Year 7 Spring Term ....

I would buy him a new one this time on the understanding if he loses it again, then it comes out of his own pocket money.

Oh MAS, what a darling he is, to think about someone else before himself.

Ds's rugby kit is still sat in the kitchen, although he started to clean his boots before tea - which is a start I suppose, but the pants and rugby shirt are still in the bag.

He is making pasta salad tomorrow in Food Tech and then a smoothie next week, am going to try and talk him round to having some nice greek yoghurt in the smoothie to make it thick, in fact, I will order some for Thursday's shopping and he can try it in a smoothie at home first.

Roisin, everytime I see your name (am presuming it is pronounced Roesheen?), I think of Trial and Retribution and the DCI

Right, off to work!

Kids eh? What can you do?

ds1 did go to lost property today and found some staff there to ask about his stuff. They said there is nothing in LP except really old things that have been there ages!

I bought him a new PA T-shirt over the holidays (because that went missing a few weeks before the end of term). The jumper went missing during the last week of term.

So what do you reckon ladies? Should I charge him for the new jumper out of his pocket money? Or should I buy a new one this time and tell him that any future losses will have to be replaced using his money?

Sometimes Dr's can be blundering idiots.

I too hope you are ok.

Thanks. I'm fine.

You are a good mum roisin

I hope he carries on, but you know what they are like with peer pressure etc etc. Fingers crossed for you.

As some of you know he was been part of the boys choir last term, went along to all rehearsals and did quite a lot of concerts (5 or 6) plus a recording day. Mostly he seemed to really enjoy them.

But he's come back today saying that most of his friends have quit and there aren't many trebles left.

I'm trying to gently encourage him to persevere with it as it's a great opportunity and I think he enjoys it really. I don't want to push too hard or pressurize him, but if I'm honest I do really want him to continue. I enjoyed singing at school, and he has a fantastic dynamic choir leader, so it is a really superb chance.

Phew! They stunk
He's got a couple of homeworks tonight, so I cleaned his boots for him.

lol

Aarrgghh! I don't think we've even looked at football boots. He took them to school on Friday, but didn't need them as they were indoors.

[Roisin tiptoes apprehensively towards his bootbag.]

DH has done them every time apart from this one! Actually, DS did quite a good job, so I think DH has relinquished all responsibility for them now

Well, DS discovered yesterday that his rugby boots were still where he left them before christmas (I knew they were there!) in his bootbag in a corner of the kitchen.

I have been determined not to clean them and so have just turned a blind eye.

I gently reminded him yesterday that he had rugby today and he looked at me questionningly and asked where his boots were!

Guess who had to get his backside in gear and get them cleaned! I could hear him muttering to himself going eurgghh, oohhh, yuk!

My mother of course cannot believe that I left them to "rot" as she puts it!

MAS - I wish I could be as chilled as you. It would have been me in fury about it being forgotten had it being DS. In fact he was still doing some science homework last night at 9.00pm and I ended up getting cross with him. DH says I need to relax more - you don't say!

DD is only grumpy first thing in a morning -she's like me and not a morning person!

They have started doing the reproductive system in Science DD thinks it's all perfectly revolting but has been reading up about it in the Human Body book she got for Xmas. She now wants an anatomy book on animals etc as she's decided she wants to be a vet when she grows up.

Last term he was generally quite pleasant most of the time, so I hope he reverts back to the model soon.

My mum (who you understand was not very tolerant at the time when my brother and I were that age of cheekiness/crossness etc) just keeps saying to me "boys will be boys and it's his age yada yada yada".

She seems to think it is perfectly acceptable.

Well, ds is moody and grumpy quite a lot of the time now (unless talking about music and laptops), I put it down to him being more tired and doing proper work at school - we try and chat to him making sure everything is ok - he will not chat back!

It does not help though that ds2 goes in to his room on a morning and wakes him up - we have warned him that he has not to do that tomorrow!

ds1 has been quite moody and grumpy all weekend so far. He made a huge fuss about doing one small homework, and keeps flying off the handle at the smallest thing.

I've had a chat with him: I'm worried about you, is there something concerning you? did something happen at school? but he's insisting nothing's the matter.

Maybe it's just adapting back into school routines and accepting that he doesn't have so much free time during termtime?

Oh no roisin, that's not good is it?

Thankfully, ds has managed to keep hold of everything (for the moment anyway).

Yr7 have had a performing arts day today so he did not have to take any books in. Whatever they were doing before lunch made them late into the canteen. He said there was not any sandwiches left and he did not like any of the hot food . He said he had a pack of shortbread biscuits, cheese and biscuits and a drink .