I love the theme for this week’s Gallery – One day in August. 

The day is Sunday 29th August, which is the day that three bloggers set out on their journey to Bangledesh to see the work that Save the Children are doing out there and to raise awareness of the Press For Change campaign.

I’ve just been over to the Save the children website to get some facts and figures to include in my post as I wanted to do my but to raise awareness and I am shocked by the figures that are being quoted.  Apparently in the time it takes to read this, a mother-to-be will needlessly die. By the time you are finishing work or picking the kids up from school, 24,000 babies won’t have survived their first day of life and by the end of next year, 9 million children won’t have made it to their fifth birthday. They are shocking statistics, they make me want to pick the kids up and never let them go. 

If you have 30 seconds to spare, join in the Press For Change campaign.  Seriously, all you have to do is enter your details and you’ve done something positive to help to change things.

So what did we do on Sunday? 

I bet you can’t guess  

Yep, we went to the park and played Hide and Seek (we also had a big bedroom tidy but that’s a whole other story).  Master Frugal hasn’t quite mastered the skill of hide and seek yet, he usually just hides in the same place each time and you can hear him giggling from 10 miles away!  Miss Frugal however, takes it very seriously and is so good at hiding that I’m a nervous wreck when we’re playing as I hate not being able to see her.  She also won’t let me get away with the old ‘One, two, miss a few, ninety nine, a hundred’ trick.

I just read an interesting article on Parentdish about having a favourite child and it made me ask myself if I have a favourite.  My two are so completely different that sometimes I wonder that they’re actually related!

Miss Frugal is the eldest, she’s 8 in a couple of weeks although you may well mistake her for a teenager on occasion (check out the attitude on that photo)!  She’s pretty well behaved most of the time and likes to think that she’s in charge of everything and everyone.  She’s never been shy or had a problem making friends or learning new things and wherever she is, she tends to be the centre of attention.  Her school reports tend to go along the lines of excellent work but talks too much. 

Master Frugal is 5 and is the complete opposite, he’s shy and takes time to get to know people before he makes friends.  He’s the cuddliest child I ‘ve ever known and he tells me at least once an hour that he loves me to the moon and back 62 hundred times.  He’s well behaved on the whole but when he does something naughty, he gets genuinely upset if he gets told off with big tears rolling down his little cheeks, he looks so cute that he’s hard to tell off when he gets like that lol – maybe that’s his plan!

He struggled a lot with his confidence when he went from Nursery to Reception last year and although he has improved a lot he is a bit behind in his work now.  His school reports are mostly about what a lovely little boy he is and they always say that  he looks after any children in his class who are upset for any reason and looks out for lonely children.  His teacher describes him as a sensitive soul which I think fits him really well.

Depite their differences and the different challenges that each of their characters bring, I wouldn’t change anything about them.  Their characters are what makes them the children that I love and I love them both more than I would have ever thought possible – most importantly, I love them equally.

Amazing Talents….

Miss Frugal: Mam, I can do something super special.

Me: Can you Darling, that’s nice *turns back to watching the lovely Dermot O Leary on the X Factor*

Miss Frugal: Maaaaam, Shall I show you?

Me: If you must *waits to witness this amazing new talent*

Miss Frugal: I can lick my armpit!

A Geography Lesson….

Master Frugal: Mammy, why would anyone want to live in Wales when it’s so disgusting?

Me: I’m sure it’s a very nice place to live.  Anyway, you’ve never been to Wales so how would you know it’s disgusting?

Master Frugal: Because it’s wet and slimy.

Me: Well it’s usually wet here but not sure about it being slimy.  Why would it be slimy.

Master Frugal: Because everyone’s stomach is slimy!

Me: WHAT! Where exactly do you think Wales is.

Master Frugal: Wales is them big sharks that live in the sea – who would want to love in one of them.

Me:  Mr Frugal, I need wine – lots of wine!

A Pink and Fluffy Chat

Miss Frugal (whilst getting in to bed with me at 6am): Mammy, Mammy…. Wake up.

Me: Ughgtyterhjgfjkdgbsjkgf

Miss Frugal:  I’ve been thinking.

Me: Go think some more then

Miss Frugal: I know we haven’t always got lots of money but I think we’re the luckiest family in the world.

Materialistic – Not My Children

Me:  If I go part time at work, we’ll have less money.  Would you rather have more mummy and less money or more money and less mummy?

Kids: Money!