tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post3370483010305489359..comments2023-12-22T10:58:27.976+00:00Comments on Millennium Housewife: Big Chief Little ChiefMillennium Housewifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11828746856608057335noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-31500935073657510202008-10-11T12:28:00.000+01:002008-10-11T12:28:00.000+01:00Pretty alarming when you see the influence of othe...Pretty alarming when you see the influence of other people on your children. I don't recommend the BBC though, oh no. It's not the same as it used to be, full of politically correct jargon and nonsense. No I think Mary Poppins on a continuous loop?!!<BR/><BR/>Love the blog, just found it!<BR/>Scribble.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-28157661386755008792008-09-18T10:36:00.000+01:002008-09-18T10:36:00.000+01:00I remember having all the same thoughts of siniste...I remember having all the same thoughts of sinister external influences when my eldest first went off to PLAYGROUP for God's sake!! I hated the idea that some complete stranger was going to be influencing her development. Up until that point I knew that everything she was came straight from me and what I introduced to her. Wait till they get to junior school - all control lost, I can tell you. But I still don't buy them Coco Pops...!Carah Bodenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11429666157453439321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-84973913083802145922008-09-09T13:57:00.000+01:002008-09-09T13:57:00.000+01:00Carol, Welcome! Thanks for stopping by MHCC If the...Carol, Welcome! Thanks for stopping by MH<BR/><BR/>CC If they show that kind of initiaitve I may well cave on the coco popsMillennium Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828746856608057335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-10491189435176575752008-09-08T23:48:00.000+01:002008-09-08T23:48:00.000+01:00That is so funny, and I know it wasn't, but was if...That is so funny, and I know it wasn't, but was if you know what I mean.<BR/>I so know what you are going through. I am afraid they still find a way around it even if you stick with the BBC. (They lobby the BBC and get Coco Pops written into storylines..._)Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01247084030899971480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-55216604875245240212008-09-08T23:26:00.000+01:002008-09-08T23:26:00.000+01:00What a fun post!! Coco Pops are imbedded in my min...What a fun post!! Coco Pops are imbedded in my mind as part of a delightfully magical 'fun' childhood!! Congrats on your award! I'm glad I found you!<BR/><BR/>Carolrosecreekcottage-carol.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764384473339337575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-54772024590404957872008-09-08T20:24:00.000+01:002008-09-08T20:24:00.000+01:00NB, variant speed; the skill of the true kiss chas...NB, variant speed; the skill of the true kiss chaser, I like it.<BR/><BR/>Dotteral, at my friend's school she has to go in to take a splinter out, that's how risk averse they are.<BR/><BR/>Irene, I'm afraid i can't agree, sounds disgusting!<BR/><BR/>AM, it's already started.<BR/><BR/>Louise, thanks for dropping by, on my way over to you.<BR/><BR/><BR/>FFF, bribery is all I have...Millennium Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828746856608057335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-34397467240892822562008-09-08T17:40:00.000+01:002008-09-08T17:40:00.000+01:00well done on POTD!!!good post l can soo relate...h...well done on POTD!!!<BR/>good post l can soo relate...happy days though.....these days my daughter wants, anyhting that l dont have...in the cupboard for breakfast....hogs the bathroom, form all us mortals needing it too...and empties my wallet each morning..sigh..happy days!! if only cocopops...remember bribery works..just dont tell anyone..lolSazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04433666175721615185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-4067699806476586862008-09-08T13:18:00.000+01:002008-09-08T13:18:00.000+01:00This is so funny, and so true! I can TOTALLY rela...This is so funny, and so true! I can TOTALLY relate. My daughter is in 1st grade, and last year I could not believe the things she learned at school. High School Musical, Hannah Montana, and chocolate IS breakfast food.<BR/><BR/>Roll with the punches! You're still the mom! It's just a harder job now.<BR/><BR/>Over from Authorblog.Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00984115229811752666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-47639941557344751842008-09-06T20:44:00.000+01:002008-09-06T20:44:00.000+01:00There's much worse to come. Just wait for all thos...There's much worse to come. Just wait for all those nasty party bags and "why can't I have crisps, a Kit-Kat and jaffa cakes in my lunch bag like so-and-so?"Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02055675561988538475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-4588725234311688012008-09-06T17:46:00.000+01:002008-09-06T17:46:00.000+01:00I myself prefer Tony the Tiger cornflakes with hot...I myself prefer Tony the Tiger cornflakes with hot milk over them. You have to eat them very quickly, because the hot milk makes them soggy, but that's kind of nice too.Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043376053971475659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-13561581455842187872008-09-06T13:55:00.000+01:002008-09-06T13:55:00.000+01:00You need to do a risk assessment now before anythi...You need to do a risk assessment now before anything like kiss-chase. (And that's just for the staff!)Tim Atkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00858684167484655029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-25689420997452460192008-09-05T16:47:00.000+01:002008-09-05T16:47:00.000+01:00Ah...kiss chase...how fast I ran depended on who w...Ah...kiss chase...how fast I ran depended on who was chasing....Nota Benehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969705852180234416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-52944605389419477572008-09-05T13:48:00.000+01:002008-09-05T13:48:00.000+01:00CTTF, porrige, bix (like weetabix but no sugar fai...CTTF, porrige, bix (like weetabix but no sugar fair trade etc), plum whole grain stuff, crikey I sound like a swot...<BR/><BR/>David, coming on over<BR/><BR/>JGYG, have any fallen off yet?<BR/><BR/>EVE, funny! My mum does that - perhaps they know each other?Millennium Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828746856608057335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-16866725739660743352008-09-05T02:14:00.000+01:002008-09-05T02:14:00.000+01:00The very first day my daughter started school I wa...The very first day my daughter started school I was called in by the teacher after school. Detention on the first day for a five year old? I know my childers are a little feral, but ... any way she was just asking if we had a lock on our toilet door at home because she sang every time she sat on the toilet, loudly. I remember playing kiss chasy with vinegar soaked boys tho.Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11458081623112798378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-33785042384334815962008-09-05T01:38:00.000+01:002008-09-05T01:38:00.000+01:00You get the Olympic Gold for sewing on your own na...You get the Olympic Gold for sewing on your own name tapes. I have always done this, feeling very "grown up" the first time I did as number 1 child tottered off to nursery all those years ago. My confession is that for the first time this term I used iron ons. Wow they are quick to go on...quick to fall off....watch this space.Clare Wassermannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13626860487718518591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-14405563801853477302008-09-04T21:27:00.000+01:002008-09-04T21:27:00.000+01:00Battling 100 per cent jatlag at the moment, but I ...Battling 100 per cent jatlag at the moment, but I loved your comment on my post about `The Day That I Never Saw'.<BR/><BR/>Thank you so much - and I must tell you that I actually wrote a synopsis for my next novel aboard that flight, shortly after that beautiful sunrise above the Outback!david mcmahonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009095220051075552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-67786841193130421842008-09-04T21:04:00.000+01:002008-09-04T21:04:00.000+01:00MH - Weetabix banned as well? So, what do you give...MH - Weetabix banned as well? So, what do you give them?? Intrigued...<BR/>Cocopops have been requested here,and have been tried (on holiday in France, when I bought those mini variety packs in desperation) and she hated them, she's never mentioned them again. Beware the forbidden fruit! Beware Sophie!A Confused Take That Fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459622010972987709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-51653919202018612092008-09-04T20:44:00.000+01:002008-09-04T20:44:00.000+01:00VG it'll be rice krispie cakes nextTara, never hea...VG it'll be rice krispie cakes next<BR/><BR/>Tara, never heard of them, but maybe in a few years....<BR/><BR/>PM, one word - Karma!<BR/><BR/>Nunhead, plump for the one you can buy rather than the one you may have to home make...<BR/><BR/><BR/>MM, can't remember that one, over here healthy is probably weetabix, but it's still banned here due to having sugar in - horrid mummy!Millennium Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828746856608057335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-14047382810898827492008-09-03T23:42:00.000+01:002008-09-03T23:42:00.000+01:00In my day (er ok, somewhere in the 70s/80s) didn't...In my day (er ok, somewhere in the 70s/80s) didn't the advert go something like, "Cocoa Pops, spinning tops, cool flavour(?), chocolate flavour, cocoa pops spinning tops!" <BR/><BR/>Anyway, I can hear the tune, just not sure I got the words right!<BR/><BR/>When I was a child I remember wanting an anorak and a red glow like the Ready Brek kid. Do they still have Ready Brek? Andis it on the list of OK breakfast foods? Or have they ruined it with excess sugar?<BR/><BR/>Am out of touch on what is deemed a healthy start for British kids. I go a particular international store that stocks imported Weetabix for mine. Over here the slogan on the box is "Britain's <I>favourite</I> breakfast food!" <BR/><BR/>vg - is Rice Krispies a slippery slope? Bejinkers, I have fallen all the way down that ravine then. But hey, when you go to the breakfast aisle in a US supermarket and are faced with about 250+ neon colured character laden boxes of tooth rotting brekkie choices, I am quite proud that my kids still make for the boring-looking box of Bran Flakes. For now...don't anyone dare offer them an applejack!Mom/Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00377035506718286960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-73796305071112003122008-09-03T21:57:00.000+01:002008-09-03T21:57:00.000+01:00I still can't get Mac to describe those triangle t...I still can't get Mac to describe those triangle things he wants for lunch tomorrow.Nunhead Mum of Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00404470570265084130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-71542067845455983632008-09-03T20:15:00.000+01:002008-09-03T20:15:00.000+01:00And to think my job used to be marketing breakfast...And to think my job used to be marketing breakfast products to kids (shock, horror, gasp!). How could I have been so evil? Needless to say, it's c-Beebies all the way in our house. Curse those ads...Potty Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-70311428398546429462008-09-03T19:29:00.000+01:002008-09-03T19:29:00.000+01:00So am I the only one at the mercy of the horror th...So am I the only one at the mercy of the horror that is Crazy Bones? "But Andrew's got them" "But Andrew takes them to school" "But Andrew says you have to have a least 20 before it's any good". I have no idea who Andrew is but I want to have a short sharp word with him!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01124513427678555863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054120486545850431.post-67876115878565044972008-09-03T15:01:00.000+01:002008-09-03T15:01:00.000+01:00Ah Coco-Pops -it's the thin end of the wedge of pe...Ah Coco-Pops -it's the thin end of the wedge of pester power. Am dreading it when the Littleboys start demanding brands - the only cereal they know about is Shreddies and Weetabix, although nursery is introducing them to the slippery slope of Rice Krispies. <BR/><BR/>Mind you if all they watch is BBC they will start wanting In the Night Garden dollies and Tweenies satchels....!nappy valley girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.com