If it's apples again I'm leafing - 10 / 10 thread

[FrannyandZooey]

For anyone who wants a boost to their general health. The suggested goals are:

EAT 10 PORTIONS OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES EVERY DAY - if you don't usually eat much fruit and veg I would build up gradually or you could upset your digestion.

DO (AT LEAST) 10 MINUTES OF EXERCISE EVERY DAY - can be yoga, stretching or something more energetic. The plan is that the idea of doing 10 minutes is not too daunting, and having started you may well find you want to do more.

There are no restrictions on what you eat so long as you get your 10 fruit and veg as well. The focus is not on weight loss but on improving our energy levels and hopefully our general mood and well-being. Sign up below and post here to tell us how you're getting on and how you are feeling.

Basic guidance on what constitutes a portion of fruit and veg here and you can download more detailed information by following the link at the very bottom of the page

I mean,we haven't even seen you naked.

Have you both sloped off to bed? Hmm? Not talking to me? AmI too rough looking with my black eye?

brick-shape, cynical, determined, laughy, detached, speccy, muesli-making, independent

I've run out of htings, ticky. It's too hard

It was your idea Pointy

Am intrigued by brick-shaped...

It was a rubbish idea, I had drunk wine.

honest is another word to add.

Trinny and Susannah had a body shape quiz thing that someone linked to on mn once and I was bloody brick shape.

We had a humdinger tantrum at bedtime too, Franny. DS has recently discovered name-calling as an alternative to throwing himself around and trying to hit us

I think I did shouting and then I did trying to calm everyone down and discussion, but very quickly, because I was going out to yoga and DH wasn;t helping much He also missed out on a story. I am pretty sure I am not the person to ask for advice.

My view on snacks is eat one quite large and satisfying snack, as if you try to pretend a rice cake will do, you will be back in the kitchen 10 minutes later.

Our house is roughly the same age as me built at the end of the 60's. We have an open plan living - dining room, big kitchen which is an extension, and waste of time consevatory which is not big enough to be a proper room, too hot in summer and too cold in winter. We tend to throw stuff in it and shut the door which kind of doesn't work as a hiding junk strategy because it obviously has see-through walls.

If it was up to me I would live in a victorian terraced house nearer to the town centre, but DH would never consider a house without a garage let alone no off-street parking.

Of course we don;t use our garage to store a vehicle, we use it to stuff full of yet more junk

IMO Pointy is sharp, edgy, long-of-snout, furry, and sniffs the ground a lot. She is always on the move, and her legs are quite long.

Ah x-posts with your own description, Pointy.

No,not rubbish Pointy.

Ooh helloFK

I amsure nobody is actually brick-shaped.

I like both pointy descriptions.
But now we need photos...

The cosleeping thing isn't just about them overheating, it's also about them being too close to squishy blankets and duvets and pillows that don't allow the air to circulate so when they breathe out CO2, that's what they breathe back in and can cause SIDS. But obviously is quite rare. So, if DS1 has plenty of space round his face and isn't roasting under blankets, he should be ok.

I think I am bowling pin shaped, according to T&S.

oh i bet i am brick shaped also

we have not had a good start to the day - another tantrum - me this time
i apologised and have made nice breakfast with raspberries in
where are they from? god knows. i bought while sleep deprived. i apologise to the environment as well
and in fact everyone

I m probaly brick shaped too. I expect that means you are regtangular of torso with no curves. Yup, that's me!

Franny, I'm terrible at punishments. TBH both boys are inherently well-behaved, except for ds2's temper, and that is obviously emotional reaction to 'unfairness' rather than diobedience, and he tends to be punished a lot at school for that so I don't at home. We do lots of talking and calming down and things.

What is this brick shaped? I am imagining pointy like a handmade London yellow with a tail and nose, maybe with a pull cord.

I toast seeds all the time with tamari, they're delicious, especially with some olives and a g&t.

Pineapple.

That's interesting. I think my children are inherently quite naughty, so I find the whole punishment thing confusing. If I'd done Fra's tampoline punishment, there would then be 'when will you say? Can you be specific about when you think you will say I can go back on the trampoline? How long will this go on for? Just tell me? Exactly' and then I'd hum and haw and say, 'Wednesday' and they'd say 'So it's Wednesday then' and I'd say, 'well if the neighbours let you back on' and they'd say 'hey, let's go and ask them' and they'd throw open the windows and the doors and scramble over the fence shouting 'HEY NEIGHBOUR, what about Wednesday for some trampolining then?'

And I'd scratch my head and think, 'that didn't go so well. We need to be addressing the TEMPER TANTRUM not the trampoline' and then the neighbour would appear and look nervous and say, 'I had no idea they could climb over the garden fence' and then all my dc would fall about laughing.

This pretty much sums up me and punishments and my always being on the back foot, pretty much.

Flying Ferrets....you are at it again..

Houses... in an old one with desparate need of renovation but have self-styled 'architects plans' stashed away somewhere for a self build when (lol) the circumstances permit!!

Tantrums....sigh... I'll let you know if i come up with something that works (DS is 11).

Shape?...umm a knobbly stick!

I am having a 'harrumph' day. Too much to do and don't know where to start. 3 large buckets of tea and I have made a phonecall. I want to do coffee with a friend but our days off don't often coincide.

I have bought copious amounts of F and V to 'focus' though. Have a mushroom fixation at the moment.

Right, dammit, stuff to do and getting a square bum wont sell pictures....cheers for now, fruitful days to all.......

Lol at 100's post...me and you both... Lots of my parenting begins and ends with 'they are just children FGS'

And then they do what they want and for some reason prefer my style of decision making.

But they have nice manners and as of yet do not have criminal records.

Then I go through periods when I think 'OMG, this is awful. They are dreadful and feral and rude and mad' and then there is crack down.

I think we probably have one constant which is banning from screen for specified amount of time. This is usually accepted and going to rooms when fighting, like the other night. Though have noted that whenever boundaries are re- introduced, they spend entire time throwing themselves against it, just for the lark.

So. I haven't got this sorted at all. School always say they are v. polite and well-behaved but have 'strong opinions', dread to think what that means. Probably much the same as 'characterful' I get that too.

Largely though we all get on well and like each other but they talk too much.

Great. That's all sorted then. Going to work now.

molly, do you find that with DS's temper, the underlying issue gets ignored because his reaction is so strong?

I had a long conversation with DS's headmistress yesterday about some of his apparent misdemeanors and he too has a great sense of 'fairness'. But it seems he is sometimes being provoked, and then when HE reacts, that gets the attention because it can tend to be like fireworks. And when you go back and say 'but x, y or z happened first', it gets less attention. To be fair to my DS, It doesn't seem he often STARTS trouble, but is very good at prolonging it.

for him. Loads of exceptions have been made for a similar child who has parallel problems, He is given 'cooling' off time but when I pointed out that DS is a suffering with an unsettled homelife, being illtreated by kids from the village and under pressure with sats.. she just said that they expected better from him.

The father and stepmother of one of the kids that kicked him, have split up and one of the offspring took him to one side and said it was HIS fault they had split up, because they arguied over it, and no matter what I say he still thinks it is his fault.

Sorry....side-tracked....

She even had a go at him for something that didn't happen at school.....

LOL @ ahundred and her children.

Mits, I have ishoos with children who provoke and don't get pulled up on it. I don't know what to say about your DS It's one of those situations where the obvious solution is to ignore them but it's not that easy, is it? I used to find it was the 'nice' children who did the provoking - the ones who never got in trouble - and they would be very sneaky about it. They were always highly embarrassed when caught out.

I don't feel very well...I think I have swine flu......I keep coming out in rashes.

Rashers

Just temporarily,I ambadly in danger of sitting on the kitchen floor with my head in my hands and giving up altogether.
What the hell can I cook for my children that is quick and nutritious that they will eat?
We have copious amounts of bread.
Some pasta.
Effing biscuits.
Apples and oranges.
Eggs but they don't all eat them.
Potatoes.

Please help

And passata and beautiful fresh spinackh and onions and rhubarb.

There is a tin of beans also but they have had BoT twice in the last week

pasta with tomato and spinach

spanish ommelette, toast for the non-eggers

fruit for pudding