5 onion rings, 4 cauliflowers, 3 french beans, 2 turnip tops and a parsnip in a pear tree - 10 / 10 club

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how is it that all the wind crashing around and banging doors and windows and stuff happens at night and so in the day you can't work out what all the annoyijg banging was

i hope i don't have to do any outside work today at college

franny egypt has lovely finding nemo stylee undersea life whhc you casn reach from the beach just putting your head under water

and of course there is mountains and the most phenomenal star gazy experience

the night sky from the desert is truly out of this woirld....the stars are in thiock layers because there is no light pollution

zippi - shall i buy you a book about egypt for christmas?

dd1s favourite thing ever was a little red metal wheelbarrow. She used to transport snails from one end of the garden to the other. And sometimes stones.

"I want to get him a real present, a toy"

oh I see

how about a scuttlebug?

or Cariboo, much loved by 2, 3 and 4 year olds in this house?

"Sorry I am being whiny and demanding and hypochondriacal atm"

I hadn't noticed

I am of all the wheelbarrows. I never felt I could justify one for ds as our garden is only about 10 foot long. I suspect this was a mistake.

We are having lunch. Part desperation part hunger. I think it's going to be a long old day.

Can anyone help me out next? Present for a just 2 year old, about £15, preferably something very real and lentilly as his parents are similarly inclined to us.

What about a pull along or push along toy? That was dd2s favourite present last xmas, she got a clacky dog on a string, wooden and nice, and she took him for walks noisily everywhere, and a push along penguin that with flappy feet - also lovely and wooden, and that still gets walked about the house lots.

This isn't the one, but like this www.amazon.co.uk/PULL-ALONG-TOY-DOG-Hand/dp/B000W7XUNU/ref=pd_bbs_sr_8?ie=UTF8&s=toys&qid=1197286757 &sr=8-8

oh yes I hadn't thought about that, thanks Boco

I am not sure if they have them in town, I was hoping to get it today

oh actually they might have

have been avoiding wooden toy shop for ages as too expensive and ds goes wild in there

they probably have them

i like this

oh ok, you need it today, scrap that.

I like that too Boco

something non boy-ish would be appreciated I think as he gets all the usual boy stuff bought by relatives and his mum is very keen on gender neutrality

when ds was this age I bought him a tutu but that might not go down totally well, heh

Do you remember those steiner dolls? I used to have one when i was little and loved it, and my brother had one too - i wonder if you can still get them. Obviously not for today.

oh someone linked to them recently - they were pricey! so sweet, I had never seen them before. That would be perfect though - in fact he just got bought doll stuff for his birthday, I wonder if a highchair or something would be good?

this one is in John Lewis?

Oh dear, pre-school just called to say no one arrived to pick up dd2. Phoned dps work and he was all confused about the day and had totally forgotten. This isn't a good day.