The Latest in Headgear

Last week I shared with you Mr Bump’s choice for stylish Winter footwear.

Today, we’ll be taking a look at the latest in headwear in the Mr Bump fashion range.

Now, take note of the colour. Brown is very “in” this season.

It’s good for those Autumn days and of course it goes very well with your brown Mr Bump leather sandals and socks.

This piece comes in one size only and the metal accessory is detachable for attending quieter events, such as art exhibitions and funerals.

The Mr Bump Winter range will become available in all hardware stores across the US this September.

Make sure you have the sound turned on while watching, too.

Size is not Important

I am short (5′2″).

My husband is short (5′4″).

Therefore, our children are short, and likely to stay that way.

There are a number of things that hubby and I have had to deal with because of our height~impaired status.

I am putting together a list today in order to help smooth the way through life for our unfortunate offspring.

• You will never win a marathon, unless it is open only to pygmies and other people under 5 foot.
  Have you seen the length of most marathon runners’  legs? They’re longer than I am tall!
  

• Sometimes it will be hard to get served in fast food outlets.
  Try wearing platform soles, or failing that, keep a folding footstool in the boot of your car.

• Tall people will look down on you.
  Like cats, some tall people seem to feel that being at a greater height infers superiority.
  Oh. Are you tall? Well, except for you then.

• Get to like the word Cute.
  You’ll be hearing it for a loooong time.

And now for the benefits…

• Being naturally closer to the ground, you will be good at finding dropped coins.
  However, if you drop a note, make sure you wave it farewell. You will not be fast enough to outrun any long-legged marathon-runners in the area.

• The cheaper stuff is usually on the bottom shelves in the supermarket.
  Don’t ask me why, probably because a cat-like, 6”7′ grocery manager has assumed that short people can’t afford the expensive stuff.

• You will look younger for longer.
  From the back, at any rate.

• It’s a good excuse to approach attractive tall people.
  You won’t ever have to pretend that you can’t reach the top shelves in the supermarket.

• You might be pint~sized, but your brain needn’t be.
  Height doesn’t affect brain~power or creativity, so go ahead and take on the world!  We’ll be doing all we can to support you…

FPFF ~ A Space to Sit and Think

Everyone needs somewhere that’s theirs alone to sit and think.

I haven’t really had one for a long time, say about seven and a half years.

But this is my armchair. I curl up here under my blogging rug, with my journal and pen and write out my thoughts, obsessively.

I kind of worry that if I don’t, my head might explode.

Sometimes they end up here on Kidzarama, when I’m particularly impressed by my own cleverness.

I love this chair. It was a freebie from a friend who’d bought a new lounge suite, and long broken~in.
Read “comfortable”.

In Winter, the afternoon sun streams in on me and sends me into a doze.

Are you all jealous yet?

Stop moaning and go visit Carrie, for more of this week’s Phantastic Phriday Photos.

What’s a Girl To Do?

Last night was just the worst night for blogging.
I’ve been putting off upgrading Wordpress to the next version for a few weeks, but put it down to being too focused on writing for my blog.

Turns out that it may have been a premonition.

Tonight I decided to bite the bullet and just do it, as Nike say. I backed up the appropriate files, made a copy of the theme I’m using and followed all the instructions ~ or so I thought.

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How We Relax At Our House

This is how we relax at our house.

We’re too poor to afford furniture for the children, so they’re forced to recline in washing baskets, wearing frilly pink tutu’s.

Mr Bump’s basket recliner is green, because that’s his favourite colour, while Wren prefers to lounge in her blue one.

Tutu’s are provided by Thrift Shops R Us, and are available in a range of sizes and colours for children and adults.

You should see WonderHubby in his.

Do you sign your name “Use a different account”?

I do. It’s the “in” thing around the blogosphere at the moment.

Want to join in? It goes like this.

You visit a blogger um, blog.

You read something really serious and sad and feel like crying for the poor woman.

You write a heartfelt response and sign it “take care of you”.

Then you enter the kfhdfhd word verification code and hope you read it correctly this time.

Underneath, your blogger account name is on display, but you choose the option where you can enter your name & URL instead.

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You know your family’s seen Shrek too many times when…

Watching Shrek last night for the umpteenth time, I realised that our family has gone way beyond the event horizon for Shrek-isms. There is probably no escape for us, but it may not too late for your household.

To that end, I’ve put together some of the warning signs that we first noticed, in the hope that others will learn from our sad plight…

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