Guava Guava Guava Hey! Over The dill With The Strawbs Of A Thousand Men - 10/10 thread

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i think ds is going to have to come to work with me on wed
he's ok at the baby class but the toddler class is temptingly boisterous
and a 6 y o boisterous is sort of disastrous amongst a lot of 2 and 3 y o boisterousness

100 can come and do HTT advice
that thread was a joy

link?

could do with some HTT advice

I have been doing Shouting

lol FK. I loved that thread. I think it was the first one or one of the first ones I posted on. Then Cod went on holiday, and I was in charge of HTT and Boco came in the office, and so did someone else and she did bits of sick in her handbag. I thought it was going to be that fun on MN all the time. And Franny was nice to me, and I couldn't understand how to do links, but she kept asking me who I was. Was all very exciting. Then I played Malory Towers with Franny and Guap.

Fra's advice re sweets v. good. I can't give sensible advice on it, I don't really mind sweets, in a not very sensible way.

Could he have a special role that would mean he couldn;t join in the boisterousness, Franny?

Yes, I have said to the friend (who is 6) that DS isn;t allowed sweets every day but to him it probably just sounds mean, so I think he thinks he is doing DS a favour by offering them

If they play here and ask for a snack they are allowed to choose fruit or whatever we have available which might be cereal bars or flapjack or something.

Homemade lollies is a great idea though, as then perhaps DS won;t feel he's being so hard done by.

I have spent most of the evening on the phone picking people's brains about the world of corporate banking. It's all be v. taxing and rather because there are only so many times you can ask someone to explain what a compliance officer in an investment bank does. I think 2007 might just have been funner.

this one, Tiger

I have been sniggering at it all evening and annoying DH

homemade lollies are quite exciting especially if you do layers eg different colour juices or yogurt or whatever

100 MN is that fun all the time
it's just not all the same people are having the fun all of the time, unfortunately

oh wonky is on there in her old name! one of few namechanges i ever approve of

Was that the thread where Franny slipped on some gym shoes so she couldn't be heard on the parquet? Don't know why I've always remembered that, it made me laugh. The person being sick in their handbag was thingy Moran wans't it? I dind't realise at the time.

Like the toffee crisp advert, 100.

Handful of raisins.
Banana cake (at least 50% banana).
Blueberries.

ALREADY.

V Good TooT.

i am pleased to see i am already sucking up to 100 on that thread from 2 years ago
occasionally i get paranoid i just suck up to her because she is FAMOUS
i can't find the parquet bit, or the handbag bit, or anything except the dwarves bit

thank god cod had namechanged for the thread! or it would all be

cod - message deleted
us - hahahahahahahahaha
cod - message deleted

I think it was a different one - it was the one when cod went on holiday and left 100 in charge, and I helped, but you came and did checking up and were strict. I don't think i was on that other one. Who were peterandre and climbing walls?

Ahem

I remember that thread I was too late it was all over by time my book arrived

I have just followed my own link in there to a thread where I cried for help and been alarmed that EVERYTHING IS STILL THE DAMN SAME

oh dear lord no it cannot be

but it is

have had smoothie and home-made muesli with fresh mango and dried cranberries on

also pineapple slices

oh RR
but now you have a lovely blog? [hopeful]

my mother is here asking why she can't vote for the UKIP
"I am not joking" she says

Well perhaps you just have to accept it then? Perhaps she's just got a mind of her own and doesn't want to play ball - and perhaps she doesn't want to play ball with particular relish. As they get older and that comes clearer, I have also somehow found it makes things easier. You get to say, 'well it's not my homework, it's up to you whether you do it or not' and 'okay, have your dinner on the floor.'

I have surrendered to their utterly mad wilfulness. They are crazier, life is easier. What is she not doing that you need her to do??

I like your blog RR. I have just gone to read it, is v. good and v. wry. Am intimidated by some of your new friends though. Am particularly intimidated by the person who suggests Treat Thursdays - when you buy a donut from Greggs rather than have home made cakes.

Also GOD isn't Cod nice though? She's so helpful to everyone on those threads. And so funny too. I think Cod was the Original Anne. With bite.

Yes Avi, I was. She seems highly plausible. And evolved.

In fact I think Cod gave me the best bit of parenting advice I've ever had when she said, 'none of it really matters, you just have to like your kids, that's all.'

So true.

I'll stop praising her now. It'll go badly wrong.

Mits, how are you? How was the assessment?

Hello everyone else too.

lentil and carrot soup
banana
Orange
Apple juice

Five. hmm. veg curry for tea might swell me up to 10.

Have discovered the joy and ease of home-made toasted seeds - a new addiction, I fear.

"What is she not doing that you need her to do??"

snort

Eating. Anything. And school stuff. We have a book that goes back and forth to school detailing her inability to take any damn notice of anybody. And just stuff. Yesterday we went to the beach and she got herself into a complete state because I said we weren't going to the supermarket to buy rice, we were going to go home and have pasta, and she howled and wailed and threw sand at me and I had to carry her back to the car because I knew it would take me about 3 hours to convince her to pick her crutches up and walk

tried 'how to talk'

Her: I WANT TO GO TO THE SUPERMARKET
Me: You are frustrated that we can't go to the supermarket.
Her: NOW I WANT TO GO
Me: I wish we could just fly to the supermarket
Her: I WANT TO GO TO THE SUPERMARKET
Me: Yes, you do. You are frustrated that we are not going. It will take us too long and we have wasted all this valuable time having such a lovely time on the goddamn beach eating icecream and playing with the sand you ungrateful little sod

think I need to read book again

Have had ice pop, does that count? I think it had strawberry flavouring in. And it is very hot.

Banana
two small oranges