Breakfast "Buddies"

When: Tuesday Morning
Scene: Table - Breakfast time

Monk: Everyone is having something different for breakfast except for me and Mum! Mum! You're having the exact same breakfast as ME! (that would be, porridge)
Me: No, I'm not having the same breakfast as you - I don't have milk with mine OR 5 different kinds of sugar!
Monk: *outraged scowl*

To be truthful he doesn't really have 5 different kinds of sugar on his porridge - he only has TWO.

Pirate eyes, they're watching youuuuu...

Okay - just to be clear - I do know that the song isn't Pirate eyes. I DO. Just my attempt at a catchy title.

Now. On with the story...

On our recent trip to Christchurch we took the older boys to a 1, 2 and 3 dollar shop at Eastgate so they could blow all their dosh on junky stuff - you know, the usual.

JJ Jonstarrrr got himself (amongst other things) a wee Pirate kit that had more in it than you'd have thought! An eye patch, pirate treasure/coins (of course), a nasty plasticy pirate bandana and a clip on pirate-y hoop earring.

Chris tried it on for laughs and to see if his beard made him look extra pirate-y. The result made me erupt in fits of uncontrollable laughter - see for yourself:

Chris/Fuzz: How does it look?

(or he may have said How do I look? or perhaps he meant do I look pirate-y? Suit a pirate-y hoop earring?)

Me: You look like you have a keyring in your ear.

BEST lame excuse. EVER.

Yesterday we heard screaming from the lounge. Fuzz ran to the lounge. It was Jonsta who was screaming. He informed Dad that his older brother Monk had BIT him on the shoulder to which Monk immediately replied:

"But I didn't mean to!"

The first EVER accidental shoulder biting incident methinks.

Auwh...

"Auwh"... (dawning realisation sort of "Oh" sound)

This was Joseph's response when I stopped him from helping himself to his THIRD spiced Banana Muffin for the morning and pointed out that he hadn't actually eaten the previous one, but had in fact merely "broken it into a gazillion pieces and thrown it all over the floor" (my exact words).

"That's not eating," I further explained, as we looked at the broken up bits of muffin on the floor, "That's Cookie Monster 'eating'. That's cheating."

Kid's Logic

Jonsta asks if he can have an apple (after I remind that he has to ask and can't just take). Jonsta decides (barely seconds later) that he really doesn't want that apple any more. Solution: he throws the whole thing - uneaten - in the BIN! A WHOLE apple. WHO does that?!

Fridge Invaders...

Jonty and Joseph are notorious fridge invaders.

I was just sitting thinking - I bet Joe is into the fridge again. I wonder what he's into now? I round the corner only to be presented with following delightful sight -

Glad wrap on the ground. Joe holding almost an entire cucumber, munching on the cut end and saying "mmmmmmm" very enthusiastically, with a look on his face that says "Got any more...?"

I doubt many parents are greeted with this sight.

I doubt many parents "fret" cos their kids keep "pilfering" veges from the fridge.

Yup. My kids are Vege FREAKS.

BRILLIANT.

Epilogue....I cut Joe TWO generous, approximately centimetre thick slices for him. Upon hearing, "NO. That's ENOUGH." he promptly began crying...

CLASSIC!

Jonty: (talking about a friend and said friend's new fancy schmancy Ben 10 toy) ... and it has little discs that shoot out when you push the button, and now he says that he can actually turn into ALIENS with it, BUT I'm pretty sure that he's LYING.....(trails off)

Me: Nothing gets past you...

Jonty: Yep....we'll just have to wait and see....