The Devil Makes Work For Idle Thumbs...

I’m bored and feeling the energy of the Fruit Corner yoghurt (I just finished lunch) and need to keep myself busy due to not being able to restrain my self from disturbing other colleagues from their jobs.

I have realised that shouting across the room that “I’m bored” for the zillionth time will only make you be given more work and what makes it worse is that I’ve receive some good news which made me high and more fidgety.

Okies so this week I did some pretty interesting stuff.

Wait for it…. Wait for it…..

I went to the library… yes after all these years I set a date with a mate where we would go to the library and get books out. It’s been years that I’ve actually picked up a book and seeing everyone now reading I miss it.

So we went to the library and my mate right away went to the librarian and asked where the R.L.Stine books were. For those who are familiar with the books will remember reading the books with such enthusiasm. Her bright eyes looked expectantly at the librarian with what I can only describe as hope and a pure ecstatic smile when he pointed it out to her…… in the children section. Although I will not disclose her age but those who read the ‘Fear Street’ collection will be aware when they were on every child’s must have / reading list.

Although I spent rather long in the library I actually couldn’t find any book that got me interested and 20 minutes later I started looking for my friend and gave up all hope until I asked the librarian.

Me: Erm have you seen my friend by any chance??
Librarian: Yes she is still in the children section…
Me: Where is that?
Librarian: Through the entrance on the left.
Me: Typical
Librarian: Reliving her childhood moments is she?
Me: Ermm yeah (awkward smile)

And then I dragged her out, she got her books and we left.

Other than that….

I found another panda picture that is definitely me; especially with my eyes disappearing when I get tired which shamelessly is all the time

Don’t blame me I’m a panda fanatic and have way to much time on my hands…..

And the 'Best Aunty' Award goes to...

Last week I finally saw my mate’s baby, she is now only two weeks old and very fragile!!! Her name is Inaaya which means Gift from God. She looks so fragile so I spent half an hour looking at her before I actually carried her. When I saw her I was amazed as I actually forgot how small babies actually are and the fact that they won’t break if you touch them. Don’t worry peeps she takes after me in the looks department. Boom chicka wow wow. Lol.

I got her this mini pink dress, shoes and a summer hat. I love the dress it is way to cute. It’s so unfair though how there are more cute clothes for baby girls than baby boys as I am the proud aunt of my nephew and it’s so hard to buy cute clothes. Not that he needs it, he also takes after me lol.

My nephew is well on his way to becoming a self looking after, washing machine using bachelor. Albeit he is only now 19 months…… rest assured people I taught him well.

Stuff to teach and prepare kids to help them for the future….

1)    Health and Safety: It is essential to teach a child about health and safety at home. I taught my nephew to turn off the electrics at home. Okies so he goes and switches of the television when people are watching or turns the cooker off when people are midway through cooking meals…… the important thing here is that he learnt how to save energy by switching of electrical items around the home and to be safe at home.
2)    Turn on the washing machine: It is important to think about the child’s future…. I mean you don’t want the child to go away to university still not knowing how to turn the machine on. Through (ONLY) my wisdom my nephew does on the odd occasion put his own clothes in the machine as well as other random items such as phones and food. Heaven knows who put that idea in his head. He also turns the dial on the machine to different setting and presses other random buttons whilst it on!
3)    The fridge: Kids must learn the food appears in the fridge. Therefore I have taught my nephew to open the fridge and help himself to food. He also is very handy in the kitchen. He can carry his milk bottle out from the fridge and can also get his cereal (Coco Pops) out from the cupboard. Meal time is important as it enables us to bond while we both stuff our mouths.
4)    Sharing is caring: It is important for kids to learn to share so therefore I have taught him that he can share food and toys with others. Okies so he only shares his stuff (mainly food) with me and not with his other uncles and aunties. That is something I’m willing to let go.
5)    Exercise is important: From a small age it is essentials kids learn to be active. Therefore whether it’s rain or shine it is important to show others you are the king of the playground by being out there, chasing the birds away and scaring little girls. Excuses used: he loves the birds; boys will be boys and he has to learn to socialise with other babies. He also often catches a cold though which is not my fault.
6)    ICT Key Skills: It is important for kids to utilize equipments around them in order to allow them to succeed in the future. Therefore it is important to allow babies to watch baby movies and TV programmes and screensavers (I’m not kidding here!) on the computer. It keeps them quiet and they get so happy when they press random buttons on the keyboard. That way when they start school they can laugh at the kids who do not know how to use a computer. Hahahahaha

As you can see I take my role as an aunty very very seriously and if you ever need a babysitter (hint at Nikki) let me know. (*-*)

Me getting the award…..

P.S This is not a fake award which I made up… it actually happened and I was kind enough to protect the identities of the losers….

And It’s Sunny... Again

So as the weather was beautifully bright last week and therefore I got woken up at 7am due to the sun shining through. Yes even on days I don’t have work. And as I can’t handle the heat I wake up and within minutes the sun disappears. So you can imagine my annoyance on these days.

As it was unusually bright a few mates of mine decided to have a picnic and then go rowing. Yes they love the sun and little do they know if I had it my way we would have just gone my house, pulled the curtains and just have ice cream all day.... (This is why they don’t let me make the plans)

Picnic: well what could I say..... picnic was nice...... If only I wasn’t sitting in the direct sight of the sun which was causing my back to burn. And then the insects tried to help themselves to the food....

Rule number 1 when eating with me.....Raz doesn’t share food, regardless of your form. Handy hint to remember people!!

And so I shoved them off naturally. lol

Rowing: After the picnic we did end up going on a rowing excursion and I did share my leftovers with the ducks and swans. (See I can share sometimes). The pond was really shallow yet one of my mates insisted on wearing a lifejacket. I couldn’t stop laughing. No one is gonna drown in a shallow lake that they can walk on. That was the highlight of the day really. As we hadn’t been on a boat in ages we actually forgot how to move the boat and by the time we got the hang of it, the time was over lol.

One the way home..... well it’s the same story every time. I was stuck using public transport and it was  packed out, hot and moving really slow AND AS USUAL there is the issue of the lack of fresh oxygen available.

Boy was I glad to be home with the curtains shut and a bowl of ice cream!!!

Although I do complain a lot I actually did enjoy the day much to my surprise. But I think the next outing decision should be made by me!!