Comments on: Top Aunt http://www.cathykeir.co.uk/blog/top-aunt/ Welcome to the home of Beta Mum - who lacks the lifestyle and perfectionist tendencies of Alpha Mummy, but rubs along pretty well most of the time Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:45:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Beta Mum http://www.cathykeir.co.uk/blog/top-aunt/#comment-748 Beta Mum Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:10:36 +0000 http://www.cathykeir.co.uk/blog/top-aunt/#comment-748 M&M - children always used to like me, before I had my own. These days I make much less effort with them, and spend more time imposing discipline, so it's a surprise really! Scruffy - fat chance of that! MatL - thanks to Penny for very full explanation of all that an e-dog/cat/hamster can be. I'm too mean to buy my children such things. This was a free Happy Meal toy which did nothing but flash in different colours. We tried to leave them behind. OM - not sure how she came to the name, but i think her clue was pretty obscure. SAHD - you will soon know the joys of such things. Penny - you were brave to go on holiday with so many children when you have none of your own. It seems you have learned much from your experience... M&M – children always used to like me, before I had my own. These days I make much less effort with them, and spend more time imposing discipline, so it’s a surprise really!

Scruffy – fat chance of that!

MatL – thanks to Penny for very full explanation of all that an e-dog/cat/hamster can be. I’m too mean to buy my children such things. This was a free Happy Meal toy which did nothing but flash in different colours. We tried to leave them behind.

OM – not sure how she came to the name, but i think her clue was pretty obscure.

SAHD – you will soon know the joys of such things.

Penny – you were brave to go on holiday with so many children when you have none of your own. It seems you have learned much from your experience…

]]> By: Stay at home dad http://www.cathykeir.co.uk/blog/top-aunt/#comment-738 Stay at home dad Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:05:18 +0000 http://www.cathykeir.co.uk/blog/top-aunt/#comment-738 Thank you Penny! My 35 year old Japanese colleague used to have a Tamagotchi. Whatever does it for you I guess ... Thank you Penny!

My 35 year old Japanese colleague used to have a Tamagotchi. Whatever does it for you I guess …

]]> By: Penny in Amsterdam http://www.cathykeir.co.uk/blog/top-aunt/#comment-737 Penny in Amsterdam Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:47:10 +0000 http://www.cathykeir.co.uk/blog/top-aunt/#comment-737 As it happens, on my recent holiday, which was one with children, I discovered what an e-dog is! I should point out that I am entirely without children myself, and therefore while an avid reader of this blog, which for instance admirably equipped me to deal with the phenomenon "sleep over". I seldom dare to comment. Anyway I was recently on a holiday which was populated at various times by 2-9 children, aged from 6 to 13. Children and in fact even young adults these days have a thing called a Nintendo. Far from being some obscure electronic Japanese game as I always thought, I discovered that this is a thing not that far removed from my XDA, or "handheld", or "phone/organiser", or whatever you want to call it. On this however, unlike my organiser, you can, among many other things, call up electronic pets (dogs, hamsters, even cavies), and then "treat" them with various tools, such as brushes, to which they respond appropriately. A virtual pet, complete with behaviour, in truly Japanese spirit. My six year old niece for instance, learned that her e-dog doesn't really like being brushed in all directions with a stiff wire brush. On the plane back I was sitting next to a (?) 21 year old doing obviously much more serious things altogether on his Nintendo, so since then I've developed a much more serious respect for this generation and their tools. As it happens, on my recent holiday, which was one with children, I discovered what an e-dog is! I should point out that I am entirely without children myself, and therefore while an avid reader of this blog, which for instance admirably equipped me to deal with the phenomenon “sleep over”. I seldom dare to comment. Anyway I was recently on a holiday which was populated at various times by 2-9 children, aged from 6 to 13. Children and in fact even young adults these days have a thing called a Nintendo. Far from being some obscure electronic Japanese game as I always thought, I discovered that this is a thing not that far removed from my XDA, or “handheld”, or “phone/organiser”, or whatever you want to call it. On this however, unlike my organiser, you can, among many other things, call up electronic pets (dogs, hamsters, even cavies), and then “treat” them with various tools, such as brushes, to which they respond appropriately. A virtual pet, complete with behaviour, in truly Japanese spirit. My six year old niece for instance, learned that her e-dog doesn’t really like being brushed in all directions with a stiff wire brush.
On the plane back I was sitting next to a (?) 21 year old doing obviously much more serious things altogether on his Nintendo, so since then I’ve developed a much more serious respect for this generation and their tools.

]]> By: Stay at home dad http://www.cathykeir.co.uk/blog/top-aunt/#comment-735 Stay at home dad Mon, 13 Aug 2007 13:59:04 +0000 http://www.cathykeir.co.uk/blog/top-aunt/#comment-735 Can't have everything! What's an e-dog? Can’t have everything! What’s an e-dog?

]]> By: Omega Mummy http://www.cathykeir.co.uk/blog/top-aunt/#comment-734 Omega Mummy Mon, 13 Aug 2007 07:55:41 +0000 http://www.cathykeir.co.uk/blog/top-aunt/#comment-734 There is no greater social success than this (I'm discounting the possibility of hero worship from one's own children). Good guessing, too. Do you think she had made the name hard on purpose? There is no greater social success than this (I’m discounting the possibility of hero worship from one’s own children). Good guessing, too. Do you think she had made the name hard on purpose?

]]> By: Mother at Large http://www.cathykeir.co.uk/blog/top-aunt/#comment-733 Mother at Large Sun, 12 Aug 2007 22:45:49 +0000 http://www.cathykeir.co.uk/blog/top-aunt/#comment-733 What is an e-dog? Is that something every parent should know? What is an e-dog? Is that something every parent should know?

]]> By: Scruffy Mummy http://www.cathykeir.co.uk/blog/top-aunt/#comment-731 Scruffy Mummy Sun, 12 Aug 2007 20:28:25 +0000 http://www.cathykeir.co.uk/blog/top-aunt/#comment-731 Fantastic!! Wow! Maybe their adoration will rub off on your kids? Fantastic!! Wow! Maybe their adoration will rub off on your kids?

]]> By: Mutterings & Meanderings http://www.cathykeir.co.uk/blog/top-aunt/#comment-730 Mutterings & Meanderings Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:47:24 +0000 http://www.cathykeir.co.uk/blog/top-aunt/#comment-730 Grey horse and purple-clad rider... the best combination! Does it feel good to be popular? Grey horse and purple-clad rider… the best combination!

Does it feel good to be popular?

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