Cream coloured parsnips and crisp apple strudel, Beetroot and bok choi and swiss chard with noodles - 10/10 thread,

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You thought ds1 would be a problem when you took dd1 out though didn't you, and he was fine wasn't he?

I think if you say to ds2 very straight 'you like school and are getting a lot out of it and Mrs G is great, so you are going to carry on going to school' he will accept it? Or not? Will you need to offer him the possibility of HE when he's older?

Is dd going to secondary school, or will she carry on HEing. That might make a difference too.

And then ds1 could stay out indefinitely, or try secondary, or... I don't know.
And ds2 could stay in school at least until the end of year 2, and then he might want to stay or he might not.
Dd2 would start school when ds2 starts year 3.

Sorry, I'm cluttering up the thread.

No you are not cluttering up anything, don't be daft.

I think it is okay for different dcs to do different things, and for that to be acceptable - and in this house - desirable.

One of them may want to stay in school, and the ones that don't can do it differently.

Once the issue is raised, ds1 will definitely want to leave school.
Ds2 enjoys school and has fun with his friends there, but if everyone else was at home he might well feel left out. I don't actually want to give him the choice. Simply because what he has there atm is something I can't give him.
But if we had to move elsewhere, I would have them all at home.

I've got to go TooT. I shall ponder on this while slurping my coffee and going to the greengrocers and school etc.

OK - so don't give him the choice, do the MrsG speech like option down below?

[putting on coat]

will talk later.

Oh, and dp is sceptical. Thinks ds1 would need a lot of structure. But in fact, if he's not watching television or playing on the computer, he will be learning something anyway....won't he?

I must go too. Dp is actually picking the boys up today and they will be back soon, and hungry. Unless dp buys them unsuitable things on the way back

am copying from another thread as ds is on good form today:

Ds just said "Fairy princesses is not more beautiful than me, are they?"

also this morning "I have got the nicest little bottom in the whole village"

(we don't live in a village btw )

TooT I can see why you are quandarising. I would imagine people would learn better in a situation where they are happy but I know that is rather idealistic.

Oh dear I feel quite embarrassed. DD2 was just playing a game where she stuck a sticky label on me and then ripped it off, and I had to do a blood curdling wail of agony, and she'd do hysterical laughing and then do it again - not a thought out game or anything, you know, just fooling.

And I thought i heard a knock at the door but then decided it couldn't be so carried on with the wailing. Then big knock, and the gas meter reading man was there looking very embarrassed and said 'is everything ok madam? I was concerned, i heard screaming, do you need help?!' and i responded by blushing and saying i was having my tummy waxed by a 3 year old and was fine, and he looked appalled and went off quickly to read the meter. He had long blonde hair and looked like an older shorter Michael Bolton.

LOL I am impressed, your blood curdling screams must have been very convincing

mine would have been along the lines of

[half hearted] mmm, what? oh. aargh.

Oh Franny ROFL at "I have got the nicest little bottom in the whole village" - I be he does as well

And Avi, LOL at flaps in breastplates! Medieval role play is not me either...

I have made sushi

well well well

I hid health because all the illnesses scare me

(ill and paranoid)

and then I was thinking for weeks 'ooh, I wonder where 10/10 went)

Ooh Capp that's a good idea, I think I should hide health too

yes I had to look through all the titles to get here

If you make sure you post then it will be on your threads I'm on, then be diligent about following the link and signing in on each new 10/10 thread then it would work. You would never have to look at another health thread again!

i hVE Hd raspberries quite a lot and organic cream quite a lot so thast's two

had carrot and orange soup at college which wasy actually very nice

so that s4

and um probly need some more

i have a cold starting it seems but i am attacking it with vit c

which seems to have worked before

i am looking at my prospecutses and my ucads application ton ight i think

I have had another quite good day and feeling and eating much better

wraps for dinner with (avert your eyes avi) roasted carrots and parsnips, mushrooms and peppers, plus hummus and c*%$£e

god I do eat a lot of cheese don't I. This is why I have back fat (guess who has been looking in the mirror naked)

Hello again Cappucino

oh I have scan photo here if anyone interested

if you turn and look at it sideways you can see the profile has come out really well. From the normal way up it just looks like a blur to me but sideways on, comes clear

oh wow that is clear isn't it

Hello everyone

I have had a salad of celery, cucumber, pepper and carrot, plus later on a big bowl of baby spinach with pine nuts & sultanas. Supper was cauliflower risotto which was surprising, and a huuuge plate of asparagus (Spanish)...I really, really fancied it for some reason. I haven;t actually had any fruit but I can;t think I've got room for much else.

I have decided not to have any dairy for a few days to see if it stops my elbows from itching - but I would like something "spready" to try which might take the place of cheese, to have with oatcakes. I love hoummous but not sure I should eat it every day (I could). What else could I have? I don;t mind if it's something to buy or to make.

RL is being a bit problematic at the moment so I need diverting.

Thats lovely, Franny.

I was just looking at it with my head on one side saying, ahhhh, when I looked up as ds2 was saying ahhh and he also had his head on one side copying me! Well, I thought it was funny.

Mirin glazed salmon here with bak choi, prurple sprouting and courgettes. Now I am in a cloud of blueberries and the floor was only mopped today.

Wow Franny good diversion...it's brilliantly clear, isn;t it! Ooh I'm all of a tingle looking at that

thanks chaps

FK there are some lovely veg pates around - Cauldron do lots of flavours or personally I also like Tartex pate or peanut butter. I know hummus is salty and fatty but it also has protein and calcium, and it isn't saturated animal fat. Plus how much do you need on an oatcake?

PLUS Fk snap on the asparagus - hope you read my ds's admonishment further down the thread