tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408793628656295626.post561677915790385979..comments2023-09-15T15:37:15.676+01:00Comments on MaƱana Mama: Good eggs and bad seedsRachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04868311511462835246noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408793628656295626.post-20302884758714248362011-04-27T11:04:12.199+01:002011-04-27T11:04:12.199+01:00"I'll be right there"is one I use to..."I'll be right there"is one I use too often... And LOOK, it's Santa! Just over that way.<br /><br />Nice post Mamita<br /><br />Aalejandro guzmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08444725035058665346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408793628656295626.post-29580112999135626442011-04-27T06:50:03.228+01:002011-04-27T06:50:03.228+01:00I'm glad you agree Tamsyn!
Allison, you make...I'm glad you agree Tamsyn! <br /><br />Allison, you make a good point - this technique works wonders with grown-ups too. <br /><br />Alyson, now I can shop at tesco again, thanks for the tip. <br /><br />Thanks Ella, same to you and yours :)<br /><br />CBM - pleasure - I am a fount of rubbish wisdom.<br />~MRachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04868311511462835246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408793628656295626.post-78685323639867232402011-04-27T00:02:57.630+01:002011-04-27T00:02:57.630+01:00Ooo, great idea. Next chance I gt I'm going to...Ooo, great idea. Next chance I gt I'm going to try it. Thank you. :)CherishedByMehttp://www.cherishedbyme.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408793628656295626.post-60366103629242345162011-04-26T23:59:57.581+01:002011-04-26T23:59:57.581+01:00We use the same expression a great deal!
Hope you...We use the same expression a great deal!<br /><br />Hope you had a lovely Easter xellahttp://notesfromhome.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408793628656295626.post-80121952512682367252011-04-26T14:01:00.165+01:002011-04-26T14:01:00.165+01:00I spend most of my time walking round tesco with E...I spend most of my time walking round tesco with Emma saying .. where is Mickey? the object being at the end we look at the DVD boxes!alysonsbloghttp://alysonsblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408793628656295626.post-36218736983819258442011-04-26T13:48:25.723+01:002011-04-26T13:48:25.723+01:00Love it! So much of our lives is 'just around ...Love it! So much of our lives is 'just around the corner', isn't it?Life In A Pink Fibrohttp://lifeinapinkfibro.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408793628656295626.post-70881721377959195122011-04-26T12:04:38.485+01:002011-04-26T12:04:38.485+01:00that's how we train 'em...!!! bribery with...that's how we train 'em...!!! bribery with non existent giant bunnies with a fetish for chocolate eggs!!!!<br /><br />brilliant!<br /><br />tamsyn xxxTamsyn woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09490967136488880500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408793628656295626.post-41218087694921409912011-04-25T22:44:17.290+01:002011-04-25T22:44:17.290+01:00Thanks Heather, dangling the carrot is currently o...Thanks Heather, dangling the carrot is currently our preferred strategy, for rabbits and kids. But when that fails, I will try dangling the puppy - great idea Molly.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04868311511462835246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408793628656295626.post-14053068005346436092011-04-25T22:34:28.093+01:002011-04-25T22:34:28.093+01:00"Just around the corner" sounds like a s..."Just around the corner" sounds like a similar version of my dad's "I'm going to see a man about a dog". Needless to say I waited by the door everytime he went out hoping he'd come back with a puppy. The dog never turned up. Aren't parents mean?! xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408793628656295626.post-54187501347940299322011-04-25T20:21:20.744+01:002011-04-25T20:21:20.744+01:00Ah the good old 'dangling the carrot' work...Ah the good old 'dangling the carrot' works every time! Bunnies like carrots too so works on both levels ;) xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05769929947721828254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408793628656295626.post-83118330969718983382011-04-25T08:01:26.516+01:002011-04-25T08:01:26.516+01:00Fruit snacks, very clever KLZ! A way to employ ...Fruit snacks, very clever KLZ! A way to employ 'just round the next corner' line, but also impress fellow humans with your healthy parenting skills...so I'm gonna try that too, maybe even take it further: 'hey maybe the Easter Bunny is just around that corner with some free-range, organic, omega-3 tofu'. I can't imagine how bait like that could ever fail to tempt a three year old...Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04868311511462835246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408793628656295626.post-82278957728983729792011-04-25T01:24:27.258+01:002011-04-25T01:24:27.258+01:00Ha! I use this same tactic. Except, instead of the...Ha! I use this same tactic. Except, instead of the Easter Bunny, I use fruit snacks as a motivator. "Maybe there are some fruit snacks in there!" is a powerful motivator to get things done.KLZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07148991868974040605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408793628656295626.post-35734873733115265692011-04-25T00:15:06.516+01:002011-04-25T00:15:06.516+01:00So very true - having kids has given me a great sy...So very true - having kids has given me a great sympathy for my mum, as I now realize all the hundred-million ways I must have inconvenienced her and driven her up the wall!Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04868311511462835246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408793628656295626.post-20541909889784976562011-04-25T00:08:28.572+01:002011-04-25T00:08:28.572+01:00Congrats on your award!!!
It takes what it takes, ...Congrats on your award!!!<br />It takes what it takes, I think we all channel our mother at times.The good thing about it is we come to understand exactly how our own mother felt in that situation/instant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408793628656295626.post-52020639654979067092011-04-24T22:50:31.882+01:002011-04-24T22:50:31.882+01:00Have left my other 'alf doing a messy garden p...Have left my other 'alf doing a messy garden project (re-decking and turning garden from a dog paradise into a child heaven) and escaped to my aunt's in the country. As I said over at my gaffe, the chickens are country foul, although I grew up with chickens in the garden in SW London until the nasty urban foxes got them!zookeeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02273861661493362850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408793628656295626.post-29203619329768156642011-04-24T22:27:33.029+01:002011-04-24T22:27:33.029+01:00Hah, exactly, an important life lesson! You know z...Hah, exactly, an important life lesson! You know zookeeper, you are welcome to swing round here and lend a flattering light to my slack parenting skills any old Sunday evening :)<br /><br />Lovely pics as ever on your blog, hope you and yours are well these days and getting in some nice family time over the bank holidays. <br />~MRachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04868311511462835246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408793628656295626.post-7138670163050261252011-04-24T22:08:09.428+01:002011-04-24T22:08:09.428+01:00Congratulations on your MAD nomination! Don't...Congratulations on your MAD nomination! Don't worry about the therapy you envisage Ana needing for your promises of delights always being 'just around the corner' - you are teaching her to see life as a glass half full, not half empty, and that's an important life lesson! Pictures only from me for now, oh lazy cow, but words to return soon. You are the only blog I visit in a snatched moment before bed on a Sunday...:-)zookeeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02273861661493362850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408793628656295626.post-32989715800476219292011-04-24T20:26:45.547+01:002011-04-24T20:26:45.547+01:00Thanks MIS, Ritz and Frankie - glad I'm not al...Thanks MIS, Ritz and Frankie - glad I'm not alone in employing this strategy!<br /><br />Sally, thanks for your note - I am so chuffed that someone has nominated my crazy little blog, out of the many fabulous parenting blogs out there. I'll have a look on Monday morning - thanks again.<br />~MRachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04868311511462835246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408793628656295626.post-28806848077012403192011-04-24T13:48:28.662+01:002011-04-24T13:48:28.662+01:00"Just round the corner", "not long ..."Just round the corner", "not long now" and "in a couple of minutes" are well used in our house and when i say them i am my mother!Frankie Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13368883040919870887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408793628656295626.post-24492900300883702332011-04-24T00:31:03.630+01:002011-04-24T00:31:03.630+01:00Just posted some pictures of an Easter Bunny in Mi...Just posted some pictures of an Easter Bunny in Miami where we were on holiday. I haven't seen one here yet - maybe I'm not looking in the right placesritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02378251728469691346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408793628656295626.post-82878175251979214792011-04-23T14:50:45.182+01:002011-04-23T14:50:45.182+01:00We all say things that our parents said to us with...We all say things that our parents said to us without even noticing half of the time. Your Easter Bunny line is harmless, there is nothing wrong with a bit of excitement and anticipation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com