Metal Mummy

Freyja: Where’s Daddy gone?
Me: He’s gone to work sweetheart
Freyja: Gone to work?
Me: Yep, he’ll be back later.
Freyja: He gone to get my pennies?

And mine…

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Me: Are you eating your breakfast Freyja?
Freyja: Yes. I’m eating my breakfast… Slowly, like a princess.

Freyja-ism of the day…

I love mummy. I love daddy. I love Kali. I love Leila. I love Pete. I love Gracie…

I love nanna. I love granny. I love grandad…

I love Shrek. I love Donkey.

I love peoples…

I love friends.

I am going to aim to record some of Freyja’s freyja-isms, because honestly? They are bloody hilarious. They get funnier every day. Seriously.

(whilst putting the washing away)

Freyja: You are a very naughty girl. A very important naughty girl.

Me: A very important naughty girl?

Freyja: Yes. A VERY important NAUGHTY girl.

(pauses)

Freyja: I am angry. I am very angry.

Me: What for, hun?

Freyja: Because.

(stomps downstairs after slamming the safety gate)

Freyja: I’m going downstairs. You are NOT.

Me: Why not?

Freyja: Because you’re naughty. Do my washing.

Thanks, love.

When we lived at the house previous to this one, we used to have a milkman. A lovely fella that would deliver your milk at a God-unearthly hour in the morning so that it was waiting for you on your doorstep when you eventually rolled out of bed. They even did the old school red & silver top glass bottles of semi-skimmed milk – something I remember fondly from my childhood. I remember that milk always tasted differently from a glass bottle – so much more fresh than out of a plastic carton. I also remember that after about half a bottle, it never tasted quite so good so, much to mum’s discontent, I would open a new bottle and drink that. She was never too pleased but that wouldn’t stop me.

When I found out about milk&more, and found that they were the new milkmen on the block, I gave them a try. Not only do they deliver your normal milk variety but you can also do your online food shopping with them too – there are so many of your basic groceries available for you to order, that unless you’re due for a big shop, there’s very little reason why you should haul yourself to your local supermarket and fight your way through the hoards of people – particularly the number of people you have to battle around Christmas.

Did you know that they also do pet food online too? If I used the brands that they stock, I’d buy that too. It’s amazing how much you can actually get through milk&more now – they cater for everything, with 250 everyday essentials to choose from, including Kellogg’s, Cathedral City and Tropicana. What’s more is, it’s free delivery.

*This is a sponsored post but the opinions are my own. I really did leave half a bottle of milk in preference of opening a new one. I still do.*

This year, I decided to do something different. Last year, Freyja had a chocolate advent calendar – she loved it as she’s a sucker for chocolate (as am I), but this year I thought I’d try something new as an advent calendar idea. Seeing as Freyja’s now over 2 and a half, heading too quickly for her third birthday in April, I think she’s old enough to understand the magic of Christmas. She is beginning to get the concept of Santa and knows that any presents we have for her in the house are “Kist-mas” presents and “Father Kist-mas is coming”.

I am so excited for her. We went to a garden centre yesterday where she met some donkeys and saw the walls covered in christmas decorations. All the trees, all the pretend Santas, all the lights – she was mesmerised and so excited by it all (apart from the fake Santa’s lap you could sit on – terrified her).

So, the advent calendar. Inspired by this post I found online whilst browsing, I have bought her 25 books. One for each day of advent. I’ve gone down the “all-year-round” book instead of the festive ones, because, well, I don’t really like the Christmas books, compared with some of the fabulous ones you can get. I have wrapped them all individually, so that every day, she finds the correctly numbered book and unwraps it. I haven’t gone overboard with spends, using The Book People and Red House to purchase the collection and it has saved me a vast amount on stocking fillers. You can’t do with enough books for your child, personally. So this, I thought, was a great idea. You could make it even cheaper by going to your local second hand shop or car boot, or using the joys of eBay. I just didn’t have the time and as I was replacing stocking fillers with this idea, I didn’t mind spending a bit. Definitely a tradition I plan on keeping.