I tend not to let Lily watch TV when I'm looking after her apart from the Bedtime Hour on CBeebies. The other day Lily kept trying to get me to turn on the TV by standing in front of it and pointing the remote control at it while purposely nodding her head at me and then at the TV with a 'woe is me' look on her adorable little face! Ha! No chance Lily. You may be cute, I'm not giving in to you. I'm not your Daddy!
A few weeks ago Waybuloo was on and Lily was standing in front of the sofa watching and then she suddenly started copying the Piplings and Cheebies doing yoga moves! She even did a little roar when she was doing the lion yoga move. It was so cute. I haven't seen her do that before.
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
Why men shouldn't be allowed in the kitchen
The Hunny doesn't usually cook. In fact he's pretty useless at cooking. He can make spaghetti bolognaise, he can boil rice (in a rice cooker) and he can heat up food in the oven, but that's pretty much the extent of his culinary expertise.
A few weeks ago my sister came down to London to visit us and we were going to have sausages and mash for dinner. I thought my sister was going to cook as she'd text me just before I left the office saying "Shall I make a start on dinner" to which I replied "OK!". I came home to find Lily running around playing with my sisters's iphone and Hing in the kitchen with a huge saucepan of potatoes boiling away and sausages in the oven. I opened the lid of the pan and peeked into the pot and was greeted by the sight of huge potatoes bobbing round. Argh. the Hunny hadn't bothered to chop the potatoes up! At least he had the sense to peel them though so I guess we should be gratefull for that!
Anyway, the other night I came home from work and Hing said he would cook and he would make spaghetti bolognaise. He ended up dropping a heavy saucepan lid which was mostly made of glass (Prestige don't you know!) onto our fairly newish ceramic hob and denting and cracking it. Grrrr, I am so angry with him. My lovely ceramic hob is now ruined. And God knows what we're going to tell potential buyers.
So that's it, the Hunny isn't allowed back into the kitchen.
A few weeks ago my sister came down to London to visit us and we were going to have sausages and mash for dinner. I thought my sister was going to cook as she'd text me just before I left the office saying "Shall I make a start on dinner" to which I replied "OK!". I came home to find Lily running around playing with my sisters's iphone and Hing in the kitchen with a huge saucepan of potatoes boiling away and sausages in the oven. I opened the lid of the pan and peeked into the pot and was greeted by the sight of huge potatoes bobbing round. Argh. the Hunny hadn't bothered to chop the potatoes up! At least he had the sense to peel them though so I guess we should be gratefull for that!
Anyway, the other night I came home from work and Hing said he would cook and he would make spaghetti bolognaise. He ended up dropping a heavy saucepan lid which was mostly made of glass (Prestige don't you know!) onto our fairly newish ceramic hob and denting and cracking it. Grrrr, I am so angry with him. My lovely ceramic hob is now ruined. And God knows what we're going to tell potential buyers.
So that's it, the Hunny isn't allowed back into the kitchen.
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
I think we're going to have to buy Lily a toy Dyson
Lily aged 18.5 months has suddenly started to become very domesticated lately. I truly hope that it's not just a phase and that she will continue to be domesticated into adulthood!
She loves helping me clean. When I start removing her playmat off the floor, Lily squeels with excitement and scrambles around helping me. She starts yanking up each square, stacking them up nicely on top of the pile I've already made. And then when all the squares of her playmat are stacked up, Lily tries to climb up and sit ontop of the pile. Then I'll go and get the Dyson and plug it into the plug socket and Lily will then push the big red "on" button and turn the Dyson on. While I'm vacuuming, Lily runs around after me and tries to grab it off me so that she can clean too. After I'm done, I shorten the extension tube and let Lily go crazy. She loves it!
As well as helping with the vacumming, Lily also loves helping me with the laundry. As soon as she sees me bringing the laundry basket into the kitchen, she runs over to me and feverently starts pulling clothes out of the laundry basket and loading them into the washing machine. Once the Bosch is loaded up, I fill up the laundry ball with detergent and Lily puts it into the machine and slams the door shut. I'll then reach up and switch the machine on and at this point Lily is literally hyperventillating with excitement because it means that she gets to press the "on" switch to start the machine up. So I set the spin speed and once I've done that, Lily presses "on", takes a step backwards and claps at herself for being so clever.
Once the laundry has finished, Lily will help me take it out of the machine and into the bedroom to hang up. Lily's way of helping me hang up the washing is to hang certain items of clothing (eg. my knickers and or bras) around her neck and run around manically.
She loves helping me clean. When I start removing her playmat off the floor, Lily squeels with excitement and scrambles around helping me. She starts yanking up each square, stacking them up nicely on top of the pile I've already made. And then when all the squares of her playmat are stacked up, Lily tries to climb up and sit ontop of the pile. Then I'll go and get the Dyson and plug it into the plug socket and Lily will then push the big red "on" button and turn the Dyson on. While I'm vacuuming, Lily runs around after me and tries to grab it off me so that she can clean too. After I'm done, I shorten the extension tube and let Lily go crazy. She loves it!
As well as helping with the vacumming, Lily also loves helping me with the laundry. As soon as she sees me bringing the laundry basket into the kitchen, she runs over to me and feverently starts pulling clothes out of the laundry basket and loading them into the washing machine. Once the Bosch is loaded up, I fill up the laundry ball with detergent and Lily puts it into the machine and slams the door shut. I'll then reach up and switch the machine on and at this point Lily is literally hyperventillating with excitement because it means that she gets to press the "on" switch to start the machine up. So I set the spin speed and once I've done that, Lily presses "on", takes a step backwards and claps at herself for being so clever.
Once the laundry has finished, Lily will help me take it out of the machine and into the bedroom to hang up. Lily's way of helping me hang up the washing is to hang certain items of clothing (eg. my knickers and or bras) around her neck and run around manically.
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