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There was one more thing. Mindee 3 was at after school hockey club and needed picking up at 4.30. HOWEVER, it was cancelled. Unfortuately, the school phoned mother to tell her, but she forgot to phone me until .30 - exactly 10 seconds after I got home from school! So I still had to wait another 20 mins for the cup of tea I so desparately needed for my bird cage mouth!

Lol MaureenMLove we've all been there. I'll have vodka later, got to go make supper now, chicken summat (yawn) again .

What a day Julia! Think you might need to see if Saltre brings her vodka in later! Love the 'no mindees means no first aid kit!' You sound like me! I suppose I ought to remember my own dds safety at times!

Anyway - I'll fess up. I've had the day off today, had to get the car MOTed and it was easier to do it without kids. Anyway, felt one of my heads coming on so thought I'd have a nap before school.... and woke up 10 minutes after I should have left to collect mindees! Luckly I leave well early, in case they come out early, so I made it on time, but I looked a complete wreck, I grabbed a jacket from the porch, which I threw on whilst running down the road, realising it was DH's and about 4 sizes too big for me, my hair was all over the place and I had a hand print on my face. Oh the shame!

Children are none the wiser and thats the way it will stay!

Crikey that was long
MaureenMLove whats the confession ?

Hello ladies phew what a day

Mindee 1 arrives, DSs to school, meet mindee 2 at venue for music group, whizz home after music, lunch, play, colouring, garden time, mindee 2 goes home, school run, mindee 1 picked up early (yay). Double quick change into swim gear for DS1 then the 3 of us trek to sports centre for his swim lesson. (bad mother alert) Loads of people I know there, so as no mindees I settle down for major chat. DS2 wanders off outside but that's fine innit cos he's 5 and quite sensible, nowhere near a road and lots of grass to run about on. Wellllll what do you know he managed to shut the big door on his foot, first outing in sandals so big toenail hanging off.....of course no mindees means no First Aid kit either. Aaargh would someone make me coffee pleeeease

Don't forget I am PCC, I am a friend, just with a different name! Its really me, I have the salsa hips to prove it!

I have a confession Really bad, well not really, really bad, but it could have been! Not sure I should tell....

LOL here, have a bottle as a gift, you sound like you really deserve it

We took mindee 2 to playgroup, then had two hours with his sister, mindee1 and my 2 DSes at a soft play area, and then picked mindee 2 up from nursery and went to park for 45 minutes. Now home and mindee 2's sister is wanting to go in garden. I however don't, so she is now colouring in her 6 th disney princess sheet, she wants to do painting again after this. She won't sit still, she's like a bloody duracell bunny. I tried to get them to watch a DVD earl8ier, she wanted Hunchback of Notre dame, so i put it on and still she wouldn't sit still, she wouldn't listen to stories either,always on the go and talking incessantly the whole time.
I'm going to need a vodka or 6 tonight

LMG - that is the only way I can get my dd (16mos) to sleep is to have ready to drop, same for bedtime at night. So.. answer is no!

I need to hoover but see little point until dd2 has been fed tbh.

I think i'll join you for a cuppa, i havent done much today.

Dd2 fell asleep on the living room floor at 11.30am while i was on the phone to the Housing people - shehadn't even had her lunch of been changed but she was flat out so i took her up to bed - she's still there, what ime shall i wake her to feed and change befor i leave for school run at 3pm? And am i bad mummy for allowing her to drop to sleep on the floor?

saltire - Can you not give them a sheet or duvet cover to play with? They might even turn it into a tent.

OK most of my jobs now done I'm having a large coffee. Just need to bring in dried washing and put out the next load to dry. Then back to collect DD from scholl and take her to Rainbows.

Thanks for tips.

The throw thing is a bug bear of mine as the two little ones have constantly snotty noses, and rub them on the sofa, so if the throws are on then they can be taken off and the snot washed out, but the kind of fabric my sofa is it stains easily and it looks a mess when it gets snot on it.

You could put a basket on the floor and let them roll the ball into it as well or draw chalk circles in the wall outside and they have to hit the target with the ball

Oh dear, poor you! How about getting the big ones to help the little ones put on a show? They can get the little ones dressed up and the big ones can make invites for you.

Oh yeh trip to the garage was fine, he sorted it without sing for money or giving me grief and had it done by th time toddler group had finished. Also had good news on the moving house front tody - she's given me the address shes said ofsted can have access whenever tey want it between 14th ma and us moving in probably 4th june and that she will send me a letter granting permission to run the business from the new address so no more worries on that side for now!

Asfor the throws i'd let her play with them if it keeps happy, choose your battles you can just put them back when she's gone or give her a couple of picnic blankets instead hun. why make life stressful.

Idea's for children -
newspaper walk (when they have 2 sheets of paper and have to get from one side of the room to the other using only the paper to stand on)
clown capers - where you egt a cardboard box drawn a clowns face on cut a mouth and they all try throwing the ball in the clowns mouth
colouring competion
shops
dead dogs
chinese whispers
hot potato (where they stand in a circle and all take turns to pass the hot potato (ball)
photo puzzles (cut up a magazine and they have to put pieces back together
design a room and let them cut pictures from a magazine
cothes show give them odd ends of material, newspaper ( possibly) black bags if you can trust them not to put it over their head.

Argh, I need more than a cup of tea - does the staff room have any bottles of Vodka (big big bottles)hidden in a filing cabinet somewhere?

Mindee 2's sister is driving me barmy. We have done everything painting drawing, playdough, drawing, cutting and sticking, watched a DVD, and if I have to tell her one more time to
a) not stand on the sofa
B) Stop taking the throws off the sofa and wrapping herself up in them then I am going to have to go utside and scream loudly.

I need some ideas for

2 x 2 year olds
1 x 6 year old and my two DSes age 9 and 7. It can't involve lots of money, ot going somewhere, It's freezing cold outside and the sister is weraing a thing strappy sundress and flip flops, so we can't go outside for too long

Couldn't have Maureen, so I'm MaureenMLove! Its from an old Harry Enfield sketch. He used to shout to his wife all the time 'Maureeeen M'Love!' Very funny at the time and me and rl mate Kbear always call each other Maureen now!

At last 5 minutes for a cuppa and a biscuit. Don't like Wagon Wheels Saltire, but thanks for the offer.

Bad morning so far, shouted at the re-cycling men as they didn't take all my garden waste. (Jobs worth thing). He called me 'love' which is frankly red rag to a bull! I shouted at the man at the council and demanded they came back for it and he said if its not properly bagged, he couldn't send them back. So I told him since he hadn't got my name and number, I'd call again and he wouldn't know the difference! DH calmed me down and he has said he'd will burn the rubbish tonight instead and pulled the bin off me! I hate it when someone gets the better of me!

No kids til 3.15, so I will try to calm down before then.

(Oh, just in case you notice a new name on this thread its me, I'm changing to Maureen! Long story - for another day....!)

Morning to all you hard working ladies.
I have already got DD off to school, taken my mum to the dentist, got some milk and food for tea tonight.
Now I must tackle the house work. Need to put on pile of washing clean kitchen and bathroom, hoover the carpets, but really would love a coffee but must be good and get some off this done first.
What a way to spend my day off. Hope you all have a great day enjoying the sunshine if you have got it.

aw, bet it will be very emotional trip