….Talk is cheap….take it with a pinch of salt!
Last week, Tee was working on her English workbook and came across a page on her family tree. The exercise was to teach family terminology like uncle, grandfather, cousin, sister etc. I tested her to see how far she knew who and who was in our entire family and she was pretty in the know of all her uncles and aunts and who her grandparents were.
There were a few tricky parts where it asked her to fill in the blanks and this is how she did it:
My mother’s mother is my __________. She wrote Nana, instead of grandmother.
My mother’s daughter is my __________. She wrote ME, instead of self or sister.
Out of 15, she only got the above 2 wrong.
What was hilarious though was when I asked her if she had any cousins. She said yes. Interesting…..because she doesn’t. Both my younger brothers, her uncles, are not married and both the Hubs’ siblings are childless (now you know why she is SO SPOILT and is the baby of the entire family, hehe, until this new one comes along!) so where did her cousin appear from, I questioned.
She said that Uncle Ben has a baby and so Aunty Trina is her cousin. Aaarrgghhhh!!!! You guys!!! See what you’re doing to my daughter!! (Uncle Ben is my brother and Aunty Trina is his girlfriend)
Once upon a time, I designed buildings and interiors of corporate offices and on the rare occasion, homes. Now, I clean poop and am student of a patience management course. From the drawing board as a London Architect to the realities of Motherhood, I have certainly learned many lessons in humility. And then others.....
To succeed in the corporate world, first succeed with your kid as the happy boss. Seriously.
This blog is about me, Mamapumpkin. A crazy, demented Mom who cares full time, alone, without any help, for an even crazier preschooler AND a baby with a boob addiction problem. *sniff* Someone, please get me a chair.......
I write anything that comes out of my head, mostly without thinking first, which almost always gets me into trouble (according to my husband, also known as the love of my life.......on a good day).
My pet monkeys drive me towards challenge after challenge, 24/7.
Gotta love it.
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