“Pitt-Pitt” shoes (No, not Brad Pitt)

Posted on August 31, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

I’m sure you know them, pitt-pitt shoes, more aptly known as squeaky shoes. Those ones that go “pitt-pitt-pitt-pitt-pitt-pitt-pitt………pitt-pitt-pitt….pitt-pitt”. Tee outgrew her first pair very quickly. At the time, I hadn’t even realised what I’d purchased as she’d tried them on at a very.......click to learn what next.

As I bid my 2 year old farewell….

Posted on August 31, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

Tee, of late has been choosing others’ company to mine. While that finally means HURRAY for me (more reading time, more writing time, more anything ME time!), I can’t help but feel responsible that……maybe I am not entertaining her enough. Maybe I’m not.......click to learn what next.

My Daughter Thinks I’m a Magician

Posted on August 29, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

Do your kids think that too? Whenever Tee wants to watch a TV programme of HER choice, like Barney or Noddy or Baby Einstein or High 5 or The Wiggles or Teletubbies or Thomas.......she will ask me for it. All well and good.......click to learn what next.

My contribution to Niagara Falls

Posted on August 28, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

Visualise this: I sit in an empty bath tub facing the taps. I put Tee in front of me and turn the taps on. And because she fights with me for the shower head, I pull it behind me and leave it there as the.......click to learn what next.

How to make an American Paper Bag

Posted on August 27, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

  One thing I wasn’t used to when living in the US was the American grocery paper bag. Coming straight from London where all my groceries were walked home in white plastic carry bags, the paper bag seemed flimsy, difficult to carry and.......click to learn what next.

Love has no bounds

Posted on August 26, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

  The two loves of my life.....

Bathroom Time

Posted on August 26, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

15 minutes tops for me – I don’t do morning showers. I used to pre-baby but no more. In fact in 15 minutes, 10 is spent brushing my teeth really well cuz I love food too much to risk losing any teeth. If.......click to learn what next.

Our Potty Dance

Posted on August 26, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

So we developed a potty dance today. Together, my daughter and I. It goes like this.... Just before T gets off her potty, I go "ARE..................we REDDAY????" (me swinging my right arm in a circle up high as though I'm twirling a lasso) "GIMME A.......click to learn what next.

I Confess

Posted on August 26, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

that the real reason you don't see any pics or links here is because I havent figured out how to post them........

Books that I connected with

Posted on August 25, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

My earliest memory of reading was 4 years old. I was at kindergarten when Christopher (a boy shorter than I) read me a book in attempt to impress entertain show off. But because I could actually READ, I wondered what the hell he.......click to learn what next.

Gangster in my family

Posted on August 24, 2006May 20, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

who is a mouse, really...... It's T I'm talking about. Her mannerisms are loud and rambunctious. She doesn't talk to herself. She yells to herself. There is not a quiet moment when she is awake or around in the same 100 square meters. She.......click to learn what next.

T-Shirts that will put an American Quilt to shame

Posted on August 24, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

Let me tell you a little secret of The Hubs. He still has T-shirts dating back to 1985 (the pile he got from Michigan, which I've mostly thrown out without his knowledge) and 1995 (the pile he got from New York City, which.......click to learn what next.

Broken Records

Posted on August 24, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

When my Father-in-Law went on about my Mother-in-Law sounding like a broken record, I sniggered whilst a secret elation filled me that I was included in this little family ring of 'let's take the piss out of MIL'. They were in their 70's.......click to learn what next.

Ideas

Posted on August 21, 2006May 20, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Why is it that when I put my head down to sleep at night, all these great ideas come flooding into my head and I continue working them all out. Yet am too lazy/tired to get out of bed to actually write them.......click to learn what next.

Less is more

Posted on August 18, 2006May 20, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

I've been wondering of late how Tee feels about all her toys. She has a helluva lot of toys. Mostly all given. I have about 50 handbags (maybe more) in my wardrobe and I'm thinking WTF?! I honestly don't use any of it and even if.......click to learn what next.