It was The Boy's last day at school today. So to celebrate we took him to the cinema to see Shrek2 and to Pizza Hut afterwardsbecause I really could not be bothered cooking and it seemed like a good idea at the time. Shrek2 was great fun and The Boyy laughed more or less from begining to end. Him Indoors was trying to count all the film references and I was trying to work out how many of the jokes The Boy laughed out that he did not really understand. Remind me next time I go to pizza hut that if you go for a select your own toppings pizza it is not automaticaly a good idea to let your 7 year old choose. If you do you may end up with "ham, peperoni, pineapple (I should disown him for that) and tomato chunks". Unfortunately, while The Boy's holiday has started, mine hasn't o he will be going to the National Maritime Museum to see The Adventures of Tintin at Sea without me. I am feeling a bit bluesy because soon he will be going away, first to his paternal grandparents for a week and then to my parents for a fortnight. Because his grandparents live quite a way away they tend to want to see him less often than most but for longer periods. I should be happy that his paternal grandmother and I have managed to remain civil enough to organise a weeks holiday at her place every summer (not a given, trust me, when one considers our intense dislike of each other). Yet I resent the non school time he spends away from me more and more each year. Well he'll love it and he will be spoilt rotten, I suppose it's all that should matter, untill I start missing him and sulking...
School is out
21.7.04 00:50
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(21.7.04 01:17) Awww, sorry to hear that the boy is going away for a bit, but think of all the fun you can have when he gets back! Sounds like you had a great time today, and you'll have more fun when he returns.. -pete |
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(21.7.04 12:15) When my three were little, they used to stay with my Mother for protracted periods over the summer holidays because I worked. I would miss them terribly. Now they are older, they are at home during the summer break but I never see them because they are either working or out with their mates. I don't know what's worse, missing them because they're away, or missing them because they're grown up and don't need you any more! |
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(22.7.04 13:53) aww you are a kind mummy to let him stay with the Grandparents, Shrek 2: I liked the bit where the cats was sat on the horse "washing" |
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(23.7.04 23:33) Pineapple on pizza? I would disown anybody for doing that! :-) |
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(24.7.04 12:38) Difficult one. You want him to have a good time because it would be awful if he hated going, but you're his Mummy and would like to be there when he has a good time. |
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(25.7.04 20:19) Thanks for the sweetie Peter. Jags, I know, pineapple is the pizza topping of the devil just like marmite is his toast topping. Good thing mothers are a forgiving lot. Princess: the cat is such a great character. The pussy eyes are just wonderful, I'd fall for them. MtS + MM: it's a bit like the independance bit. You want them to be self sufficient but at the same time you don't want them to leave you. |
