The Ramblings of A Nigerian Mom

Credit   Can you tell this is another #thingskidssay post? I am seriously beginning to think differently about this motherhood thing .   I see myriads of r a i n b o w y beauty already in the nurturing process. A lot more ahah moments are sneaking in on us as we trudge on, on this journey. So we were gawking at the big screen, the whole 4-makes-a-family-all-of-us and flipping across the screen were the images of some big men chasing one small, round leather contraption, as usual. Not that I had anything against full grown men chasing one teeny-tiny black/white leather ball, fighting for control but my boy sure had something to say which intrigued me. D1: ''Mummy, why are they even fighting for the ball? Is it not better to be steady on the ball than fighting for it?'' Dunno how you can be steady on a ball that is not within your control...do you? ''I even think they can win by becoming steady on the ball'' What does this lil man know a

  Photo Credit   ''Mummy, you are the best cooker in the whole wide world'' .  'Cooker' is oftentimes interchanged with 'maker' or 'baker' depending on the circumstances...and on what the trigger is (food or tea or treat). ''Mummy, I love you...you are the best'' I get to hear these words followed by bear hugs at least 8 times daily averaging 4 emotional-laden words from each starry-eyed boy per day.

  Source Wondering what that escalator is doing up there? Will get to it in a second. I thoroughly enjoyed the last Easter holiday so much that I really wish I could rewind and go over it again. Been promising to take the boys to the Cinema for a while and we finally chose 'Easter Monday' of all days to visit the one at Ikeja City Mall. You also want to ask what got into me, right?