We moved into our current home almost two years ago!! I cannot believe that its been such a long time already, but time flies! When we moved in there were hardly any children around, and the complex was relatively quiet. Nice. The only people who had a baby back then was our next door neighbors, and she was such a quiet baby – I don’t recall ever hearing her cry.

Now, two years later she’s a toddler, nearly 3 years old – and she’s at that “terrible-two’s” stage where she screams at the top of her voice when things don’t go her way, and sometimes just because she can. I can understand this, and I even have a bit of sympathy for the parents.

However, I do not enjoy being woken up on a SUNDAY morning before 7am by this screaming little girl. She carried on screaming and crying until I eventually pulled myself out of bed, and went to check if she wasn’t perhaps trapped underneath something, or if her parents had maybe tied her to a pole – she didn’t even blink when she saw me looking at her, and it was only once I started asking her what the matter was when her mother came to take her inside the house. *sigh*

Now, besides this little one and her quite obvious two year old type mood swings, we also seem to have gotten a whole cricket team of primary school boys who play cricket right in our driveway.

I feel too bad to chase them away, but today I had to close the windows because they were just too noisy!!

I don’t want to be an old hag, but sometimes it feels like I’m living ON school grounds, and all the yelling is going to most definitely drive me nuts!!

Up till now I have managed to remain patient, but I’m slowly but surely starting to get irritated. I know, I know… Its not nice, and I’m trying really hard to put myself in their shoes. Growing up in a complex cannot be easy – heck, I grew up in a huge garden, and had all that space to myself!!

How do you feel about noisy or even intrusive kids? Is it one’s right to have peace and quiet? Or is it more important to just let them be kids?

Getting married in sunny Africa may seem like a very romantic idea to most, but especially so for two German kiddies, who decided to elope to Africa – “where its warm”.

Two German children – aged five and six – have been stopped by police from eloping to Africa to tie the knot in the sun, reports say.

The budding lovebirds, identified as Mika and Anna-Lena, packed bathing costumes, sunglasses and a lilo and headed for the airport.

They even had the presence of mind to invite along an official witness – Anna-Lena’s seven-year-old sister.

The three got as far as Hanover railway station before police intervened.

The young couple were “very much in love” and had decided to get married in Africa “where it is warm”, police spokesman Holger Jureczko told the AFP news agency.

Sun-seekers

The idea for the getaway wedding was born as the children’s families celebrated New Year’s eve together and Mika regaled the two girls with stories of a recent holiday to Italy.

The following morning, as their parents slept, the intrepid trio walked 1km (0.6 miles) to the local tram station at Langenhagen, where they hopped aboard a tram for Hanover central station.

But the group aroused the suspicion of a guard as they waited for a train to the airport, and police were called in.

Officers persuaded the children they would not get far without tickets and money, but consoled them with a free tour of the police station, where they were shortly picked up by relieved parents.

Although any marriage plans have been put on hold for now, police did not altogether rule out the possibility of an African wedding.

“They can still put their plan into action at a later date,” AFP quoted the spokesman as saying.

What was the name of Lucky Luke’s horse? I am 99% sure that I’m correct in saying that it was Jolly, but still people argue with me… Anyone else got any ideas?

I can still remember this cartoon’s theme song… LOL

It was definitely one of my favourites, that, along with Moomin. Loved it!