tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post3703426405000463706..comments2024-03-28T08:56:27.855+00:00Comments on Going Gently: A New Experience!John Going Gentlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-47156180022411422952015-06-17T09:04:46.620+00:002015-06-17T09:04:46.620+00:00An hour! Other people's kids can be tiring... ...An hour! Other people's kids can be tiring... Especially if you want to do it all so well.<br />I hate that men even think that they might be seen as child molesters. It is a sad sad byproduct of our times. I catch myself having thoughts like that and it makes me sad.Mwahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00954216492730746581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-13749467468648066032015-06-17T09:04:37.606+00:002015-06-17T09:04:37.606+00:00An hour! Other people's kids can be tiring... ...An hour! Other people's kids can be tiring... Especially if you want to do it all so well.<br />I hate that men even think that they might be seen as child molesters. It is a sad sad byproduct of our times. I catch myself having thoughts like that and it makes me sad.Mwahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00954216492730746581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-82330994886829215882015-06-14T21:06:49.076+00:002015-06-14T21:06:49.076+00:00You can look after my two next!You can look after my two next!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-70202575073145312352015-06-13T20:39:06.589+00:002015-06-13T20:39:06.589+00:00Bloody brilliant! As a deputy head of a primary sc...Bloody brilliant! As a deputy head of a primary school, I wish all of our children had that much fun at the end of a school day!! You've lifted my heart, thank you xxKate Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13622735859057409893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-50770491091123603922015-06-12T20:15:53.982+00:002015-06-12T20:15:53.982+00:00Now I'm doubting my own sanity having just vol...Now I'm doubting my own sanity having just volunteered to have my grandchildren, age 4-going-on-14 and the 9 year old technical whizz-kid from next Friday afternoon until Sunday afternoon. Oh heck! Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00914227535503925006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-24636880136572040212015-06-12T19:41:08.968+00:002015-06-12T19:41:08.968+00:00You've got more energy than me. I got tired j...You've got more energy than me. I got tired just reading the post :) Sounds like you and the girls had a great time.Theresa Yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16226952474166295533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-75434819426285790652015-06-12T18:04:25.409+00:002015-06-12T18:04:25.409+00:00And so sweet of you to let them wear your hats!And so sweet of you to let them wear your hats!Moving with Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954028272162285597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-78006417696709525342015-06-12T15:19:45.600+00:002015-06-12T15:19:45.600+00:00Your humour is even more wicked than mine!
Mummy!...Your humour is even more wicked than mine!<br /><br />Mummy! Mummy! I don't like my little sister!<br />Shut up and eat what you're given!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-34896683908228996072015-06-12T13:54:14.076+00:002015-06-12T13:54:14.076+00:00Well, to be fair, that was a mighty full hour!!Well, to be fair, that was a mighty full hour!!Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-4333497596117321372015-06-12T13:45:23.546+00:002015-06-12T13:45:23.546+00:00I like this post:)I like this post:)Yaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15181961536405061470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-47849112014750768082015-06-12T13:36:12.746+00:002015-06-12T13:36:12.746+00:00Mummy mummy why is daddy zig zagging across the la...Mummy mummy why is daddy zig zagging across the lawn?<br /><br />Shut up and reload!John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-45812835578624338122015-06-12T13:08:14.382+00:002015-06-12T13:08:14.382+00:00Mummy! Mummy! Please can Uncle John pick us up fro...Mummy! Mummy! Please can Uncle John pick us up from school again?<br />Mummy! Mummy! What is a scotch egg?<br />Mummy! Mummy! Why does Uncle John fart twice as loud as Daddy? Is he jet-propelled or something?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-34015662145722428032015-06-12T13:00:37.890+00:002015-06-12T13:00:37.890+00:00We non-parents don't realise just how exhausti...We non-parents don't realise just how exhausting kids can be. I once looked after an especially boisterous small boy for an evening. He was a total tornado of activity and chatter. Afterwards I felt as if I'd flattened by a steamroller.nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-42556729670892231672015-06-12T12:37:43.443+00:002015-06-12T12:37:43.443+00:00Hahahaha! I just laughed at your last sentence.......Hahahaha! I just laughed at your last sentence....I had looked after them for just over an hour! kjsutcliffehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02064786032612487652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-81097426079403115142015-06-12T12:15:38.005+00:002015-06-12T12:15:38.005+00:00Child minding is not for the weak! You did very we...Child minding is not for the weak! You did very well and I'm sure you and the animals will be remembered with fondness. When our grands and great grands are here it's the animals they want to flock around.Linda Metcalfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14706004604567190617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-67697163054353563622015-06-12T11:56:11.039+00:002015-06-12T11:56:11.039+00:00Sounds like you all had fun. It is hard work. My ...Sounds like you all had fun. It is hard work. My girls are 9, 7 and 5 itß mad but we love it.<br />Dawn rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16658109186284804182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-11285557348020012172015-06-12T11:43:03.308+00:002015-06-12T11:43:03.308+00:00And I should add that ~ it takes a village to rais...And I should add that ~ it takes a village to raise a child xcarol in cairnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13361149279309934814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-62775245493588784162015-06-12T11:42:59.801+00:002015-06-12T11:42:59.801+00:00Job well done, John!
Now, let's hear it for al...Job well done, John!<br />Now, let's hear it for all the parents out there!!!Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199777195853274898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-59147164051336229712015-06-12T11:41:56.945+00:002015-06-12T11:41:56.945+00:00Well done you! Children teach us much about ourse...Well done you! Children teach us much about ourselves ~ enjoy!carol in cairnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13361149279309934814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-59183431532104190862015-06-12T11:23:12.774+00:002015-06-12T11:23:12.774+00:00What a lovely post. I've never met a kid who d...What a lovely post. I've never met a kid who doesn't enjoy talking about poo or bums. Mine still do and they're in their twenties! hehe.Lisa Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03120614311419730549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-19646068792622619912015-06-12T10:45:27.993+00:002015-06-12T10:45:27.993+00:00Its a google photo... Not liv and Eve!Its a google photo... Not liv and Eve!John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-50972945258693378262015-06-12T10:34:07.119+00:002015-06-12T10:34:07.119+00:00OMGoodness, I did a double take when I saw the pho...OMGoodness, I did a double take when I saw the photo. I have an almost identical one of me and my 'bff' at a few years older. My first irrational thought was 'where did John get that picture of me?'. We were easier to entertain - just leave us with a tin of old buttons and we'd be quiet for hours (still would be). xAndi's English Attichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04136573194920355678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-45094897428872667072015-06-12T10:21:09.967+00:002015-06-12T10:21:09.967+00:00Kids! That is so sweet. I remember when I was at T...Kids! That is so sweet. I remember when I was at Teachers College having a four week classroom placement with 5 year olds. For a week I went home with a splitting headache from the bat squealing noise they made! my friends who were teachers assured me that the brain gets used to it. As it happens I only taught fro two years. It was enough ;-)MrsC (Maryanne)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14440723067459232998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-79592148096851339362015-06-12T10:01:57.349+00:002015-06-12T10:01:57.349+00:00I bet they can't wait to see Uncle John again!...I bet they can't wait to see Uncle John again! It must have been quite an adventure for them too! Simonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02766240849932971541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-12857900287677499812015-06-12T09:59:15.054+00:002015-06-12T09:59:15.054+00:00The punchline being...all this occurred in just ov...The punchline being...all this occurred in just over an hour! You filled that hour with more than I achieve in several hours :)<br /><br />Those two little girls are going to be clamouring for you to fetch them after school more regularly. You did wonderfully!Desireehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01069419364783245762noreply@blogger.com