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Welcome to the tea room. Open to those with one child and those with more and maybe some with none ( hi dave the trucker).

This time we are heading to the mists and mellow fruitfulness of Autumn in a moving castle with a mind of its own. The roaring fire is maintained by magic and Mellors the gardener handles wine and spirits along with massage duties.

The first rule of the tea room is this
No fisticuffs.
The second is this
Put the kettle on for and help yourself to a

This is very cozy -- not at all drafty.

hi, can i join you all in here?i have 1 dd (2.3) not planning anymore. I will get the kettle on

Welcome MissPricklePants! Thanks for the -- would you like a ?

<<Arrives with a large sack of hay, a sack of carrots and a galvanised bucket>>

Gosh, my hooves make a bit of a racket on this floor!
The fire is lovely and warm though.

Back in a tick
<<Exits stage left, pursued by a bear>>

thanks scout i would love a

UniS unrolls the rugs so donki stops tap dancing .

Hello all!

<<unpacks marshmallows for toasting on open fires>>

Can I interest anyone in a castle-warming ?

Welcome Misspricklepants!

ohh, yes please to shal we get mulling. Hi picklepants, nice to see you here, jammy dodger?

<<Donki arrives, and the NMBs skitter down her shoulders and scatter into the room>>

<<Curls up in hay pile by warm fire>>

<<Hastily gets bucket of water and puts out hay conflagration>>

Ooops!

goes nicely with the thanks for the welcome!

<<Hangs a do-not-disturb sign off of the Camp Blanket wrapped around me>>

Good night, lovely Tea Room Ladies. Good night, lovely new Castle Tea Room.

<<Sounds of soft snoring/wheezing come from under the blanket>>

Hello MissPP! Welcome to the moving castle!

<<lugs glitterball in and looks for suitable rafter to hang it from>>

Where are those NMBs - I'm going to need some help...

::props George Clooney in pride of place on the distressed chintz sofa::

How lovely it is here! And welcome, MissPricklePants!

A castle! This is nice. Where can I hang the Canadian flag? On the wall? Or off one of the ramparts?

What exactly is a moving castle? [ignorant emoticon]
Should I be feeling it shift beneath my feet? I'm feeling a bit wobbly.

Welcome MissPricklePants. Love your name

My goodness I get a day behind and we've moved! 'Tis lovely!

::positions fainting couch in front of the fire and, well, faints::

Welcome MissPP!

LCT all better, by the way and went back to nursery yesterday. My throat still hurts but GP says it's not red.

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JM - it's like this only MUCH bigger and probably has elephant legs rather than chicken ones.

<settles in with a >. Anyone like some coffee/tea?

Nice to see you MissPP!

Look what I found in a torn open box marked 'spare sofa cushions' and pushed to the back of the broomcupboard!

<Puts aspidistra behind the suit of armour by the window so that its not too obvious when JM makes an appearance>

I was assuming the castle was a bit like the musical shop that appeared in Ankh Morpork ... which has always been there when it arrives, but never been there when its left...

Yesterday Mc brought home two class library books from school - one was a story book for boys with a number of stories in chapters with illustrations - decent amount of text on each page and in each chapter but not excessive. Yesterday he read chapter one of Gullivers travels. This morning he read five chapters of that and the one about sea creatures over breakfast. He read them to himself but was able to tell me what happened (and I do get him to read aloud too). It might not be ideal reading over breakfast... (although if he's reading he can manage to get the odd spoonfull in and is not so busy talking that he doesn't eat, which is an advantage in itself) but I'm hoping that this is the start of him really appreciating how fun it is reading books. Although I'm sure that when he gets his 'reading books' home it will be a different kettle of fish.

School going OK so far - he's come back with a sticker each day, yesterday for showing the new boy where the snack boxes should be (and I think he talked to him at lunch too)

Having a big problem trying to convince him that, even if he sings high, he doesn't sound anything like a girl. I did point out that all the cathedrals had choirs made up of boys and that they wouldn't choose boys if girls were better . I do want the shop to hurry up with his violin though!

Who needs and a piece of ginger cake (its gone rather gooey)

Re parcels (still not sent UniS anything to read but its on its way along with the helecopter Tshirt ) the rules were 'something to read' I thought - not necessarily a book though. I'm certainly not sending a book, but I hope what I do send will go down well.

MissPP, please excuse the conversations that clearly refer back to things long ago... I managed to jump on early in the tearoom history (1st one I think) so only had several pages to wade through to get the general jist - but its been moving around for a number of years now and quite a few of us are long-term inmates residents. However, more recent additions will confirm that you do get used to it, catch up on what's happening where and what things refer to etc...

My Ds is 6.5 and just started Yr2. No doubt the tearoom will be propping me up over the coming weeks about it!

Hello all can I join you? I do have the mandatory one child! Am desperate for a cuppa.......

< hands to girliefriend>

Hate to disappoint, but not everyone here has the mandatory 1 child... However, I think a majority of us do - and everyone is sympathetic to those that do have just one for whatever reason (and support those that may be trying for more than one, or have more than one, or whose 1 child has effectively flow the nest)

Pull up a chair by the fire - you might need to throw off a few NMBs before you sit down, and mind out for Donki's hay pile.

So, my fellow mummies, what do you do when you are ill (yes, now I have the V part of D&V) no child care and a husband who has to be at work (University Open Days)?

We're doing CBeeBies and DVDs and some quiet play but I worry LCT won't get out of the house today. That normally wouldn't worry me, as it's rare, but he's been inside so much this past week with all of our illnesses!

Welcome girliefriend! Kettles just on the boil, help yourself!

Tee - Cbeebies and DVD today won't matter in the least.

Last nov I was so ill that I just couldn't cope... The Monday Ds was off with me (fine). Tuesday I took him to school (fine). Wednesday I managed to get him in to school in the snow - OK, went to Dr, managed to get to pharmacy for more antibiotics - just about OK. Nearly picked him up from school then - but didn't - should have done as then got a message that school were closing early. Managed to contact one of his friends whose mother was on the way - she brought ds round later having picked him up. Thurs - school closed (snow). Managed to get ds his breakfast and myself pot of tea. Rang my parents in tears - they started to sort themselves to come and stay (3.5hr journey) - but rang DH (4hr journey, staying away) - who rang and said did I need him home - at which point I collapsed in tears again and said yes. He rang DS's godfather who collected ds before lunch - ds had got everything he needed himself. I was too ill to do anything.. and very active, full of beans ds was just too much to cope with on top of that. However, if 'normally' ill, staying in and TV not going to hurt for a one-off.

Hello girliefriend! I'm Scout. ToddlerScout (TS for short) will be two () next month. I'm part of the foreign contingent -- an American living in the UK married to a Brit.

Sympathies to Tee. It happens a lot here, too. We have CBeebies days, too. And when I can't handle any more of that I turn on cheesie American tv shows while TS plays/reads.

TS officially has a cold. Poor boy. HAVE to drag him out, though, as I'm having my next injection with the nurse at noon. Given that we're still in limbo regarding the visa/MrScout's departure/our plans I don't want to keep putting the injections off, just in case we have another last minute scramble like last month.

Yes, it was something to read. I sent JM lots of the booklets/magazines with recipes that you get from different grocery stores. Speaking of packages, JM, we'll be sending chocies and your homemade gift when we're in the States. Given how long it seems to take your parcels to get from there to here I think sending it from either FL or home will be quicker/easier. If MrScout gets there before me I'll have him mail your goodies.