Pok 'e' boy

I was going to call this post 'Pokeboy' but realised that doesn't sound right!!

So, Pok 'e' boy is a small, almost 6 year old, Pokemon obsessed child who lives under the same roof as me!

There's really no cause for alarm but to make everyone aware here are his most obvious (annoying) characteristics!

*  Continuous talking, all Pokemon based.

*  Words and names that make less sense than a 1 year old learning to talk!

*  Daily air guitar to the Pokemon theme tune which is slowly moving into other guitar music as well.

*  As soon as he receives a new Pokemon figure, he's instantly onto the next one he wants.

*  ALL Pokemon Cost a fortune!

Should you spot Pok 'e' boy anywhere, my advice would be not to enter into any conversation with him or you'll be there all day! Don't offer to go in any shops with him! And don't think you know more about Pokemon than he does!

Good luck to any parents with children developing even just the smallest interest in Pokemon!

Xx

Taking the spaniel out

A 5 year old is like a spaniel! Honestly sometimes a trip out is like taking a dog out!

Take yesterday for example, we embarked on a blustery sunny Sunday walk from home to the next town along the sea front and canal.  5 year old moaned continuously until allowed to throw himself onto the beach, where he returns 2 seconds later with many many pebbles, all of which he insists on keeping!

Then walking off the beaten track for a bit he finds a stick, well more of a branch really, and carries this, not letting anyone else touch it, until we reach the edge of town where we have to convince him he cannot take it in the cafe, and to leave it at the side of the pavement.

In cafe have to continuously ask him to get his feet down off the chair, as they are muddy!

When we start on our trek back home we have to go the exact route back to see if stick (branch) is where it was left and to our disbelief and the spaniel's delight, it was!

Always Trust Your Maternal Instincts

So as I'm sitting here with a poorly 5-year-old on this lovely sunny Sunday, thought I should really write a blog as it's been a while!

He's sat beside me watching 'Dinosaur' on DVD, huddled under his Pokemon blanket feeling rather...........!!

Hopefully by this evening we will have forgotten he was ever poorly!

But this little episode has reminded me to always trust my maternal instincts.  In reality I saw this coming yesterday but was caught up in my day and ignored the signs. 

Sometimes when young children behave in an erratic manner it can be a sign they don't feel 100%. Of course it can also be them just behaving like children, so it's hard to spot!  Yesterday 5-year-old went from one extreme to the other with 1 minute distraught crying over everything and the next laughing hysterically about nothing!  And as a result today I am sat here watching a dinosaur film waiting for the washing machine, which is fill of his bedding, to finish!

So here endeth today's little lesson! Hope you're all having a better day than us!
Xx