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?