Jaden and Hubby battaling it out in a dance-off in between cooking thanksgiving dinner

Thanksgiving Turned Out To Be Wild Fun After All

Sorry it has been a while since my last post.Lots of amazing things has been happening in my life and my blog ends up suffering from this. i promise to make the time to keep posting on a more regular basis.

So Thanksgiving turned out to be wild fun after all. The hubby and I hosted thanksgiving dinner for our respective siblings, thier significant other's and also another yummy mummy friend of mine Janell and her hubby and son Phoenix.

Always trying to be the perfect hostess I started the day in the wee hours of the morning cooking. My "job" was to cook all the side dishes (like 5 of them) while my hubby cooked the turkey.Hubby cooked a turkey which meant at the end of the night he took all the credit for the entire thanksgiving meal. Of course the hard labor and hours I spent cooking 5 side dishes, cleaning the kitchen,setting the table was slightly over-looked.

I will say though the time spent in the kithen cooking turned into a dance off between my hubby and son Jaden. I could not stop laughing my head off. Loads of red wine was bought, Janell made the most scrumptious red velvet cake. Dinner was delicious indeed and as always once my brother Ben Buck, hubby's 2 sister's Melanie and Andrea, cousin Daniel get together well the party begins.

Daniel,Jaden and Phoneix put on another dance show for us to thier favourite song Boom Boom by the Black Eyed Peas. These boys were quite impressive. And you can see us Mum's were silently being competitve to see which boy danced the best.

Christmas is more my thing(my xmas tree was up the day after Halloween) but after so many years living in the States and now having a family of my own, thanksgiving is truly a fun holiday and a day to give Thanks for all one's blessing.

XXX
Naima

My Yummy Mummy Brunch Is Growing

Two months ago I hosted a brunch with 3 of my mummy friends at my house. It was during the week and at 10 am when the kids were in school. We ate yummy pasta I had made and I served a "light" cocktail lol if there is such a thing. It was fabulous. Since then I have had 2 more brunches which I have coined "yummy mummy" brunch. This last one was so wonderful. We had 10 mums and 2 dads. Every one brought a brunch item, croissants,scones,bagels,muffins.

Briam one of the dads, cooked a mad omelete with salmon,dill and cheese.Lorna our "english" mum made this yummy pancake dish with whipped cream and jam.I served my brunch cocktail Pimms. The conversations flowed...kinder-garden application process as always is a major topic, we ate and laughed and it was just wonderful.

We look forward to the next one. I just adore all of my "yummy mummy" friends. So all you mum's out there if even for just one day a month, with hectic schedules,kids,hubby,work...take the time to get together and have coffee,a meal,a cocktail at home with other mum friends.It truly keeps you feeling in the mix and connected.

xxx

naima

Naima

Your Kids Truly Keep You Young At Heart.

Is It Strange When Your Child Uses The Words "Dead" "Kill" "Ghost" "Blood" On A Weekly Basis?

So let me explain further. Actually let me pre-qualify the question. My adorable,sweet,loving,charismatic 4 year old son's bonding time with his father(my loving hubby) is watching SCARY MOVIES. I guess I should list them so you don't think I am being "dramatic Naima" . Now these movies are not watched on special occasions like in the spirit of "Halloween"...Happy Halloween by the way. They watch this all the time. So back to the list of my son's favorite scary movies to watch with his daddy.

1. Ghost Hunter's...now this I don't mind as much since it is documentary styled lol
2.Beouwolf
3.True Blood...yes you read it right. I will say in my defense if ever I catch him watching this I turn the television off immediately.Alas his daddy does not.
4. Any B horror movie on the ScFi channel

Okay I said I would never blog about this,only from sheer astonishment that he enjoys and actually bonds with his daddy over these shows/movies...and also fear of getting ridiculed ,though I really feel like a innocent bystander in this situation.

So speaking to one or 2 friends and professionals in child psychology. They have told me if my son is putting everything he watches in context and not having nightmares,leave it alone for a while and let the two guys bond. Hmmmm My son does not have not one single nightmare, and I ask him if he is scared when he watches these shows with his daddy. With a genuine smile he says "No Mummy, I love watching scary movies with Dad".

Aside from his advanced knowledge of death,killing,and blood well for a 4 year old. He seems pretty normal.

To all my mummy peeps out there in cyber world. What are your thoughts on this?

Have a happy and safe Halloween
xxx
N

"It Is Your Job"

This weekend my husband told me in a serious voice " Babes it is your job" to make Sunday dinner. I looked at him and replied " My job"? He went on to explain since my financial contribution has reduced drastically, he is the bread-winner and it is his job to give the family security and all the splendid luxuries we have. It is my job now to be the home-maker, mum and wife and all it's duties it entails( I also do real estate and and presently writing a screen-play). I must note that we do have a full-time nanny/house-keeper. Yet I was stunned by the way my husband described it as " my job" to make Sunday dinner and he further went on to list many other instances that would fall under " my job".

Normally I would go into detail my opinion on a topic I discuss but I am truly confused by this word "job" to describe what should be something natural as a wife,home-maker,Mum. I am going to leave this discussion completely open to all my friends, followers of my blog to help me understand what my husband meant by " my job"

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