Adam and the Ants? What the ...?

Actually, after reading my last post, I thought some people might be wondering why my five year old son even knows the lyrics of a band who had its heyday a quarter of a century before he was born.
I've never been a fan of kids music and we used to have a pretty long commute to daycare. I tried but  I soon realised that if I had to hear one more Wiggles song, somebody was going to get hurt. Really hurt. For the record, I also won't listen to Play School, the Hooly Doolys, Justine Clarke or anything else kids normally find appealing. I was certain that I could find something in my varied music collection that we could all enjoy and by that I mean something I could enjoy. We've had some failures : Bjork, Madonna, Abba. But Adam and the Ants, Cypress Hill and the Beastie Boys (I did say I had a varied collection) have all hit the mark.
Sorry. I am a selfish mother. Which is why my kids think there is only one channel on the television. The Food Network. They love it.

Iron Maiden vs Adam Ant

My family came over for lunch the other day and the kids were all showing off, as they do. My 2 year old nephew got up on the coffee table and did the most hilarious rendition of an Iron Maiden song. Don’t ask me what, I won’t even pretend I know that stuff but it was a gruff-voiced, air-punching piece of delicious toddler comedy and everyone was in stitches. His father was so proud.

Not to be outdone, Big Boy started prancing around and stuttering the following :
‘Unplug the juice box and do us all a playberrrrr (sic)’
The room was silent. So Big Boy tried again :

‘Diddly qua qua, diddly qua qua.’

And he got diddly squat. I quickly changed the subject.

So Iron Maiden in all it’s gory horror is cute, but Adam and the Ants aren’t? I really beg to differ. What do you think?

Philoperous

My boys love Harry Potter and Jarvy's favourite book is the Philoperous (philosophers) Stone so you can imagine my delight when I realised he was a bit of a Philoperous himself!

Me : What is the meaning of life?
Jarvy : Huh?
Me : Why are we alive?
Jarvy : Because nobody killed us yet.

Me : If a tree falls in a forest and there is nobody to hear it, does it make a sound?
Jarvy : Mum, ask me serious questions.

Me : Which comes first, the chicken or the egg?
Jarvy : Ummmm ... the Chicken.
Me : But how did the chicken get there?
Jarvy : It walked of course.

My boy is certainly a deep thinker.

Lashes

I wasn't sure if Fletch was cute enough when he was a toddler, so I made him wear false eyelashes.

I didn't really. These are his. He certainly doesn't get them from me.

School Holidays - YAY

School's out. And I have a week off. I haven't been this excited about school holidays since ... well, since I was at school. I had a week off last holidays but we went on a massive road trip so it was pretty hectic. This week, we have nothing on. Except swimming lessons. Every day. An hour away. In peak hour. But except for that - nothing.

I get to spend time with him :

And him :

Wait. Sorry. I mean these guys :



It's just that when I look at them, I still see babies. It was only five minutes ago, wasn't it?

But babies, toddlers, boys or teenagers (that's what they think they are), I can't wait to do nothing with them for the next ten days. Except swimming lessons. Every day. An hour away. In peak hour.