Perils of childcare!

For years the baby Jesus was missing from the nativity set and was replaced with a lego man until we moved house and there was the original under a cupboard, will never forget my husbands face when I shrieked 'I've found Jesus' while kneeling face down on the floor!

I’ve bought two new boxes, with elephants, tigers and bears on them. One box is for cars and other wheeled toys, the other for various musical or other toys. I have a plastic container for duplo, box for paints another for crayons. The children left earlier. All the toys were jumbled into the first available box, pushed into the cupboard, with the door firmly closed to stop them all tumbling out. I always yearned to be one of those mothers who did the jigsaws before putting them away and had a tidy toy cupboard. Still failing

I chuck everything into a big plastic box and slide under bottom bunk bed.

Job done!

Every time they leave I put all the knickers back on the Barbies, dress them in their 'best' clothes and brush their hair. No hope .

We consigned all thirteen of GS’s Action Men to the loft the week before last, but they all had to be attired and equipped correctly before they were shut away. I even managed to find the steering wheel for the Land Rover. I couldn’t find the polar explorer’s laser vision husky dog, so he had to haul his own sledge up the loft ladder, but Fido has now turned up! I think I had more fun with them than GS ever did! I say again, we need a ‘whistful sigh’ emoticon.

Just laughed out loud in a restaurant reading these

I bought a lovely doll for my granddaughter and was going to make some clothes for her before I gave it to her so put her in the spare bed with a teddy bear who is there all the time now I don't want to give it to her because teddy will be on his own again. I think I've lost the plot

My mother could knot a fine pair of doll's knickers! She also knitted the children's favourite teddies jumpers and trousers - still kitted out today. When we chose our children's teddies ...well, I say they chose us. My thinking is, you look a bear in the eye and of he looks right back at yer, he is the one! (Yes, plot definitely caught the bus and left town).

When Loombands were the fashion, a couple of years ago, I spent hours and hours sorting them into different compartments by colour, sparkle or stripe. Was so pleased with the result. Two days later DGS had knocked the box off the table and the whole lot were mixed up. Needless to say, he didn't ask me to sort them again and I didn't offer!

I spent a whole afternoon washing and irong dolls clothes and dressing the poor wee things as 2 GD's had stripped them all naked and left them on the floor .12 dolls between them ...who needs 12 dolls ? Thing is I might be guilty of buying a few of them for the cute outfits and the lovely curls ..lol

I once closed ds' bedroom window so his teddy wasn't in a draught........

I have a gorgeous video of my DGD (2 yrs at the time) playing with her little wooden cooker. She carefully puts everything away when she's finished with it - everything in its place!

Well done Katek or as my DGC say to me , well done Nana. After they've gone home, I tidy the dolls house, put the little family and pets to bed, put their car away and tidy their garden. Maybe have lost the plot, or delaying real housework.