So the party came and went, but did Lopes stop talking about her party? Oh, no. Now she things she is having another party next week Saturday!!
Now as you would have gathered from my posts, I can't teach for toffee and Lopes has some assessments in January. As nursery is now closed for good, I dug out some workbooks, I had bought with good intentions, and proceeded to teach Lopes how to put numbers in order of size. She can count to 30 so I thought, "Piece of Cake". Well, we mastered the concept of more and less and then got down to the size of the numbers. Started off with 0 and 1. My Lopes told me 0 was a bigger number, explained the concept of nought, zippo, zilch till I was blue in the face but she still said 0 was a bigger number. After about 10 frustrating minutes, I asked her to explain why. (Note to self, children are smarter than their mums from day 1). She then proceeded to tell me that 0 was a nice round fat number and 1 was kind of skinny. Fell about laughing and class was dismissed. I guess I learnt more that day. Not enough to hear, one has to listen.
No Friday cooking today, waistline is complaining a bit concerning all the party food and drink we have been eating during the week. So decided to chill and also can't seem to shake this silly bug. Lopes and I had out customary soak in the bath and then she asked if she could go to one of her friend's house for a playdate. I said I would ring her mum to confirm. The next words, broke my heart. "XX does not have a mummy, she has an au-pair". You see, I know the said friend has a mummy, and I have met her twice. All the other times, I have met the au-pair, so I guess it's a fair point. I can now shake off my "Woe is me, what have I done with my life and all my palis, etc etc., because I know my daughter will never say, I don't have a mummy, I have an au-pair.
PS. Our read in the bath was the latest issue of the O (Oprah) magazine which arrived today via the postman. For those who sill buy them at newsagents, subscribe from the Oprah site. It costs $40 a year and this includes overseas shipping. A grand total of £20 for 12 issues and you don't have to go out in the cold and forget to buy it. Cost about £4 an issue at the newsagents who stock them. (Have take off the link :) No affliation to Oprah) One of my resolutions next year will be to buy as much as I can online. I simply cannot abide going to the shops.
Off to nurse a slightly alcoholic drink. Mainly for medicinal purposes :)
7 comments:
Hope you get better soon. My household always appears to be nursing one bug or the other.
advertising for oprah...or what?
LMAO @ figure 0 is fatter than skinny figure 1...children are definitely something else!
oooh, bathtub time sounds like fun. I can't remember when last I had the time to use my tub!
Oprah don give Mama Lopes money!!!
First time on your blog and had to do a quick runthrough....wonderful testimony you have there.
Must have been scary readinag about Turner's?
And your popsie-in-law was in UCH, hmmmm! Tempted to ask.
Regards to the little cutie - Lopes.
@naapali. All better now. Hope ou muse returns.
@simplynuttie. Children! Always fun sha.
@Solomonsydelle. Make time :)
@Andy. Welcome to my world. Off to read all about yours. UCH, small world
And No, Oprah did not get where she is by giving money away :) No affliation whatsoever.
KML, that was fast! Abeg no report me to Prof. ooooh
Good clue for me though. You just got a new blogfan...ttfn
Mama Lopes! Was going through your blog (I had been through the others sometime ago but don't remember reading this one).
Anyways, it is quite touching, about the Au Pair thing, I suppose it's not so much having the Au pair bit that is sad, it really is how much time the child/children spend with their mums (& dads ) that is the issue.
Must say this stay@home larky gets me down sometimes but God has been good and I know it does make a difference somehow in our little ones lives. So whatever it is you do, stay@home mommy, high flying city folk whatever, so long as you balance it out and plenty of quality time is spent with the kids.... it's okay!
I have updated my blog ages ago (sorry for it not coinciding with Lopes birthday blog!) But madame's cake is up there in the post before the last! So everyone can take a peek..
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