Thursday 26 September 2019

Minecraft Mum

Yep, you read that right the first time. Yes I know you had to read it twice! Moi? Minecrafting? Mais oui! Don't ask why I just switched to French there, I have no idea either. To be quite honest with you, I have no flipping idea what I'm doing at the moment. This morning has seen me going up and down the stairs like a yo-yo retrieving things I've left downstairs in the kitchen, only to return to the first floor living room to realise I've not retrieved what I went for in the first place. It took me three trips just to retrieve my tea and then my glasses, the latter of which I went to fetch on my first trip! So, should I slip into a petit peu of French bear with, I've clearly lost my mind! Oh and before I forget, on yet another different subject (because yes, I am aware, I have indeed gone off on a tangent, again) I have also gone up and down the stairs, making up and filling a couple more packing boxes, so I have managed to be productive in my confused state.

However, having digressed so far, I feel it's time we got back to the point, for I am now a Minecrafter!

Minecraft image
Minecraft - My House and My Dog, Snowy

Oh yes, Minecraft has been downloaded to my phone and I am building my house. As you can see I have gone for a lot of glass; I live at the foot of a mountain, so it would be wrong not to have all those windows to take in the view. I also have a cave system in my garden, which my youngest daughter kindly excavated for me, whilst I was attempting to build the house, which might I add, was not an easy task! I've watched Miss. L play and it looks easy. I've watched Pewdiepie play and it looks easy. I play and it looks anything, but easy! Poor Miss. L was getting really quite frustrated with my lame efforts, particularly after she'd laid my floor and I promptly dug it up again, by accident, might I add. Anyway, between us, we got the house more or less finished (I am considering adding a mezzanine level, hence my original statement of 'building, ' rather than 'built').



As you can see, it's rather a nice view of the garden, though I am feeling rather mean at the moment because it rains a lot in Minecraft Land and Miss. L has taken ownership of a dog in my land, but it will only follow her, so I can't get him in the dry. My dog on the other hand (Snowy) follows me everywhere, and unlike our real life Little Orange Dog, doesn't need to have his poo picked up because nothing in Minecraft poos (which is just as well given the number of sheep, pigs, cows, donkies and bloody llamas wandering around my garden). The little bugger (Snowy) does have a tendency to run off from time to time though, and he did manage to kill one of the random wild horses which was wandering around. Thankfully, he has not mauled my two tame horses, who are safely stabled in there own field.


By now, you are probably asking yourself why on earth a fully grown woman (or not so fully grown, given my last post) is playing Minecraft? That dear friends is a very good question, and indeed, it has an equally good answer, which is my youngest. Miss. L! Plain and simple. She's played Minecraft for many years now, she started on the Xbox and now plays on her phone. We started watching the Pewdiepie videos, from his Game Week. After we watched them together, she'd go and play on her phone and I was doing something else; our mum/ daughter time was over, which was a bit sad. That's why I downloaded it.  Now we get to do something together, she's not one for going out (she has anxiety too), so she's teaching me how to play. Oh and rescuing me. She's rescued me several times. I lost the black horse, she found him, popped a saddle on and put him in his field with his friend. She also freed me from a house in her land, because I'm not so good at manoeuvring my character through doorways and managed to get myself stuck, and she repairs everything I accidentally destroy, because I am a crap Minecrafter!

So there you have it. I am now a Mincrafting Mummy, albeit a pretty rubbish one, but I don't care. The best thing is, I get to spend time doing stuff with my teenage daughter and she's getting to share something she enjoys with me. She's teaching me for a change and helping me and it's the best time. Mind you, I still have a lot to learn, I got stuck riding a llama the other day, I haven't worked out how to get off yet, so guess who rescued me? Happy mining all!


Musings Of A Tired Mummy

My Random Musings

Twin Mummy and Daddy

16 comments:

  1. I've played Minecraft off and on with my girls over the years, on the PC. I end up shouting at them though because if I build a house they come and live with me, steal my things and cause chaos. Much like real life. lol It is a good way to bond with the kids though x

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    1. It is! Though I'm not sure Miss. L would agree, she had to help me find my house yesterday, apparently I'm not allowed to wander too far away any more :-)

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  2. I love your honesty and your tangents! Minecraft is one of those things that has absolutely stood the test of time with my children who are now teens and on an adult. Anything that brings us closer to our teens has to be a great thing and apparently Minecraft is great for learning too #StayClassyMama

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    1. Now I have heard this too and Miss L is a very bright girl, so hopefully, I might smarten up by playing too ;-) x

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  3. Takes me back to when my boys were still living at home and were mad on console games #bloggerclubuk@_karendennix

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    1. They grow up and leave to fast don't they, I'm not looking forward to my girls leaving home one day, but it keeps creeping nearer now they're in their teens x

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  4. My kids LOVE Minecraft. I enjoy Sims and if I had time to add another addiction I would! Thanks for linking up with #stayclassymama

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    1. My eldest loved Sims, she still plays occasionally between A Level study.

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  5. Revisiting via #ThatFridayLinky #BinkyLinky and resolving to talk to my children about Minecraft today in an attempt to bond with their teenage ways so thanks

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    1. Just don't do what I did and lose your way back to your house. I was severely chastised by my teen x

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  6. Yes i can relate to this. My eldest id getting into Minecraft X #thatfridaylinky

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  7. It's crazy, it's such a sinple thing, but I youngest has been playing it for years now x

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  8. I think its great that you've found a common interest and something that I've found is really important to keep doing as they get older. #thatfridaylinky

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    1. You're so right Jeremy. It's difficult as they get older, but it's more important than ever x

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  9. Loving the house! We love Minecraft here too. I'm always building something on my boys plot, hehe. Its a nice way to spend some time with the kids isn't it?! :) x

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    1. Hi Jayne. Absolutely it is. I'm having a ball building lots of different houses. Currently working on one in a mountain ;-) x

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