Broccoli and kohlrabi, when they are both full grown.....10 / 10 thread

[FrannyandZooey]

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Hello Pink. I have invited you to bananagrams.

When I was teaching, we had a box of jewellery that we used for making costumes & collages etc. The boys would always try the necklaces & bracelets on and we always caught one or two stuffing them into their pockets. I think they didn't get to play with 'girly' things at home. I always feel bad when boys have to do stuff secretly because it isn't 'masculine' enough.

Will check Toot.

What's bananagrams and why am I not invited?

LR, I want marzipan now!

DS loves nothing better than to appropriate things from my jewellery box

What d'yall think of mincemeat baklava as a concept?

I have mincemeat, and I have some filo pastry, and I need to do something with them both, together.

I think it sounds v good, FK.

My DS has a shoe thing. The higher the heels the better. We were in a shop the other day and he saw some pink wellies. He needed some snow boots and looked at them and said, "I like those boots, I want them..." then pondered for a bit and said, "but they are for girls, aren't they?"

Why does my 3 yr old have a concept of 'boy' stuff and 'girl' stuff? I am really careful not to label things like that.

Roffling at concept of a mincemeat balaclava....bit sticky for my liking.

I've got a bar of chocolate covered marzipan in my handbag for emergencies!

My DS is always messing with DD'S stuff and pinching her videos and books. He has a lovely pink chenille jumper.

And where is everyone being invited?...outdoes SB's sulk.....I suppose it's 'my-book' or 'face-space'....huh.

flops into pit and flicks haribo everwhere, drinking diet-coke and eating hula-hoops (the ones that I haven't got on my fingers and toes.

blows very rude raspberries at absent veggers.

I'M HORMONAL GODDAMIT.

I was upstairs reading The Hobbit to sleepy dcs.

I do do facebook though. It's a good place to go when there's nobody here.

SB, I think I did invite you too. It's sort of abstract scrabble.

Bananagrams is wierd. No-one's missing out

SB I get so cross that everything's labelled boys and girls. DD has to have 'boys' pjs cause she likes Thomas Why can't they just be children's? And toys always seem to separated and labelled as 'boys' and 'girls'. Fair enough display them in the more obvious categories but to actually specify who must play with them Ok I'll stop now cause I have had this rant before!! How much snow have you got there? I think my SIL has just been to where you live. (Begins with C?) She was getting dd a coat for her birthday but had to get an autumny one cause the proper winter ones for there are for temps of like -30 with fur and everything!!

Mou. Join facebook and play scrabble with me. Unless you're as good as Lully cause she's totally walloping me. Or TooT cause she's VERY good but not quite the embarrasment that Lully's causing!

Night all. Should've gone to bed aaaaaaaaaaaaaaages ago but have done an online shop so can have an early night on Monday instead !

I CAN'T WAIT TIL CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pink, Lully wallops me
And I think I've just been lucky with my letters recently.

PSW, I get quite irrate about it too. Yes, I am in C - there is only a few inches of snow. But you're right about the coats. Lots of people wear fur.

I can't play your version of Scrabble

Date was lovely Boots were fine. I rode the train with Santa. He wanted me to have my photo taken with him but I refused. A single woman sitting on Santa's knee is not really the done thing, is it? He gave me a candy cane instead. Then I went to a bar like a grown up and had a drink. Wahey!

I want Lully to wallop me too

This is Santa's Train - he has an El train all of his own that goes round the city in December.

aw bunny i can't see the train

morning all
i have shedloads to do today
am just mning while i eat breakfast but after that if you see me CHUCK ME OUT

haha haha I am here and there is no-one here to tell me off

I am here. I have given up trying to have a nice breakfast. Ds2 wanted my orange juice and though I tried to help him drink it it slipped and smashed the glass I only replaced three days ago, then when I was getting the dustpan and brush he leant over and ate all my scrambled egg in one handful that he crammed in his mouth. This was hilarious according to everyone else at the table eating their egg.

I did eat three slices of toast with butter while i cooked it though, so I expect I won't waste away.

Gorgeous day here. We will walk somwhere I expect. Winter walking is always such an expedition though isn't it. Three thousand hats, scarves, gloves, boots. I haven't got a flask. I will ask for one for christmas.

Have a good day Guad

Franny, either go and do what you have to do or talk to me.

Thanks! It was covered in slat and pepper but that didn't seem to bother him.

I think I have done most of my christmas shopping bar the odd thing. Shame they wrote their lists last night and there was little comparison. We might have to manipulate wishes closer to funds and actual purchases.

Ds1 requested a red ipod chromowotsit newest release nano. I said he could save up for it.

Ha ha yes, the list thing. Ds1 is quite modest this year, just wants a hamster.
Ds2 just wants everything

And dd1 has the knack of wanting things that she will never actually use.

To be fair, their lists are usually very modest, asking for pens/sweets/books etc, and they are this year, except ds1 has snuck this ipod nano business in amongst the fudge and Arsenal annual.

Cunning. Perhaps he thought you'd buy it without thinking?

Ds1 has had some crackers in the past, including a real badger, meeting Bill Oddie and seeing ewhales. He always illustrates them beautifully too.

Ds2 just writes Doctor Who this and Spiderman that until he is quite exhausted and runs out of space. He is very susceptible to advertising.