Articles Tagged: whining
10 ways children will kill time on a rainy day in the holidays - and drive mums mad
It's the summer holidays and while I dream of pitching my children out into a sun drenched garden to entertain themselves, I know the reality is more likely to be all of us housebound by torrential rain as I tear out my hair trying to think up ways to entertain us all.
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Strop of the Week: Flying to make-believe land
Strop Scene: Stropper's bedroom. Present, a veritable fuzz of cuddly toys and next door neighbour's niece, three years older than The Stropper.
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Strop of the Week: The Welly Boot
Strop Cause: With hindsight a clear case of adult/child misunderstanding. Rushing to leave the house for a day out before the traffic halted all chances of a Day of Fun. The Stropper clearly blissfully unaware of any urgency on our part, was piffling about.
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Strop of the Week: The 5 stages of the strop
Strop Scene: Cycling through the village centre. Pleasant day. Only random roaming dog and a few chickens to be seen. ...
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Strop of the Week: Oh the shame
Strop Scene: At garden gate chatting to our elderly and lovely (but true devotees of the ...
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Strop of the Week: The one that wasn't
Strop Scene: Kindergarten. Lots of mummies. Yes, some are yummy and I find myself chatting to one. Strop Cause: Now ...
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Strop of the Week: The drawing
Strop Scene: Quaint, all rose-covered-tablecloths-and-bone-china-cups-and-saucers cafe in the village square. Full of ...
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Strop of the Week: Candy what?
Strop Scene: Sweetie aisle in supermarket. 13.30pm. Had promised Stropper it could have one packet of tooth rotters of ...
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