Well we had a wonderful day out today. At the park at first I was getting the 'look' from all the perfect moms. What with my kids throwing sand and stealing toys but then the stars and heaven shone down on me. In walked two thin moms each pushing a stroller. They unloaded their kids and then each had a cigarette! Took the heat off me..my kids might be bad but at least I don't smoke! I wanted to go up to the two moms and smooch their nicotine lips....
We then went to a wading pool-only got yelled at a few times. Then nap (all three in the same bed of course)
Then out for pizza...and now dh is giving them a bath. Their favourite show is on tonight 'Just for Laughs' dunno why they like it-it's not like they get it..oh well...then off to bed. I take Ben up for bedtime..we stare out his window for a while....then grab a book and read...
Have you read your kid's fairy tales lately? Yeeouch! Every night I take Ben to bed and we read a story together. He has this ‘Gigantic Book of Fairy Tales’. Being just 3 he is not interested in long stories (prefers books with loads of candy and cookie pictures) So lately, I will park him into bed and plunk ‘The Night Before Christmas’ on his lap (yeah, I know it’s July) and then pick up his ‘Gigantic Book of Fairy Tales’ for myself. I read a tale each night.
Do you know the story of ‘The Little Matchbox Girl’? This poor girl was physically abused by her father, mother dead, poor and cold…and all she wishes for is death….I won’t ruin the ending for you…..but I cried myself to sleep that night…
And ‘Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves’ that guy is not only a thief but when his brother dies (thieving as well) he marries his widow!!! And Mr. Baba already HAD a wife!!!
And ‘The Pied Piper’ (!!!!!!!) not the kind of book a new mother wants to read….bastard…I always thought he brought the kids back but he didn’t! In some imaginary land there is a big cave with a whole bunch of kids inside.
We also have 2 versions of ‘The Three Little Pigs’ and in one of them the dumb cheap pigs with straw and stick house do NOT get devoured by the dastardly wolf..but managed somehow to ‘run away’. The pic depicts the wolf after his ‘huff ‘n puff’ and far off in the distance a cheap piggy slinking away…
Hey, and did you know that after Jack fell (from Jack & Jill) he smothered his head with vinegar and brown paper? Do you see the magical properties in vinegar?? It’s even used to repair broken crowns!
I am a tad embarrassed to admit this but it’s getting to be an obsession for me…I will hush my son when I am engrossed in one of his fairy tales…definitely not the kind of memories I wanna make but I’m hoping he will have no recollection of this time anyway…
I’m nearing the end of the book…only ‘Thumbelina’ is left…..I already read ‘Tom Thumb’ those two should get it on…seriously….what other girl will go near ‘Tom Thumb’?
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We have a huge book of fairy tales and I thought it was just me that thought the subject matter was awful. Have you ever listened to the words of Puff the Magic Dragon or the extended lyrics to oh shoot I can't remember but when I do I will let you know!
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