Turn around stir fries, every now and then I feel a part (of a mango)

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dd is playing hide and seek. She is hiding under a blanket on the sofa next to me shouting "you can't FIND ME HERE Mummy"

ds is standing in the back garden in his pyjamas blowing bubbles

I love him a lot more than I did 5 minutes ago when he was waving a big stick at me and playing a kazoo in my ear

I love that sort of hide and seek. Much more fun and less hassle than actually having to roam the house checking cupboards.

THere is a hand poking out from under the blanket which is attempting to do my typing for me and a little voice shouting "This isn't [dd]'s hand"

She has never seen the Addams Family but perhaps she ought to

Kazoo on a Sunday morning... far, far worse than discussions about polygamy

tiger feet

ds loves the song tiger feet and sings it when we are out shopping sometimes
it makes me laugh

ds is now cleaning the kitchen cupboards wearing just his pants

he is a busy chap this morning
I must go and help him

Apple, raisins, mandarin, kiwi and grapefruit. All before 10am. [smug][unusual]

fz - read that as dp not ds and was disturbed - esp after bread thing yesterday.

sorry Bee
dp has full complement of clothes on

the bread thing really was funny
I am quivering now thinking about it

loving the Tiger Feet BBBeeeeeee Now there's a pair of FMB's if I ever saw 'em

the song was number 1 when I was born - hence the name. Love it loads, can't beat a bit of Glam Rock

That sunshinme is deceptive. It is FREEZING out there. Well, the wind is. Have just hung washing and now my toes are numb.

Tiger Feet is DD's fave dancing song, we have all had a boogie to it this a.m.

Happy mother's day to all our beautiful vtiman-enriched veggie munching mummies...may sunshine and sparkles abound!

The boys' cake was a triumph and they are horribly proud of themselves. Though it was kind of hard to swallow at 8 am, lavishly enrobed in too-much icing and marshammlows as it was

I overheard my eldest yesterday talking to his girl friend who had come round to admire his kitchen prowess. ''oh yeah, I've been baking my whole life...I've actually invented 2 puddings you know....''

I am very envious and excited by the Raven thing!

Franny those shoes are a thing of beauty - practicality and quirkiness abounding!

100 please don't worry about the clothes, it was a long shot. I have been to every charity shop in town, posted on freecycle and everything. It rather amuses me that scummy old clothes for such trips are at such a premium - I have seen 4 other freecyclers all seeking similar things for similar trips recently

MrsC, if you are around though, I am seriously interested in your trainers - do you have my email?

Anybody want to borrow an 11yo and an 8yo?

Avi the uncontained sandpit is quite full on heuristic business isn't it? Having just spent the best part of 2 days tidying my house I am wibbling at the thought of a pile of sand being spread all over it. The toy tidying thing - you just do it when they are not there. You put a large percentage of it in charity bags and then if you are feeling KIND you can put these in a holding bay, where they can be rescued from when sad dc says "but where is my ???" However IME they never do so I just take them straight to Oxfam. Then you get the remainder into some kind of order, which they stay in for about 2 mins until your child comes back.

When you next have friends round and they STILL say "my GOD ds has got a lot of toys!" then you can cry. But this won't happen to you as I bet you only have about 3 pieces of bark and a Steiner doll anyway [aaaargh at my house STILL full of broken plastic emoticon]

I really like "I've actually invented 2 puddings you know". Was she impressed?

Ds invented a pudding once but it involved marmite and so never got past the planning stages

rofl at marmite pudding...

Toot - have considered your generous offer
of the 11 and 8 year old, but regretfully must say no - have just entertained single friend's 2 boys for a couple of hours to give her a little vestige of 'me' time
and I rapidly lost any veneer of patient lovely Auntie FMV and resorted to barking and screeching ''OFF the furniture, OFF!'' while we tried to play Cadoo [Yawn].
why do they need to bounce and climb and jump constantly while playing a board game FFS!

Sigh. Will go and drop huge hints to dh about park I think
so I can lounge and read papers and nurse tiny hangover sugary-cake induced headache.

calling Boco here are the shoes which are not that exciting but may go with a tea dress type outfit if you decide on one? I couldn't photograph the ring decently, but it is a cocktail ring with several stones in pale greeny colours and goes nicely with the shoes (which are probably a shade greener and lighter than they look in the photo)
anyway you would be welcome to borrow either if it would save you some money

anyone else feeling nosey there is a fab photo of ds wearing his prince costume on there also

oh the heels have mud on I now see! I would clean them first

FMF how fab of you to give your friend a break
I have been cleaning and tidying and just had a nice lunch inc salad
dp is going to take ds to the park - I think I am coming for a token gesture
an ice cream
half an hour

oh i love the shoews - i thought we were polar opposites on shoes but i adore adore those.

oh and your son looks sweet too (must readjust priorities from shoes to children)