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I have a simple question based on observing some young(ish) couples on the weekend - and also to be honest Wifes’ WWM08 awards on her website, and it is this:
Why when something happens on Wifes’ watch do I get to spend the next few hours of my life convincing her that ‘every child crawls up […]
I have just discovered something funnier than toddler tantrums - 10month old baby tantrums! They are just the most adorable things.
In the last couple of days our baby Usurper has started to have the odd full blown tantrum. I don’t mean like the don’t leave me in this cot to sleep tantrum, but a real […]
Discovering that the plane ride itself is dull from a toddler’s perspective - but that the airport travellator rocks like there is no tomorrow!
A safari at the open range zoo is pretty cool. Not because of the exotic animals or seeing them up close, these are too be ignored, but because you get to […]
It’s time to load up the family truckster and head on a little vacation. We are off to the my parents place for a few days for the first time since the expansion of the family unit from 3 to 4.
With the anticipation of the toddler Little Miss and the complete unawareness of baby Usurper […]
Being away at work for long periods of the day means that I tend to miss out on some of the major developmental and other milestones that our two darling daughters go through. For example Usurper has started to say things like mum mum mum, pull herself up to a stand and is doing “Hi-5’s” […]
Read Things you miss while at work »Being away at work for long periods of the day means that I tend to miss out on some of the major developmental and other milestones that our two darling daughters go through. For example Usurper has started to say things like mum mum mum, pull herself up to a stand and is doing “Hi-5’s” on command - all things I hope to see once the weekend rolls around.
That’s about all on the Usurper front - those 9 month olds are as cute as a big fluffy button, but they really don’t translate to the screen all that well now do they?
The other things you tend to miss are those gems of wisdom or moments of toddler behaviour that are just so adorable that they almost make you explode with sheer joy. Or it may just be wind.
So what I am doing now is retelling all the little things that Wife has told me this week that have been just the cutest most special moments of the day if you had of seen it. Which like me, you didn’t, but I’ll try to capture the majesty.
- Upon being told that Poppy was turning 63 she told Wife not to be ’stupid’ and that Poppy was turning 20 - of course 20 is the biggest number she knows so it may not be such a compliment after all.
- Today she decided she wanted to ‘pee’ standing up after seeing one of her 3 year old male friends doing it. This lead to a very strange conversation between her and her mother about why it possibly wasn’t the best idea.
- Her imaginary play time is getting far more complex with a myriad of dolls, all with their own names and personalities, all of whom also must be stripped of all clothes at the first opportunity. Also as a hint if you are ever looking for ‘pretend baby food to feed dolly’ then shaving cream works pretty well. It stays in the bowl and it pretty simple to get out of doll hair.
- The ears off all chocolate Easter bunnies must be eaten instantly!! The rest of the bunny can then be discarded as useless.
- the best way to not get in trouble for doing something is to loudly
declare ‘BUT I WASN’T TRYING TO FEED SHAVING CREAM TO USURPER!!’ as
soon as one of your parents enters into the room, preferably before
anyone has even accused you of the crime.
You know what, all those little tidbits seemed far more entertaining when Wife was telling the stories than when I was. Damn, I hate how she is better than me as stuff - but at least I can pee standing up!!
