Cantaloupe, cantaloupe! Will you eat the bad mango? - 10 / 10 thread

[FrannyandZooey]

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Why is Franny making playdough for Toot?

Sand in water bottle, FMF? I hope the teacher deals with this asap. This kind of thing makes me so angry. I know kids can be mean but if they were my class, I'd be furious and would be having strong words.

How does one make rhubarb cake?

FMF it might not be anything organised or sinister - sounds like this one boy is being troublesome and has identified ds as an entertaining target - if others see this happening they often join in for no better reason than it looks fun, or because 'other people are doing it'
I think the school needs to step in SHARPISH
meanwhile can you discuss tactics with ds?

TooT I don't know what to say. Am sending playdough but it isn't edible.

To be fair she did offer me a slot before school starts tomorrow but I cannot make that as I have to be at work. DH, sigh, would not be able to dicuss it without losing his temper.

Rhubabr cake is just like normal cake with with chopped rhubabr in. And ginger powder!
You can make it in an upside down stylee too. I don't have a recipe as such - I made it up as I went along.

god I can#'t type rhubarb can I?

UR I am not sure myself
we all know TooT is queen of baking
but is afeared of playdough apparently

have had about 4 portions of veg for dinner but will not list
too mean on hungry people

oh we have discussed tactics. They mostly involve telling the teacher before he loses his temper and punches someone !
But the teacher has been sighing and eye rolling and saying ''well just ignore them..'' which doesn't work, as they are following him around at lunchtime.

So one of our tactics was for ds and I to go together to the teacher so he can explain (when he is calm and not in the thick of it IFSWIM) that he needs her help. And I wish to have her ''valuable insight'' into why this might be happening.

Cake sounds good - might try that this afternoon.

Toot, wish I could help re food.

Should I be snipping off the tops of my peas?

I should have started a separate thread for schol thingy, I'm sorry.

But I am scared to.

FMF, could DS go to the teacher and say, "I need to move away from X, Y, $ Z so that I can do my work and not get in trouble?" That sounds like what you have discussed. I always had a table in my classroom where children could move themselves if they needed to be alone. It worked really well. And, when they did it, I would give them lots of praise, "I'm so glad you took the initiative to move away from a situation that was making you upset/ angry/ distracted. That is a very hard thing to do. I am proud of you etc.

well, if she's offered you a morning slot then she's not being our of order but it's annoying for you. I often have to see ds1's teacher at 8am because he does lots of the sports classes straight after school.

Not listing my dinner

too mean on vegetarians

Ooo, MrsC, I was craving meat on Tuesday - everyone was barbecuing and it smelled so good. I would have loved to hear about your dinner then. I ate tons of beans and that seems to have helped.

DS has been odd today. He wandered into the bathroom this morning, stuck his head round the shower curtain (while I was taking a shower)and said, "Mummy, my life is not my own"

Evening all

I was just doing some ironing when I realized I hadn't sat down all day - unless you count work, which I don;t, so I thought I'd better come and flop.

TooT you can use oats to make a crumble type topping without fat. It's a pity it's not a bit later and there might be stuff to be had for free if you look hard enough...

Last year I found damsons dripping off some trees in a bit of open space and a quince tree.

FMF the table idea of UR's sounds like a good? Hope the teacher can come up with some kind of solution when you do eventually see her. Poor DS.

Sorry also for tiredness and difficult children.

Took DS for a haircut today to the barbers and the bloke cut it really short even though I asked him not to

Luckily it grows fast

i have just eaten chickweed in my salad and in my ommelette. quite tasty!

dp has his new bike
oh joy

I really do feel quite a bit better this afternoon
wonder if it is: 3 days on the trot where I have made sure I have a sleep in the day
spatone and nettle tea
something random

hallelujah anyway

Hello all,

Didn't even see DD today, when I got home she was aleady asleep at 6.15! I think she is very very tired, and that has been part of the behaviour problem.

SK, you are so right, my DD is a little hothead too, and takes after me. I am learning to bite my tongue!

I think ignore the bad, notice the good is the way to go for now. I am making a concerted effort not to become shouty mummy, by making a conscious decision to NOT shout every day. It is mainly working, which is making me feel much better about how I am coping with it, if not solving the behviour thing.

FMF, the school thing sounds hard. I would want to wade in and knock some heads together if it was me. I think you are tackling it just right, shame the teacher can't see you until next week, poor DS, he must be so confused if his so called friends have turned into bullies.

Must briefly apologise for mt dreadful moaning. We did actually have a good meal. I am tired and my head hurts and I keep sneezing so m,aybe everythuing just seems worse than it is.
Right, eople are hassling me...

TooT tell them to STOP
tell them you're going to your Fluffle nest now

I think I need a fluffle nest too, and a soothing blanket.

Mrs C did you get anything for your wedding?

TooT, please don't apologise for moaning!

No, couldn't see anything I liked. I got stuff in the sale but not wedding things.

I have outfits from many weddings past lined up along the banister. My new one, not bought for the wedding, but just for summer is turquoise and brown and is too short to be worn on it's own with my heffalump legs. I tried it on with tights today and OMG, I looked a fright.

It's either that over brown trousers with turquoise flower heels or a old karen millen dark green fave with black heels and this silly cardigan. I don't know. It is very relaxed but I would like to look nice.

DH is suggesting that he would like to drink, I mean honestly. So now, we may be going in a hired camper van to stay on the stiffkey marsh saturday night. Well, not right on the marsh, that would be foolish with the tide, but right next to it, where we used to camp. It's very beautiful there. Miles and miles of blue sky and sea and grass.

I am supposed to be watching a video. I am just fetching the puddings and dh is saying are you on mnet?

Hello
Have been working and working - nearly finished at last, developing hunched posture and claw hand, which is attractive. 2 more pictures left to do.

Toot sorry about the cold and the grumpiness and hunger.

Franny glad you're feeling better, sleep definitely the answer, lots of day time sleeps essential.

Wombling glad about the feeling better.

UR hope you're ok

FK sit down

FMF how horrid! Poor DS. DD1 having problems with some girls but they're her best friends. They are fighting over her to the point that if she makes a wrong choice they push her over and hurt her physically. She came home with a bruise on the side of her face where one had opened a drawer on her cheek on purpose because she hadn't sat with them at lunch. We've talked about it a lot and she really really doesn't want me to talk to the teacher as she says it will make it worse, but I think I maybe should but don't know. She's kind of ok, but I just don't think it should be this hard. Sorry, not helpful.

Mrs C, sory you didn't get anything new, but all your choices sound lovely. I am sure you don't have heffalump legs, you are so slim with a lovely neat figure.

I love green, so I would say the dress, but whatever makes you feel the nicest. I always have to have a big trying on session. Campervan sounds like a great idea, if DH will stick to his driving plan.

Gosh TooT don't apologise! Can you get an early night? You said last week you felt really refreshed the next day when you managed to get to bed by 10pm.

Wombling please can you magic over some non-shouty vibes for me? Although ds and I were slightly more chilled today. I try so hard to be calm and patient and I am just horrified at myself when I am not.

Oh FMF poor ds and Boco poor dd
at the bruise, how awful. What is the teacher doing when these things happen?

Too tired to read thread must go to bed.

BUT

Raisins, pineapple x2, (seeds), lettuce (from the garden), tomato, cuc, (and potatoes from the garden, oh yum) peas, soya beans, banana, satsumas. 10

And 30 mins run/walk. Went with my friend who's just started on week 2 of The Programme.

YAY! Will do 10 again tomorrow [determined]

Hope everyone's well.