On quite an unrelated matter, but rather important, I wanted to have a mini rant about manners - hmm is that bad manners ? Anyhoo, Twiglet is 3 and is a polite little chap, good with the pleases and thank yous and very friendly, likes to shout Hello and Morning at EVERYONE and I mean everyone. Well we had a walk yesterday and stood in a ditch to let half a dozen women go by on horseback, they didn't even look our way, never mind say thank you!!!!! Today, he said Hello to several people who walked straight by him, now I have to bite my lip and shout WELL DONE DARLING FOR BEING A VERY POLITE AND FRIENDLY BOY. I told Mr Twigs I found this very annoying and what was the point in teaching Twiglet to be friendly and polite when so many adults do not bother. Mr Twigs said, because it's polite, we're polite and Twiglet is polite. A very sensible and level headed man my husband, if I had been alone I would have probably been rather rude to the `ladies' on horseback. Now what have/or do you do when your children are in this situation. Answers on a postcard please, or a comment on here will suffice. Honestly, manners cost nothing. Grrrrrrr, thanks for letting me get that one off my chest.
So onto more interesting matters the snow has finally gone and I can honestly say we've squeezed every moment of enjoyment out of it, building snowmen, snowball fights, we even went up to Holme Moss sledging last Monday, Twiglet has had a whale of a time and we've enjoyed his enjoyment.
As we've either spent our time outside or stayed inside being ill, more casualties of the sickness bug, I've done hardly any crafting.I'm still working on my Wedding WIP - if you see what I mean and a little something else which must remain secret for now.
However, here are this months ATCs that I made for my Papercrafters Swap and a birthday card I made for my Sister. (Oops don't strain your neck looking at the sideways photo)
Some fabbo blue biscuits made by Twiglet and Mr Twigs
and I'll leave you with some photos of our little saunter around the Sculpture Park this afternoon.
loveTwiggy x
PS hope you had a super Valentines Day yesterday, I spent it with my lovely boys and we exchanged small gifts and homemade cards, twas lovely, but more on that later.
Off to do some sewing and watch Larkrise now.
So glad you and Mr Twigs and Twiglet had lots of fun in the snow. It's great to be outside when you can and who knows when Twiglet might see snow like that again.
ReplyDeleteYour makes are fab too and thanks for sharing pictures of this afternoons walk, we have had a damp miserable day.
Oh, Twiggy, I do sympathise, people are so horrid and we do have the nicest children on the planet! I hate it most when Elizabeth holds the door of a shop or something open for the person behind her and they say nothing!!
ReplyDeleteThey are very good at saying "look at that lovely lady picking up her dog's poo!" and smiling hugely. I hope this will mke the lovely lady remember everytime and then maybe I won't have to scrape quite so much of it from the pram wheels and the girls shoes!
Francesca is especially loud when we spot people without children in the baby spaces at the supermarket, she shouts "oh look, Mummy, invisible children!"
I hate taking them shopping in busy places too as often at least one of them, at least once gets banged in the face by some woman's handbag! They never say sorry and it makes my blood boil!
Oh my, see what you've started now!!
Off to do some deep breathing exercises!
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Yes Twiggy it makes me really, really angry when people are rude to children in general and particularly when they are rude to my daughter. I've lost copunt of the amount of times people have barged past her in queues, through doorways etc - and I have said loudly to her something like Are you alright darling did that hurt you - and got filthy looks from adults in return - the worst was one day at church when she held put her hand for the sig of peace and this woman totally ignored her and when i sadid are you alright Caitie she tried to make out that C had been pulling faces at her - which she hadn't because i'd been there the whole time!!
ReplyDeleteGrrr - all we can do is teach our children manners and pull up those people who don't have any!
April xx
I usually make a point of syaing to the parents 'it's nice to see well mannered children these days'. As for parking in parent and child spaces (and disabled), that annoys me but I don't think a fine makes any difference, what I think would be more effective is clamping the car for a week. Also when people lean across me in supermarkets instead of saying excuse me, I find that very annoying! rant over! Great photo's in the snow and at the sculpture park.
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'Manners Maketh the Man!'
ReplyDelete'Lead by example!'
You keep it up, just because other people live in the gutter - devoid of simple good manners, we don't need to be the same!
Nice blue icing!
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I have to agree it is just terrble these days about manners. I remember as a child if we didn't say please or thank you we were given what for! I always try to comment on a childs good manners, these days however a lot of children just aren't raised that way. Good for you on raising little Twiglet the right way!
ReplyDeleteQuite agree with you about manners. I brought up my children to have good manners and they often comment about other people's lack of manners.
ReplyDeleteIf a child comes to me for lessons and does not say 'please' , I just say, 'Oh has Mr Please forgotten to come out today then?'
I am always amazed at how many do not say 'please' and 'thank you'.
Anyway,as they say ,' Manners maketh man' and I am sure that Twiglet will grow up to be a most polite gentleman,thanks to you.
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I'm with you on the manners thing, in fact I'm sure I've posted about it before. There is no excuse for rudeness like that shown by those 'ladies' on horseback and it says a great deal about them that they behaved that way.
ReplyDeleteI laugh now when one of my two remarks 'how rude!' about someone who doesn't speak or act in a polite way. More power to your (and Twiglets) elbow I say - good on you!
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Oh, rudeness like that really gets my goat (and horse). I totally agree. It's fab that you're teaching little Twig such good manners. I'm trying to do the same with the little pebbles.
ReplyDeleteI always love your pics of yours and Twigs little advebtures - just ace. Special blue dotty biccies there too. Funny how tots that age love the brightest colours. MissP1's recent cupcakes were VERY VERY PINK.
BTW - def up for that spotty bando bonzo magic Mrs T,
Emma
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I would have shouted "you're welcome" at them - I really, truly would have.
ReplyDeleteI can't abide it when people witter on about the "youth of today" and then behave despicably themselves.
Mind you - I'm quite militant like that! I once threw a plastic bottle at a group of hoodies because they had just thrown it at some ducks. I have told other people's children off in front of their parents - I have no scruples and it will probably be my undoing!
I am one of those Mothers who raises her voice rather loudly and says "YOU'RE WELCOME!" to be back of those who walk away without displaying their own manners when my small person has held open the door for them or such like. I too wonder why I bother but then I don't the smalls to become like those 'others'
ReplyDeleteAll our snow is gone now too, ah but it was fun while it lasted eh?
I am a teacher and get subjected to bad manners by students and their parents. My tutor group WILL be polite and I have told their parents of my expectations and that they will be followed! I have been doing this 14 years and I will not take any prisoners over this but it is actually the parents who are at fault anyway and we saw some blinding examples of poor manners during our trip to Disneyland this week. Sophie was not impressed either! Like Jellybelly Jellybean I have also told off other peoples children and then stared at the parents daring them to say anything and they don't because they know deep done that they should have got in there first. Manners cost nothing and I will keep on with insisting on it. I have even refused to help a student until I get the magic word and I am now known for that so manners within the four walls of my classroom are generally ok, so they can do it. It just needs to be promoted as a cool thing to do. Sorry, I shall go now but it is a bit of a pet subject for me.
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I am a teacher and get subjected to bad manners by students and their parents. My tutor group WILL be polite and I have told their parents of my expectations and that they will be followed! I have been doing this 14 years and I will not take any prisoners over this but it is actually the parents who are at fault anyway and we saw some blinding examples of poor manners during our trip to Disneyland this week. Sophie was not impressed either! Like Jellybelly Jellybean I have also told off other peoples children and then stared at the parents daring them to say anything and they don't because they know deep done that they should have got in there first. Manners cost nothing and I will keep on with insisting on it. I have even refused to help a student until I get the magic word and I am now known for that so manners within the four walls of my classroom are generally ok, so they can do it. It just needs to be promoted as a cool thing to do. Sorry, I shall go now but it is a bit of a pet subject for me.
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well done for raising a lovely, polite grown-up in the making. i have noticed the increase in rudeness and lack of manners in both adults and some children and its so sad. i was brought up with manners, please and thank you and thinking of others and being the village policemans daughter i found myself being extra polite!
ReplyDeletei am one of those people who will say something to the ill mannered so its maybe a good thing i was not with you on your walk!