour. (For the record, he's actually normally a really good kid and both I and his Dad are immensely proud of him.) So in the weeks and days leading up to last Bonfire night, Shaun was determined to be especially good so as not to risk missing out on that. So what a wind-up it was for fireworks night to be cancelled FOR EVERYBODY because the weather was a total washout. And ditto again with this year. That means my poor kid will have to wait three whole years to go to his first ever bonfire, as long as the weather holds up for next year, that is!"
"It was supposed to be our community's fireworks night last night, but for the second year in a row it had to be cancelled because of the really wet weather here (not just tonight but for the whole week - actually make that this month, no, this whole YEAR, or so it seems to us).
We live in a very rural area, so there's very little selection of other bonfires to go to around here on any other days, so naturally the boys (and I) were (and are) still really disappointed not to be able to go to this 'special' bonfire we've had pencilled in on our calendar for months. But there's not a lot you can do, is there, when the clouds come to call in typical British fashion? (It was the same story this summer with the few fetes we had planned to go to - all cancelled because of the really wet weather.)
The sad thing is that our eldest, Shaun, has never been to a community fireworks before.
Two years ago, Shaun was really naughty and so as punishment we didn't let him go to the boys' first ever bonfire we had planned. I just took his younger brother Joe along there instead. (Please don't call me harsh, I gave Shaun enough chances and warnings beforehand (all week long) and I think and I and his Dad suffered more from the punishment than he did. One feels like an ogre, but you have to be strict at times.)
Anyway, Shaun was very upset to miss out on that bonfire two years ago, but he learned a very important lesson from the whole episode and has been determined never to miss out again because of his bad behaviour. (For the record, he's actually normally a really good kid and both I and his Dad are immensely proud of him.) So in the weeks and days leading up to last Bonfire night, Shaun was determined to be especially good so as not to risk missing out on that. So what a wind-up it was for fireworks night to be cancelled FOR EVERYBODY because the weather was a total washout. And ditto again with this year. That means my poor kid will have to wait three whole years to go to his first ever bonfire, as long as the weather holds up for next year, that is!"
Thursday, 11 November 2010
We love funky music and saxophones!
Joe (age 5) says:
"My mum plays the saxophone a lot. I like listening to her sometimes, and my brother, Shaun (age 7), likes conducting her while she plays tunes (he likes bossing people about!)
We all love funky music and saxophones! I created this music myself (in the video below) on Mum's computer. I think it's really cool, and I got all my friends (the Cookie Monster and Monkey and Buzz the giant Bee) to be in the video with me - oh, and my brother as well!
Do you like my hat?!"
Mum says: "Garageband is a cool program to help create music, so easy that literally a child can do it. And mine did, and had a lot of fun doing so as well!"
"My mum plays the saxophone a lot. I like listening to her sometimes, and my brother, Shaun (age 7), likes conducting her while she plays tunes (he likes bossing people about!)
We all love funky music and saxophones! I created this music myself (in the video below) on Mum's computer. I think it's really cool, and I got all my friends (the Cookie Monster and Monkey and Buzz the giant Bee) to be in the video with me - oh, and my brother as well!
Do you like my hat?!"
Mum says: "Garageband is a cool program to help create music, so easy that literally a child can do it. And mine did, and had a lot of fun doing so as well!"
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