Conversation between Peanut and me She: If 弟弟 is naughty, I ask my dinosaur to eat him up! Om-nom-nom-nom!! Hahahaha!! Me: Ally, do you really want your dinosaur to eat 弟弟 up? If your dinosaur eats 弟弟 up, then there’s no more 弟弟. She: Om-nom-nom-nom!! My dinosaur eat up 弟弟! It’s funny, right, Mummy? It’s [...]
Posts Tagged ‘lion’
empty threat
Posted in conversations, tagged family life, lion, motherhood, Peanut on 27 March, 2012 | 2 Comments »
thoughts while walking to the train
Posted in slightly deeper thoughts, tagged birthday, family life, lion, mela v. world, Peanut, relationships, Russia, work on 15 February, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
My ex-boyfriend has returned back on the radar, with a new job (I surmise), a new mobile number (or just one I am no longer familiar with), and a whole new name (!!). He manifested himself in two text messages. I replied to the first, thought for a couple of days over the second and [...]
note to self
Posted in random thoughts, tagged dance, Egypt, lion, mela v. world, Peanut, work on 31 January, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
On my way to dance class today, I told myself that I will be good at dance class today instead of my usual uncoordinated and distracted crap that I bring to dance class week after week in spite of the fact that I really should be quite good at this through effluxion of time, if [...]
a sunny day and an unexpected letter
Posted in encounters, tagged 2011, cats, family life, food, lion, mela v. world, Peanut, relationships, work on 30 December, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I walked the increased distance to the train station with my lovely sunglasses, with the world bathed in a golden glow through its lenses, listening to my current favourite song by Fun (your heart isn’t breaking and mine isn’t making a sound), looking forward. My father would at some point later today surrender the keys [...]
year end happenings
Posted in encounters, tagged birthday, Christmas, family life, lion, Peanut, relationships, work on 23 December, 2011 | 1 Comment »
1. Peanut turns 3 years old. After waiting all year and returning home with birthday goodie bags from school every other week and partaking in everyone else’s birthday festivities, Peanut finally gets to blow the candles of her own birthday cake! 2. Moving out The Parents have more or less moved out of our family [...]
moving house
Posted in encounters, tagged family life, lion, mela v. world on 14 December, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I sat in the empty hall, a basket full of toys between Lion and me. In the kitchen was my father, putting cutlery and pots into boxes. It was storming out. As I watched Lion running around the hall, poking at the toys, I recalled another time where I sat at the doorway with my [...]
a movie, three cakes, forgotten work
Posted in encounters, food, tagged bakes, birthday, family life, food, lion, Peanut, performances, work on 8 November, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The Court decided to give me a break last Thursday, which allowed me to take Friday off to make it a super long weekend. So on Friday, we dropped Peanut off at school, then took Lion for his MMR jab at the paede’s. After, we dropped Lion off at my parents and went to the [...]
self help
Posted in encounters, tagged family life, lion, mela v. world, motherhood, Peanut, rant, work on 19 October, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Lion has discovered the virtues of self help last night. My kids sleep on mattresses on the floor of our bedroom since they outgrew the cot. We figured that they can’t fall off anything on mattresses so that’s the safest way to organise bed time. Peanut sleeps through the night but sometimes, Lion still gets [...]
an egg stained red, a slice of cake
Posted in encounters, food, tagged bakes, birthday, family life, food, lion, motherhood, Peanut, relationships, work on 5 October, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Happy Birthday to me
love is all you need
Posted in encounters, tagged lion, Peanut, relationships on 8 August, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Said Peanut to Lion, who was in the midst of complaining about something or other: 弟弟, I love you. Don’t cry.
