Look what some marketing bozo decided should be promoted in my neighbourhood??
I know I just had yet another birthday, but really? Incontinence pads? In the letterbox? Free samples? With the line that now I could laugh with confidence. Mr Tena - I can even laugh with continence.
Today I developed a new little apron skirt 'formula'. Cute huh?
Hope everyone had a lovely Mothers Day yesterday. I sure did. It was a PJ Sunday for me. I put on my new Mothers day jammies and that is how I spent the day. Making yoyo hair pretties in front of the TV. Some french champers and cold seafood platter for lunch - then a rousing game of scrabble with Jack in the arvo. A great day! But the outstanding gift of the day was the Mothers Day book prepared by Darcy. Complete with an interview about her Mum. Us Mums compared a few of our responses thismorning at drop off. Mrs Koh - who has the best job in the world - collated some of the answers and emailed. So I am sharing them with my closts blog reading friends... Happy Mother's Day!
What is something Mummy always says to you?
“Clean up your room!” (this
was a common answer)
“Brush your teeth and go to bed”. She says that a lot.
“No darling you can’t have a sweet treat
today, you can have one tomorrow”.
That’s what she always says.
What makes Mummy happy?
Going to bed. (I hear
you sister!!)
What makes Mummy sad?
Nothing!
Oh… maybe when Daddy is naughty. (all Daddy’s fault of
course)
When I’m not there she is sad.
People dying.
Well, she doesn’t get sad…she just gets mad. (Way to go
Mum!)
When I don’t clean up all my mess….that
actually makes her cross really. She also
gets sad if Daddy doesn’t do his chores.
(Dad again!!)
When the house is not tidy. (Bit of a
theme beginning to develop here)
How does your mummy make you laugh?
She made up a silly song about fruit….and
about eating it…that made me laugh once.
(Just
the once!)
She doesn’t really make me laugh. (Oh dear!)
Well, once she spilt sugar all over the
floor…that was funny. (Hilarious!)
What did your mummy like to do when she was a little
girl?
I don’t know … I didn’t know her. (Makes sense
to me)
Umm…I think she just liked to watch TV all
the time…and sometimes play on swings. (Like mother,
like daughter ???)
How old is your mummy?
Umm…13.
19
Umm…I don’t know….I think she is 14.
Umm….50 or 60. (Oops!)
I don’t know…I think she is 24 or something.
What is Mummy’s favourite thing to watch on TV?
Grown-up girly shows….or Steve Irwin (Grown-up
girls shows!!)
The Bold and the Beautiful.
Shows that I don’t like…like the
building show and the digging show.
What does your mummy do when you are not around?
Well sometimes when she comes home and
my Dad is not home she goes on the computer and my sister plays by herself. (The truth is out!)
She goes to the gym….and she sleeps. (One wonders
if she sleeps at the gym)
Umm…she just works and thinks about me a
lot.
Wash dishes.
She makes my bed and she goes to the
shop to get biscuits and she does gardening and cooking.
Well, she sort of just stays and has a
rest and watches movies and stuff. (And I know who you are, Mum. J)
If Mummy became famous, for what would she be known?
Keeping the kitchen tidy. (A tad too
much cleaning going on in this house?)
Well, she’s really clever at making
those chatterboxes, so probably that.
(As good as anything else I guess)
Modeling. (Now isn’t
this the answer every Mum would like to get??)
What is your mummy’s best skill?
She is best at feeding my dog. (And the dog thanks you, Mum!)
She’s good at singing lullabies when I’m
a bit scared.
She is really good at cleaning up. (Cleaning again??!!
Doing handstands. (Hmm, the mind boggles….a handy skill no doubt!)
What is your mummy’s worst skill?
She’s not very good at making
cakes…sometimes she gets them upside down.
(Upside down cake, perhaps?)
My Mum’s not really good at camping out
in a tent….she can’t stand it actually! (Right back at you!)
Knitting…she doesn’t know how to knit
because she hasn’t even tried to do it.
And she is not good at roller-skating.
(You’ll never know unless you try, Mum!)
She’s a very, very slow runner.
Well, she’s not so good at dressing up….she’s
not good at that much. (More dresses perhaps, Mum?)
Well, she doesn’t know how to ride a horse….she
doesn’t even know what is a horse! (Oh Mum!)
Running …. she just gets puffed. (I know that feeling!)
Umm…knitting. She made a giraffe once but it only worked
out a little bit.
What does Mummy do for her job?
Cleans the floor mostly. Yeah, that’s it.
I think she just goes on the computer.
She does washing and folding mostly. (Ah , don’t we
all!)
She cleans up the house, she cleans the
kitchen and she cleans my bedroom. She
cleans a lot. (She sure does!)
What makes you feel proud of your mummy?
She knows how to cook…that’s all. (That’s it???)
If your Mum was a cartoon character, which one would
she be?
I think she would be SpongeBob.
Grannie…off Tweetie…she wouldn’t be the
cat who wants to eat the bird.
I think maybe Scooby Doo
.Dorathe
Explorer.
She wouldn’t be the Simpsons
,
I know that. Hmm…maybe I think she would
be like AngelinaBallerina
Bugs Bunny… she would have to dress up
but because she is not really a rabbit.
(Thank goodness!)
What do you and your mummy like to do together?Umm…we
just tickle each other and make cupcakes.
Colour-in and tell jokes….that’s all.
Homework. We also like to feed the ducks.
How are you and your mummy the same?
I don’t know…maybe we have the same hair
and the same face or something.
How are you and your mummy different?
She likes lying down and I don’t. (J)
Mummy likes the News but I don’t really
like it. And she likes wine and coffee
and I don’t.
Mummy drinks wine and I don’t. (A woman after
my own heart!)
Mummy cooks a lot and I just do box
construction a lot.
Where does your mum go all the time?
She likes to go to work all the time.
Out for dinner.
Shopping.
The supermarket; she goes there a lot.
She likes to go to the supermarket when
we run out of milk.
What does your mum like most about your Dad?
Well, my Mum’s cousin said ‘he’s a
good-looking man, you might want to marry him.’ Sometimes he looks spiffy with
his hair going this way and that way. (Gotta love
the stories that get told in Prep)
When he gives her cuddles, she really
likes that.
Umm…’cause Daddy sits at the table with
us for dinner every night. Mummy likes
it when he cuddles her every night but Mummy gets hot when he cuddles
her.
(Hmmm….best not to say anything about
this!)
He is very helpful…. like sometimes he
stays at home and Mummy goes to work. (This is all it takes to be consider ‘helpful’ Dads!)
Well, my daddy is nice and he is funny
so I guess that could be it. (Could be!)
Well, sometimes she gets in trouble by
my Dad but he is kind…she likes that. (J)
Well, if Daddy gives flowers to my mum
they will like each other. (Works for me!)
When he does his chores. And he is very nice and very gentle.
How do you know Mummy loves you?
Because I was the first one born. And by asking me to clean up my room and
stuff…that’s because she loves me so much.
(Yeah, nice spin , Mum!)
She loves me a million because she just
tells me on holidays. (Children are so much more lovable on holidays!)
Hey - don't forget the Birthday Blog Competition - ends Wednesday! Then no more silly birthday song for another year :(
