I'm going for a promotion next week. If I get it then good, if I don't it's no big deal. Yet in happier times, I would have been nervous, excited and had Kieron and the older kids rooting for me. Kieron would be telling me that 'of course you'll get it mum, you're the best' and leaving little good luck notes around the house.
Kieron always celebrated after, whether I got the job or not. I think it's his way of trying to get a takeaway out of me or a visit to a restaurant. When I got offered a promotion just a few days before Kieron's accident, he was the one I discussed it all with as he was the one who would be most affected by it....full time instead of finishing in time for the school run, Kieron would have to walk to school (although he usually did this anyway unless the weather was bad, but now there was no option as I had to leave earlier to travel further to work), less chance of me being able to attend school activities, tea would be later...lots of changes but Kieron agreed to them all.
So I accepted the job and we all celebrated with a chinese takeaway. The day before I started, I went to pick Kieron up from school as I didn't know when I would be able to do it again, however Kieron had other plans and preferred to walk home with his mates as that was 'cooler'.
Kieron wished me luck on my first day and had already mentally spent my pay rise. It was the day before Good Friday so he was at school and excited about the school holidays which were extended for him by a week as we were going on holiday the week he was due to have started the summer term
The Easter weekend came and went in a flurry of chocolate and on the Tuesday I went back to work and Kieron stayed home with Jade and Callum. I came home to a normal house filled with bickering kids and Jade had started to cook tea. Kieron ran down the stairs to throw his arms around me...a perfect end to my work day.
20 minutes later he was gone.
Thursday, 27 October 2011
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Fancy Dress
All the shops seem to be full of fancy dress ready for Halloween. Kieron loves dressing up anyway and Halloween gives him the perfect excuse, not that he really needs one.
Jade was often in demand in earlier years to help Kieron dress in different outfits or he would need my help to make an Easter bonnet, although this was one task we both struggled with as "boys don't wear those mum". After trial and error on Callum when he was at infant school, I finally hit on the idea of a stove pipe hat with a chicken poking out of the top. That was acceptable.
Callum would dress like a skater: so would Kieron, hauling out his big brother's clothes and prancing round in them. Jades clothes, my clothes, nothing is safe when Kieron decides to have a dress up session. Boxers on his head to make a hat, Callum's old Taekwondo suit to become a Ninja Turtle, Jade's ribbon from a bouquet of flowers to make a headband. Socks as gloves, socks as boobs stuffed in one of my bras, socks as willy warmers (typical boy), bras on his head...you name it, Kieron will find a way of wearing it.
Dressed in his Tunisian outfit, running round the house shouting "marhaba" and "jamal" ( you're welcome and camel). Pirate outfit for dress up day at school, Chelsea kit to be a premier league footballer, a sheep in one Nativity, promoted to Joseph in the next, Callum's old Harry Potter cloak and glasses, which became a Dracula outfit one Halloween, a voice changer mask which Jade and her boyfriend bought for Kieron one Christmas, homemade masks from blanks I brought home from work.
Kieron appeared one day during the summer of 2009 wearing my cowboy hat, wedge sandals and denim jacket. He struck a pose on the stairs, mischief all over his face, getting a huge amount of enjoyment from seeing us all laugh.
Quick change and Kieron's T shirt became a crop top and socks became boobs and Jade started to worry about Kieron's sexuality which made him laugh even more. But it didn't stop her from taking pictures, with the idea in mind that a little blackmail may be in order in later years when Kieron was bringing girlfriends home. I still have the hat and the jacket. Two more things that will never be thrown away.
Jade was often in demand in earlier years to help Kieron dress in different outfits or he would need my help to make an Easter bonnet, although this was one task we both struggled with as "boys don't wear those mum". After trial and error on Callum when he was at infant school, I finally hit on the idea of a stove pipe hat with a chicken poking out of the top. That was acceptable.
Callum would dress like a skater: so would Kieron, hauling out his big brother's clothes and prancing round in them. Jades clothes, my clothes, nothing is safe when Kieron decides to have a dress up session. Boxers on his head to make a hat, Callum's old Taekwondo suit to become a Ninja Turtle, Jade's ribbon from a bouquet of flowers to make a headband. Socks as gloves, socks as boobs stuffed in one of my bras, socks as willy warmers (typical boy), bras on his head...you name it, Kieron will find a way of wearing it.
Dressed in his Tunisian outfit, running round the house shouting "marhaba" and "jamal" ( you're welcome and camel). Pirate outfit for dress up day at school, Chelsea kit to be a premier league footballer, a sheep in one Nativity, promoted to Joseph in the next, Callum's old Harry Potter cloak and glasses, which became a Dracula outfit one Halloween, a voice changer mask which Jade and her boyfriend bought for Kieron one Christmas, homemade masks from blanks I brought home from work.
Kieron appeared one day during the summer of 2009 wearing my cowboy hat, wedge sandals and denim jacket. He struck a pose on the stairs, mischief all over his face, getting a huge amount of enjoyment from seeing us all laugh.
Quick change and Kieron's T shirt became a crop top and socks became boobs and Jade started to worry about Kieron's sexuality which made him laugh even more. But it didn't stop her from taking pictures, with the idea in mind that a little blackmail may be in order in later years when Kieron was bringing girlfriends home. I still have the hat and the jacket. Two more things that will never be thrown away.
Thursday, 6 October 2011
Proud Mum
Kieron likes drawing: monsters, World of Warcraft figures, willies! He always copies Callum (as usual) and when very young would steal Callum's artwork to try and create a similar likeness.
In 2006, there was an art competition run by our local Homebase which had just moved to a bigger site. The prize was the chance to officially open the store with the Mayor and Kieron won in his category. I had a phone call from his school while I was at work to tell me he had been chosen and the little monkey hadn't even told me about it! We had to be at the store at 7.30 in the morning and Kieron helped to cut the ribbon, followed by an earnest chat with the Mayor and biscuits and juice in the staffroom. Kieron's picture was of a dog and a tree and was posted in the store for best part of a year.
Every time we drove past or went in the shop, Kieron would say it was his shop. We still call it 'Kieron's Homebase'.
In year 4 Kieron was put on the Gifted and Talented Register for Art and Drama and again for each of the next two years.
Today we heard that Callum had won the national Paperchase Christmas Card competition and his card will be sold globally. As a Graphic Design student, this is a real accomplishment and a recognition of Callum's talent. I just wish that Kieron was here to tease him and to show him how proud of his big brother he is.
In 2006, there was an art competition run by our local Homebase which had just moved to a bigger site. The prize was the chance to officially open the store with the Mayor and Kieron won in his category. I had a phone call from his school while I was at work to tell me he had been chosen and the little monkey hadn't even told me about it! We had to be at the store at 7.30 in the morning and Kieron helped to cut the ribbon, followed by an earnest chat with the Mayor and biscuits and juice in the staffroom. Kieron's picture was of a dog and a tree and was posted in the store for best part of a year.
Every time we drove past or went in the shop, Kieron would say it was his shop. We still call it 'Kieron's Homebase'.
In year 4 Kieron was put on the Gifted and Talented Register for Art and Drama and again for each of the next two years.
Today we heard that Callum had won the national Paperchase Christmas Card competition and his card will be sold globally. As a Graphic Design student, this is a real accomplishment and a recognition of Callum's talent. I just wish that Kieron was here to tease him and to show him how proud of his big brother he is.
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