Round up your broom stick, black cat and cauldron and get ready for Halloween, it's the Countdown to Christmas, thread 7!

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Here we go again. I think the last thread was the quickest ever, so this one probably won't even get to Halloween, but we shall see!

They start at 8, but we always allow half an hour to get there.

DS2's got basketball club today. 🏀

Am I too late to the festive party.....?!

Surely a Xmasfairy is never too late to a festive party. Welcome fairy!

Yay Xmas!

Hi bath! Took my time, but I made it here 😂😂

Hoping it will kick me into gear!

Pound shop had Halloween stuff one side of the aisle, and xmas stuff the other side!!!

We usually have a pre-lit artificial tree, had it for 12 years. Contemplating a new one, or real.....

You'll have to explain to everyone on here why you call me bath, although Wheely's around.

First night in new house went well. Lorcan woke up with a nightmare and was scared being somewhere new but calmed down and is fine. DH has taken them out to the park (it’s freezing here not sure why he hasn’t gone somewhere inside) whilst I finish off all the decor. LO has been kicking away all day.

Picked DS2 up, making cauliflower and corn quinotto for supper. 😋

You're not decorating are you?! That's not allowed when pregnant!

Hi xmasfairy, of course you're not too late!

Mrs, I hope your DD is well on her way to recovery. I used to get loads of throat infections as a child, thankfully not now (though my throat is often the first place to reveal impending illness!).

You were also thereabouts right in that I've almost caught up now. All emails bar one dealt with and that's on tomorrow's list. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel now.

DS2 will go to bed at 7. 😴

Evening all

Crazy I agree he's too young for a migraine in general but this must have been brought on by the virus. He's had a restful day at home with dh so back to school tomorrow.

I've got snacks for bake off 😁 but in all honesty can't wait for bed! Dreading tomorrow (Halloween) it stresses me out tbh. We're going to a friends after school for a Halloween party then trick or treating. I get heart palpitations just thinking about it.

No Fluffy 😂, I’m just putting up picture frames and throws. DH has no interior design skills to save his life so I have to make the house look like a home. He came back from taking the boys out and trudged through the door with muddy boots then threw his coat on the table that was full of mood and water. Then the dogs shook loads of mood over the kitchen, he’ll never do that again!.

Oh and Hi xmasfairy love the name!

DS2 will go to bed at 7

I love reading the Christmas threads and intrigue has finally got the better of me - are your updates on the times your children go to bed really just that philomena?

I have it in my head they are code for something else 😂

Evening all
The parents have lovely workmen looking after their shower room transformation so l have been able to breathe today . It is such a relief l cannot tell you how much , it is brilliant to be able to trust them .
Fluffy , l knew you would be on top of it asap , well done my dear DD2 is better this evening thank you Fluffy she is still poorly but getting there
Wreck you must have the same school photographer as our DDS school l am so happy for you that your DS is better , such a relief for you all
Nero ours (cars) were awful this morning too , really really frozen , l couldn't believe it when l woke up ! DH job to make them frost free bless him
Heavy it sounds as if you have done a great job in turning the house into a home well done m'dear , l hope you rubbed DH nose in all the mud lol
PSB what is cauliflower and corn quinotto m'dear l have never even heard of it lol and what is all this bath name stuff with xmasFairy ? lol what with us calling you PSB and her calling you bath and you changing your name you won't know whether we are talking to you or someone else m'dear lol
Welcome xmasfairy it's smashing here m'dear
Crazy it was freezing here , my DH has abandoned his shorts too tee hee for ....wait for it .......thermal long johns !! mwahahahaha only indoors in the evening you understand lol . He reckons his pj bottoms are not very warm . Fair enough! I am going to get him some jogging bottoms to wear tomorrow bless him after his sterling work with the car windscreens lol
Right better shift, GBBO FINALE YAY!!!!
Then Holby !
Have a great night everyone

They may be code for someone else Bearbehind...

Or even something else...

Mrs quinotto is risotto made with quinoa instead of rice. Xmas and Wheely call me bath because I used to be BathshebaDarkstone, many moons ago.

Lol philomena!

It's just you are the only person who does it so I've convinced myself there's a deeper meaning 😂

Must stop over analysing!

DD will go to bed at 8.35. 😴

Bearbehind mostly because I don't have many interesting things to say!

Eep! Page 39!

Lol - fair enough - that's why I don't post at all 😂

Apparently 10% of school age children have migraines and about half of those have their first before they're 12.

That's tonight's useless fact!

I hope your DS is feeling brighter after his day off, Wreck.

I've got DS' cold. This is what happens when the ill child sleeps in with us and has his head mere cm from mine! Sigh. I detest that tingly nose feeling.

Our TV has decided to lose signal just before the GBBO final. Bastard thing. If it was on BBC we could watch live on iPlayer, but All 4 is a shit interface doesn't have the capability.