Shheeesh - kids say screamingly funny things.

Talking of kids I have a complaint. Most mama's the world over are supposed to/ and are able to sing to their babies. You know cradle the child and sing songs to soothe. The familar sound of mamas voice, resting against her chest, washing away the worries of the world.

Well someone should tell Melee - she is two now and I have never been able to sing to her. Ok so I am not a trained singer but it has dented my motherly pride when my babe shouts "OH...SHUT..UP..SHUT..UP...SHHHHUUUUTTTT UPPPPP" whenever I sing to her.

Jamned yer fingers huh! We have this odd quirk in our family. (Actually we have several but thats a different Dr Phil show) Whenever anyone seriously jamns their fingers we compose a song about it.

Here's Alice's song when her brother slammed the car door on her hand and she wound up with a black fingernail (and at the time I was sure broken fingers hence the trip to the doctors)

"I got jamed fingers near two dead horses and a cow.
I got jamend fingers near two dead horses and a cow,
Mummy took me to Balclutha,
to go and see the doctor,
now I've only got 9 fingers and an OW!"

The horses by the way were not dead, they were just lying down in the paddock as we drove past and got included in the song.

This is Hazels - her fingers were jamned in the van door when she was four. So this song is 14 years old now.


"I got jamned fingers in Tokoroa,
Just outside of Deka
So mummeeeeeee
bought me a purple bunneeeeeee
and I called him
JAMMED FINGERS"

Tokoroa is a town, Deka (was) a department store like Wallmart and it was easter - hence the toy rabbit that was bought for her.

Somehow composing songs helps when trying to distract a crying kid

When I was severely burned with boiling water down my legs many years ago I composed new swear words and nouvelle cussing.

Sorry about your hand. God I hate work. Good for you getting out there to earn some dollars. I have tried working in years past I am crap at it. It goes like this. I like the boss, I do something dumb, the boss tells me off, I decide I hate the boss and within 12 days I have resigned. Something mentally wrong with me, probably another Dr Phil show.

DO NOT beat yourself up about sending kids to school. Hell you just have to do what works. Most of us are just making things up as we go along. Half the rules in this house were invented and plucked out of thin air. I have homeschooled for some years and not for others. You just do what works as life goes along.

I have no idea what the thing is you got asked to do, parent advisory board thingy but it sounds like a real vote in your favour to have been selected. Just dont let the extra hours burn you out.

Well I am off to paint birds to sell. Kids are watching thunderbirds the movie with dad. And the new puppy is barking at the cats.

Catch you later.