Half Term
How quickly this week has passed. A trip to the grandparents at the seaside coincided with a couple of gorgeous autumn days. I love the beach in summer as much as the next person, but there's something great about enjoying it in the low sun all wrapped up.
Granny (the expert) led the boys in a crabbing adventure -six in total! Apparently crabs love bacon - I never knew that.
We staked personal claims on our favourite beach huts.
And had earnest conversations on the true meanings of signs.
Luckily it was too chilly for the nudists, or Mark would have been asking them all about it too. Seven years of parenting and I still find myself fumbling for answers to so many of his questions. Actually, perhaps I'm getting worse.
So what have your kids stumped you with recently?
Granny (the expert) led the boys in a crabbing adventure -six in total! Apparently crabs love bacon - I never knew that.
We staked personal claims on our favourite beach huts.
And had earnest conversations on the true meanings of signs.
Luckily it was too chilly for the nudists, or Mark would have been asking them all about it too. Seven years of parenting and I still find myself fumbling for answers to so many of his questions. Actually, perhaps I'm getting worse.
So what have your kids stumped you with recently?
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My two are going easy on the questions at the moment but I'm having to contend with them using fake 'swear' words ie. substituting a bad word with one that sounds very much like it - usually when I'm just within earshot.
I've just had to do the stern don't do it ever again talk!!
Love 'em!!
ehm....
Do I say no and ruin him for life or do I say yes and open the way for some major lies coming my way?
We were distracted by No 3 and I avoided the issue...
Children are scary.
I'm trying to think of something specific they've asked recently but to be honest they leave me lost for words much of the time! Little one just asks "Why?" to everything I say - over and over and over ...
My son {who is 5} has been asking me about meat... like, chicken, is it really a chicken? How? What's a hot dog made of? oh man, tough tough tough!
Kim x
Hmmmmmm... over here on this side of the pond we don't refer to is as "naturism"... LOL... but we do point and stare (and laugh)... was on a Long Island beach walking and looked up and WOWZA... got an eyeful!
Lala :o)
I think my Grandad or Dad might have told me that crabs like bacon. Did you eat the crabs after? mmmmm
I just re-read that and realised I am full of totaly useless information. hahaha!!!
I am reading 'What Katy Did' to Grace at bedtime, and I had forgotten that there is a bit about Katy and Aunt Izzie putting presents in the stockings. I am still waiting for the questions about why Santa didn't do it. It's only a matter of time.
Cathy X
I can't tell you how much I miss going there and what a joy it was to think of you guys down there enjoying a beautiful October day on my favourite english beach.
Last time we went there to clear out the hut, husband gave me a beautiful eternity ring whilst we sat on the beach with the kids running around us on a chilly spring morning. Then we went to Whitstable and had fish and chips for tea, wonderful stuff! It really was a day to remember - oh gosh i'm crying and england seems soooo far away now!
Enjoy the last couple of days of half-term - its the big xmas stretch coming up now. Brace yourselves ladies!!!!