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no xmas deco's here either it's ds's b.day next week so we don't do xmas stuff till after his birthday is over
i'd really like to do them on xmas eve so kids would come down in morning and it would be gorgeous and blingtastic . . .
i think that they (mine & mindees) just get too over stimulated with all the xmas stuff all through town on tv and peoples houses

No decs here either but putting them up on saturday.

No decs here until nearer the 15th, but still have 3 birthdays to celebrate 1st on the (14,17,18).
Will put up xmas things that mindees or DD make before that.

No decs here in the dog household yet, DP is very dour Scot, so tree gets bought on around three days before Xmas.

Hope you all had a good day.

I am waiting for DP to get in from work, so that I can go to Tesco, didn't get chnace to do it on the weekend.

Glad I'm not the only one then! didn't realise you were doing jury service, are you able to claim back for lost earnings?

Hmm, I'm not sure what to do about my tree this year. I have a very inquisitive 15 month old and I have visions of said mindee wearing the tree or burying himself in it or trying to climb it!

they're not their

Kay, I have the opposite problem,most of my mindees come with all hats,scarves,gloves woolly jumpers etc, I spend so much time making sure that their well wrapped up and have all their gear on that I forget about DD and just about have time to zip up her coat as we fly out the door

I think I must be the only one in the staff room with out any xmas decks up!

Got poorly mindee today and the other one fell asleep...very unusual is that!

I got ds's gloves for 20p a pair in summer sale this year! May stock up in Jan sales if can afford it. Yes if they do ever come in any I will hang onto them but I know for certAIN ONE MINDEE oops doesn't own any so that's not gonna work or them all!

I love those baubles from the ceiling too! How do they do it?? Would just look rubbish if i did it I think!

think you need to pull all the parents to one side at collection tonight/write in thier diary or actually tell the parents that thier child was actually crying because they were so cold today and can they make sure they bring jumper, gloves, hat , scarf in morning..nothing like a bit of guilt to kick them up the RS!

i bough mindee cheap pair of gloves last week(75p) his mum was mortified, although she is new and nice, not hardend and with selective hearing like some others

Hello everyone.

Does anyone else have mindees in the middle of winter with no gloves, hats, scarfs, (sometimes even no jumper)??????
It's driving me mad! There's me and ds all bundled up happy as larry on the school run and the other little mites are miserable as they are all cold! 3yr old mindee cried all way home from school as too cold. And before anyone suggests newsletter I sent one out Friday telling parents they need to send kids in winter gear. What more can I do? I cannot afford to buy them all stuff each to keep at mine! The hourly rate in my area is pitifully low and me and dp really struggling with money at the mo. Just feel so sorry for the kids!!

We are making glittery snow flakes here after school - Imust be crazy!!

LOL at social club, my dp said our playroom looked like a bollywood set last year it was all bright colourful baubles!..mo, all those baubles hanging from cieling looks fab on b&q advert, dp wanted to do it, but couldnt work it out as youd see all the pins and chances are theyd fall and hit mindees and id be in bother with ofsted...

well!, i got all my shopping done this morn!, only things left are mum digi camera and thats not in stock till sat and some chocs for teachers and we cant buy them now..........cos we'll eat them!..am wrapping now before i leave for school run.

ive got some old christmas cards from last year, cut out the pics on the front into shapes and mindees will be fashioning their own cards tonight!..we also saving loo rolls to make snow men

Ok where did this morning go to!!
We made santa faces and covered them in cottonwool, also my fingers and the table got some.

Afetrnoon all

Been to toddlers, both mindees conked out, the baby fell asleep in his lunch, awww

I am doing sticking with them later, have cut out stocking shapes with red card, cotton wool balls/stars/glitter/etc at the ready.

All go here.

Have a good day

re advent calendars
my mindees mum has a calendar you fill yourself and she fills it with christmas tree decorations and each day the child puts a new decoration onto the tree

got ds off school today as he feels poorly and i have a cold

spent yesterday at school on the hotdog stall selling hotdogs 11am - 4pm so just catching up with house jobs and ironing as i dont start work till 1pm

I phoned every garage in SW19 I think! none deal with American cars

One said they would but not till Weds and they had someone in a while ago with similar problem and it cost her £2000 they saw her coming didnt they . Car only cost £1600!

Luckily I remembered my old garage when I used to work in Wandsworth who suggested re-setting the alarm. Please oh please say that's all it needs or i'm gonna cry! I'll try it when kids napping - must find manual! They're sooo nice there, said if still not working they'd look at it for me.

Fingers crossed!

One good thing, I managed to go and get a few xmas pressies this morning then took DS and mindee to starbucks for well earned coffee, juice and biscuits

Morning - mindees tried to empty the advent calendar this am - fortunately I don't put anything in until snack time

Bah Humbug

Morning,

Mindee is full of cold today and dd2 is being a tantrum queen so i think its going to be a fun day here and its not even 9am yet!

I've got all my xmas decs u0p, dd1 said it looks like a social club (she heard dp say it!) it looks fab, it does NOT look like a social club, it's tasteful and colourful and the kids love it so there

morning everyone

getting ready for school run but no children all day until 3pm, so am heading back into town in my riot gear to get refunds and buy rest of stuff hopfully!, bought some aftershave for dp from boots yeaterday, said "can i have the £27 bottle please..get home(wasnt listening in shop) shes charged me £32 for it!, looked on website and this size IS £27, so?????

then gotta get rest of mindee's two nieces an extra gift card for dp, card for mam and little bottle of perfume for dd..think i will be looking like man cave woman when i get home!....although/..... i dont often get to go into town on my own, might pop into the new starbucks for a big fat hot choccy

Morning all.
Fruitloop - Cars can be apita, when I went out in ours yesterday I noticed the back tyre was a bit flat so waited until DH came home from work and we went out together and I asked him to put some air in it, but when we got to the petrol station I then noticed it had a screw in the tyre so had to get that replaced costing £70.