Mummy's Boys

It’s been so long … again

mummysboys — Fri, 14 May 2010 18:56:06 +0000

Have to apologise massively again for the lack of posts. My excuse is that I went back to work full time in April and haven’t been able to find the time to post at all.

So since my last post we’ve had Sam’s and Aidan’s birthdays. So in chronological order;

Sam
For Sammy’s birthday we just all went round to mum and dads for a tea party for the boys. Sam loved his hungry caterpillar cake, he’s got a bit of a thing for ‘pillar’ at the moment. Only downside to the day was that he seemed to have a bit of an allergic reaction to the tomatoes. His face went all red and lips puffed up. Poor thing. As an aside, his skin has also been really bad recently and I’m not really sure what else we can do for it.

Sam (or Fam as he calls himself) is really coming into his own at the moment. He won’t shut up! Ever! And he’s just so cheeky. I just went into him because he wasn’t going to sleep. I told him that he needs to go to sleep now. He replies ‘okay’ and as I’m going out the door I hear fake snoring! He’s two for crying out loud! It’s really difficult to be cross with Sam because he’s always quick to make people laugh. He’s a very intelligent child I fear. He’s also a bit violent and I must admit to being a bit worried at times. Like when I caught him hitting his bunny rabbit and when I told him that wasn’t very nice he replied ‘Oh, just put cream on it’ or when he said ‘Dinosaur is sad’ and when we asked why he proceeded to throw dinosaur across the room and said ‘like that’! He’s also coming up with some great phrases like ‘it’s a bit fine’ when he talks about something being okay.

Aidan
Aidan is now a big four year old and reminds me of that regularly. He is still as kind and sensitive as ever. Although I have caught him giving Sam secret punches when he thinks I not looking (at which Sam laughs). He really loves Ben 10 and is regularly found running round aimlessly making ‘pshhh’ noises and hitting his wrist which turns him into swampfire or echo echo! For his birthday he got some ben 10 dressing up clothes which he loved. We also took him to the zoo on his birthday. He loved the giraffes. Sam loved the ‘meer-dogs’ (Sam’s take on wolves after he’d just seen the meercats!).

He’s still loving school. And is getting more and more confident playing with the other children which pleases me know end as I was very worried about him being so quiet and shy. We went to a birthday party recently at a soft play center and he just ran off to play with his friends and joined in all the party games without a backward glance at me. I was really proud of him.

My baby is turning 2

mummysboys — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:59:58 +0000

On the eve of his second birthday I thought I’d write down a few words that describe my little monkey, Sam.

Fearless, brave and strong
Fun-loving, kind, smart
Idolises his big brother
Runs before he walks

Master of head stands
And of the dance floor
Adores animals especially chickens
Always helps tidy up

Cheeky, pushy, gets away with it
Independent but loves his mummy
Entertainer, sociable, joker
Beautiful son to be proud of.

School boy

mummysboys — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:59:59 +0000

On Thursday 14th January Aidan started pre-school at the school where my sister works. He looks so grown up now in his uniform I can’t believe how quickly the past 4 years have gone.

He is really enjoying the school though and impressed his teachers by being the only one who could put his jumper and coat on without assistance which made him (and me) very proud! The teachers there say he’s great because he just gets on with it and does as he’s told.

I think Aidan enjoys it so much because it’s organised fun, and being the careful and structured child he is that suits him well. It does make me wonder what Sam will be like when he starts though!

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

mummysboys — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:54:12 +0000

I can’t really get away without mentioning the snow, given that it’s apparently the coldest winter for thirty years. On January 6th we woke up to a good 8-10” of snow. Aidan was thrilled, especially since his favourite book/film over Christmas was Raymond Briggs’ The Snowman. Both boys went outside to see the snow.

Sammy though was less impressed with the cold, wet, slippery snow and wanted to go back inside. So Aidan and I waited for his nap and then went out to build the BEST snowman!

When Sam awoke we went round to mum and dad’s to play some more. Sammy tried again to see where the fun was in this snow malarkey but again decided it wasn’t for him and went back inside with mum and my sister whilst Aidan and my dad decided to slide down mum and dad’s sloped garden on a few baking trays!

My sister and brother in law attempted to build a snowman, but I’m telling you it was a pathetic excuse for a snow man and they quickly gave up!

Christmas 2009

mummysboys — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:39:36 +0000

Christmas 2009 was a relatively quiet, but enjoyable, one in our household. As we’ve done for the past three years we had Christmas at home with just me, Vince and the boys. It’s so much less stressful that way and the boys were able to enjoy playing with their new toys.

For Christmas Aidan got his much asked for ‘bike with pedals’! We took him out on it and after about 15 minutes was a pro. I was so proud of him riding his bike without stabilisers. He’s had a likeabike since his second birthday so is quite used to balancing on a bike and I think it’s this that allowed him to ride a real bike so early on. Sammy has now inherited the likeabike but is so far showing less interest in it, especially when we don’t push it along for him!

Sam’s favourite toy was his tea set and lego. He also really loves the arts and crafts presents my sister got Aidan for Christmas and will spend ages sitting at the table colouring. It’s an amazing attention span given that he’s not yet one. Although my mum did point out to me today that at some point he decided to use his artistic skills decorating the inside of our curtains with green pen!

For Christmas dinner Vince cooked a ham this year rather than the usual turkey. Mainly because the boys adore ham and so we thought they’d like that. It was really lovely, we got it from a local farm (Prior’s Hall Farm) and the quality was amazing. I would highly recommend it! Although there was a point I didn’t think we’d have a kitchen to cook it in. We got our new kitchen from Ikea delivered on the 10th December. We were building it ourselves and only got the worktop and cooker in on Christmas Eve along with the Christmas tree as we didn’t have the room beforehand to put one up! It’s all done now and looks amazing.

On Boxing Day we went round to Mum’s. Strangely it seems Father Christmas got confused and left some presents for Aidan and Sam round mum’s! Needless to say the boys were delighted, Aidan received a tool box (with tools that actually make drilling/sawing noises – those toys live at Nanny’s) and Sammy got a kitchen which he adores.

The final event on our calendar was a meal round my sister in laws. Actually, we didn’t realise that she was going to be serving food so we’d actually already eaten before arriving. Didn’t stop us tucking into the cheeses and breads and cakes mind you! Aidan and Sam loved playing with their cousins Louis and Daisy. Aidan and Louis enjoyed singing various songs from Boogie Beebies (in particular Dig It!) whilst Sammy and Daisy played with their tea sets!

Update! Long time no post…

mummysboys — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:44:49 +0000

Not sure where the last few months have gone to be honest. It’s Christmas in 19 days and fortunately I’m all done – the earliest yet! So an update on the boys, in alphabetical order:

Aidan

Aidan is going to be starting preschool at the school my sister works in January. I’m a bit nervous as he’s already expressed concerns that he won’t have any friends. I know he’s only three but is quite a deep thinker at the moment. He is growing up fast though and insists on having his hair done before he goes out and then for the rest of the day insists that no-one touches his hair in case it goes flat! Such a little man! He’s also really excited about Christmas. We are off to the Santa’s grotto at Harrod’s tomorrow and I’ve had to explain quiet carefully that we are only telling Father Christmas what Aidan wants for Christmas and not to expect the present to arrive tomorrow. Time is a very difficult concept for a little one to understand. I think I’ve got away with it though explaining that Father Christmas can’t give us the presents just yet because our tree isn’t ready.

Sam

Well, what can I say?! He’s still cheeky as ever. But he is a really sweet little boy too. We had a parents evening at his nursery a couple of weeks ago and they said he is the most polite and helpful child in the class. Which he is at home too … when he’s not biting his brother! That is something that is causing us a bit of heartache at the moment. Whenever he gets cross with Aidan he grabs Aidan’s finger and bites it. No matter how much we tell him it’s wrong or tell him off and explain to him that it’s wrong to hurt Aidan it doesn’t seem to get through. I don’t think he fully understands how much it hurts. Hopefully it’s a phase he’ll grow out of and thankfully he doesn’t do it at nursery.

On a happier note, his vocabulary is really good and he’s started to speak in sentences. He is a very bright boy and picks things up so quickly. I don’t think he fully understands about Christmas yet but he does adore all the lights everywhere. And I’m sure he’ll love the pressies. He is really into pretend play and will spend hours at a pretend kitchen making food and giving it out to us. I swear our boys think that cooking is a man’s job since Vince does all the cooking in our house and I’m rubbish at it!

Well, I am planning to write again tomorrow after we’ve visited the grotto. I am both excited and a bit apprehensive about how it’s all going to go (the queuing, being shy, over excitement etc!). Wish me luck!

Signing them up for X-factor now!

mummysboys — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:24:36 +0000

The other day Aidan came home from nursery and kept singing ‘Biere! Biere!’ at the top of his voice. I couldn’t work out what he was singing at all and thought it might be some French song they learnt at nursery. When I picked him up from nursery the next day I asked them what song it could be. At first they looked a bit confused but then it clicked. There is a little group of boys, Aidan one of them, who are obsessed with the Michael Jackson song Beat It! It was this he was singing. He knows most of the words and loves dancing around to it.

Sammy, also likes to join in and shouts Biere Biere at the Mac when he wants me to play it on iTunes. Also not to be out done he can now sing most of baa baa black sheep. Although, if I’m honest, I think you’d have to be his mum to recognise the words he’s trying to sing but then again he’s only 18 months.

We are planning to capture this on video so watch this space for the next stars of X-factor!

Giving blood

mummysboys — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:17:43 +0000

Today at work I went to give blood, something I do regularly. At the end of the session I went to the desk to collect my biscuit and lukewarm squash and looked around for the stickers they usually have because Aidan and Sam both love stickers. I couldn’t see them on the desk so asked the nurse if there were any. To which she replied sweetly ‘Oh, is it your first time?’ assuming I wanted the stickers for myself! Yes because I’m going back to the office with my ‘I gave blood today’ sticker! Made me laugh anyway!

Aidan feeling embarrassed

mummysboys — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:17:30 +0000

Poor old Aidan. Vince found some old photos of me in the loft when clearing out and uploaded them onto the computer. We found them hilarious because I looked so different. About a year after those photos were taken I lost weight and went from a size 18/20 to size 10 which I’ve been ever since.

So we were having a good old laugh at them when Aidan came along. He started to look through them. First he asked if I had a baby in my tummy. When we said no he then got all quiet and a bit tearful. We asked him what was the matter and he said he didn’t like the photos because I didn’t look very pretty! Poor thing was feeling upset because I didn’t look like mummy!

Sam’s tantrums

mummysboys — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:06:15 +0000

So Sammy has now hit that enjoyable tantrum stage. I’m not sure if it’s easier second time round or it’s just that Sam’s tantrums are so much more comical! For example last night Sam didn’t want to have a bath. He was disgustingly dirty so didn’t have a choice in the matter. So that began the tantrum. It lasted throughout bath time and all the time getting him into his jammies – which was a battle with him pulling his clothes off as fast as I could put them on! There was nothing I could do to calm him down, trying to cuddle just made it so much worse and ended up in quite a beating (me on the receiving end!)

Anyway, after he was dressed and still screaming I got a couple of his cuddly toys, turned my back to him and started to ‘play’ with them. When he realised he wasn’t getting my attention he tried screaming louder and increased his kicking and stamping. I carried on playing with the cuddly toys. He kept trying to see what I was doing but I kept my back to him. Then it went quiet. He stomped over to me, snatched the toys away from me stomped back and threw the toys in the corner! It was so funny and so adult like that I couldn’t help but laugh. And as soon as I did, he started laughing too.

He’s such a naughty boy!