Wishing the ground would swallow me whole

I accidentally posted a picture of my boob on the internet. Yes, that's boob, singular. Just one lone boob, looming (albeit very obviously)in the background of a family photo. Luckily, some kind hearted old school pal took pity on me, and instead of posting on her facebook status 'Hey! Guess who just posted a picture of her boob in with her holiday snaps?!' she sent me a message, informing me that I was 'Umm, flashing'. Actually, the first thing that went through my mind was 'Please let it be a boob and not something worse', as her warning was, to be honest, pretty vague. So, when I saw the offending picture, my emotions quickly ran through relief, shock, embarrassment and then panic, as I tried to delete the photo. Then I phone my husband, who, after laughing solidly for about an hour (OK, more like 30 seconds, felt like an hour though), logged into his facebook in work and confirmed that I had indeed deleted the offending photo. I'm just starting to see the funny side of this now. Only because I deleted the photo very quickly.

In other news, we took the baby on his first ever trip to the pinewoods, to see the squirrels. Bad news is, all the squirrels have died from squirrelpox. Good news is, we managed to see three, and according to a park warden, we were very fortunate! Our daughter had a great time (oldest daughter was in school, so didn't come) and the baby tried to eat a fir cone (I sometimes feel like I should change the name of this blog from 'Crazy mother' to 'Guess what non-food item my kid tried to eat this week?').

Until next time,

Crazy Mother x

So, I'm back! I just remembered that I hadn't posted anything here for like, over a month! So here I am to update you with my various ramblings and observations. I've been on holiday! We have just returned from a week in sunny Spain, and surprisingly, I feel rested and relaxed! I know! A week by the sea, in a foreign country, a plane ride away, with three children! And I feel relaxed! We spent the week swimming in the sea, jumping in the pool, catching fish and crabs on the beach, and eating Spanish food (Well, mostly- I draw the line at eating anything with tentacles, so the squid paella was out). The weather was beautiful, all week. Not a grey cloud in sight! Isn't it strange the way the weather can affect you so much? Like, the sunshine puts everyone in an amazingly happy mood? I, personally, am more of an autumn/winter person myself, but I enjoyed the sunshine immensely! Nothing could put a dampener on our holiday, as the sun was shining. Not the sewage smell coming from the shower in our hotel room, not the fact that the kids' clubs were all in German (seriously, they couldn't understand a word of it, LOL. It didn't stop them joining in, though! They were even singing along auf Deutsch by the end of the week!). Not even the fact that we spent £60 on a boat trip with 'beautiful mountain views, swimming in unspoilt coves, spotting dolphins and a delicious lunch included' which basically amounted to a ferry ride and a warm, stale ham sandwich with a bottle of lukewarm water. Nope, it didn't matter! We had the sun, a beautiful beach and a whole week to enjoy it. There was even a holiday romance! No, I didn't have an affair with a hunky spaniard- it was my 3 year old daughter, and a little boy who she is now calling her 'best friend'- they were totally inseparable all week. I also got the CUTEST naked-baby-on-the-beach photo of my son. Perfect to embarrass him with when he's a teenager. He absolutely loved the beach. Like, went crazy shouting when we took him out of the sea, until we plonked him back in it. His favourite game was "Let's eat non-food things we find floating in the sea". I lost count of the times I caught him eating a handful of sand, bits of seashell and seaweed- and I shudder to think what else. Funny thing is, he didn't even spit it out. In fact, he seemed to quite enjoy it. Strange baby.
Anyway, fun times were had by all! I'm already looking at holidays for mext year.

Crazy Mother
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