Happy Moment for Monday

Monday's happy moment was coming home and being relieved that the latest visit is over. Here's to a great holiday week now I am relaxed again.

Happy Moments from Last Week

I ended up a bit busy last week and hurt my back so not had a chance to update this but this was my happy moments from last week.

Tuesday - Was a bit of a sad day but Eilidh managed to find her top for brownies making it just her trousers that are still missing.
Wednesday - was my last day at work for the nursery. They got one of the children to make me a card and she promptly told me. Was miffed at my lack of response and stomped off to moan to the member of staff who had asked her to make it. Very funny but the card made me feel aprreciated.
Thursday - Was happy just because I finally got a rest.
Friday - Was seeing how much my gran has improved since her bad fall. She really has come a long way but still has a long way to go.
Saturday was nice just chilling as the 4 of us and my favourite part was domino's for tea.
Sunday was seeing my mum and dad after their trip to London.

It's the school holidays now so will there be many happy moments? Who knows but keep reading and we may have ups and downs and good times too.

Monday's Happy Moment

Monday's Happy Moment had to be so silly. I made tonight's dinner last night. I was inspirationlised by work who made meatballs for the children so I made some with garlic, herbs and onion and extra lean minced beef. They are in the fridge to go in the oven when I get home and then have with spaghetti and a tomato sauce. Also the fact that I may get my Monday's back as from next week sounds divine to me as I am so exhausted this morning. Here's to some happy moments today too.

Sunday's Happy Moment

I have to be honest. I don't think I had a happy moment for Sunday. The whole day seemed to go nicely. We just spent time as a family before heading off to my mum's for Sunday dinner which was nice. I did buy a watch for work. Nothing special but a nice wee simple one for when I am at work and can't see a clock. It was nice to chill for once and not feel like we were clock watching.

I've been a grump

I woke up with a certain little boy in between us this morning. It's something which wakes me up in a bad mood, so it wasn't a great start to my day.

Managed to get Eilidh to ballet and flamenco this morning well in time. Then went to cafe nero. Now working with children as my job does mean I don't always want to be surrounded by other children so wasn't best pleased to arrive and find a male customer videoing 2 boys walloping my son. So after standing directly in his way of the boys he stopped filming but him and the other male allowed these 2 boys to run wild round the coffee shop. There is a time and a place for children to run about and I do feel in a coffee shop there are too many dangers and that is what soft plays are for. So my happiness was overjoyed when along came mother who discovered the boys running wild and having spilled orange juice everywhere. Yet still no one told the boys to sit down due to the dangers. One day those parents will learn the hard way.

Went back to pick Eilidh up and one mother's attitude to Murray daring to need the toilet and get their before her daughter had me off in another rant. The child moments before had been running wild around. I told her to stop being so pathetic. Felt so much better after that wee rant to her.

We shopped in the disney shop today. Murray got a golf set. But never mind he's only hit Eilidh about 3 times. Eilidh got her high school musical outfit for the show.

So will tomorrow be a better day? If someone tells Murray to be quiet we may well have success hehehe.

Saturday's Happy Moment

Bit of a ridiculous one this but we went to the shopping centre for lunch today. Normally I let the children have a junk food lunch but they had decided before we got there that they would have sandwiches. Murray started grumping for a BK but I said no and he did grump but when we got lunch he ate all his turkey and cucumber sandwiches and Eilidh ate all her cheese and cucumber ones. I was very impressed with how well they ate lunch and the fact they then ate their fruit provided with lunch. So it goes to show they will eat what they are given sometimes. But was pleased we managed to steer away from the junk food for once.

Friday's Happy Moment

On a Friday (somehow I got landed) I do the P1 Library for Murray's year. As a nursery nurse I am more than capable of handling a group of 10 or more children for a story but I do find some of these P1's like to talk through my story. But they are learning hehe. Today the head came down showing people about and stopped to talk to me and say how much she's seen Murray come out of his shell and start to stand up for himself and gain some confidence. I am so pleased to hear that as he is quiet and shy and doesn't cope all that well in unfamiliar situations. Then he made me so proud by knowing that the person who draws the pictures in a story book is an Illustrator. I feel like I spend my story time explaining about authors and picture drawers lol. So that's my happy moment for today. Oh also I have 2 more weeks work at the nursery I've been at for 4 weeks now. I'm in the money whoooooo.

Happy Moments Challenge

Happy Moments - My friend Gail has decided to have a happy moment on her blog each day. So I've pinched the picture and will try to add a Happy Moment Each Day. I'd love to see other's who blog telling off their happy moments.

Thursday's Happy Moment was to see my gran dressed and sitting up in my mum's living room after her horrible fall last week at my mum's. My gran has always featured heavily in my life and the thought that she wouldn't survive this fall scared me. She will always be a big part of my life but I'm not ready for her to join the angels yet. Long may her being here for a good few extra years.

My Granny

My Gran, Harriet who was 80 in December had a particularly nasty fall. She was at my mum's and as she walked out the door she missed the steps and fell right out the door, smashing her head off the slabs and breaking her wrist. She was in quite a bad way. Thankfully she is home and slowly starting to do things but will probably take a bit of time to recover. But thankfully she is home and we haven't lost her like we thought we would have at one point.

For The Attention of all Parents

I stole this from my Friend Gail


Whenever your children are out of control, you can take comfort from the thought that even God's omnipotence did not extend to His own children.

After creating heaven and earth, God created Adam and Eve.
And the first thing he said was " DON'T !"
"Don 't what ? " Adam replied.
"Don't eat the forbidden fruit." God said.
"Forbidden fruit ? We have forbidden fruit ? Hey Eve..we have forbidden fruit ! " " No Way ! " "Yes way ! "
"Do NOT eat the fruit ! " said God.
"Why ? "
"Because I am your Father and I said so !
" God replied, wondering why He hadn't stopped creation after making the elephants A few minutes later, God saw His children having an apple break and He was ticked !
"Didn't I tell you not to eat the fruit ? " God asked.
"Uh huh," Adam replied.
"Then why did you ? " said the Father.
"I don't know," said Eve.
"She started it ! " Adam said.
"Did not ! "
"Did too ! "
"DID NOT ! "
Having had it with the two of them, God's punishment was that Adam and Eve should have children of their own. Thus the pattern was set and it has never changed.

If you have persistently and lovingly tried to give children wisdomandthey haven't taken it, don't be hard on yourself. If God had trouble raising children, what makes you think it would be a piece of cake for you ?

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT !

1. You spend the first two years of their life teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend the next sixteen telling them to sit down and shut up.

2. Grandchildren are God's reward for not killing your own children.

3. Mothers of teens now know why some animals eat their young.

4. Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said

5. The main purpose of holding children's parties is to remind yourself that there are children more awful than your own

6. We childproofed our homes, but they are still getting in.

ADVICE FOR THE DAY: Be nice to your kids. They will choose your nursing home one day

AND FINALLY: IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF TENSION AND YOU GET A HEADACHE, DO WHAT IT SAYS ON THE ASPIRIN BOTTLE:

"TAKE TWO ASPIRIN" AND "KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN"!!!!!