babysteppers new year thread

[liveinazoo]

adora?
scout
Bessie

shakes last of sweeties in the tin and hopes for company!

[Scout19075]

Going to try harder today.

[Scout19075]

Anyone around?

[Scout19075]

Hello

[AdoraBell]

Hello Scout

Hope all is well. My Ta Dah's today stretch to getting showered and dressed and ferried around, need to pack cases for travelling home tomorrow evening before we go for dinner.

Had a lovely time so far and been extremely lucky with the weather, other than strong winds on one day. DDs nearly got blown away, had to grab them and crouch down to avoid the gusts. We are in the screaming 50's though so we shouldn't really have been surprised, but we were. anyway, all is well we'll be home tomorrow evening.

[AdoraBell]

Been a bit more proactive today, Monday, breakfast and lunch all round, 4 loads in WM and out on the line plus 4 different bowls of hand washing. DW has been put on but seems to be playing up.

DDs cleaned a terrace, too tired for a water fight though. We arrived home at 1.30 am Monday and DD2 slept until I woke her up at 2pm.

Tomorrow I need to clean the fridge and get groceis.

[Scout19075]

We have sun!!!!

[AdoraBell]

Have you taken a photo, you know, for evidencie?

[Scout19075]

I should have, Adora. We spent most of the day out in it!

[AdoraBell]

Well done

[liveinazoo]

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[AdoraBell]

I saw you Zoo, you can't get past me that easily

How's everything at casa Zoo then?

I should be doing a freezer itinerary, but it would appear that I'm drinking coffee and MNing instead. Towels are on the line, everyone is fed and watered but I don't have a handle on lunch yet.

DD1 is full of cold, DD2 and I are at the tail end of it.

[AdoraBell]

So How is March treating everyone then?

DDs back at school Today.

Fresh invasión of ants, on going saga, so after school run and coffee with DH I moped and sprayed the kitchen floor. WM is finíshed and DW needs emptying from last night but I've hurt my back, seriously what kind of a nit wit wears flip flops To mop a tiled floor? Doesn't everyone know it'll be sliperry? Apparently not.

So both labour saving devices will wait úntil I've loosened up and stretched.

Hope everyone else is okay.

[bessie26]

Boo!

Thought i'd just pop my head round the door to say "hello" and see how you are all doing & now adora has reminded me I need to mop the kitchen floor (while wearing appropriate footwear )

[AdoraBell]

what was that noise? Oh, it's you Bessie, Hello.

[liveinazoo]

Hi guys!stupid laptop is as slow ASA wonky donkey and won't let me post....do defragmented it but still having a wobble,so I'vejust worked out how to find you on dd2 hudl

Casa zoo is the usual chaos..iis missed you guys and the motivation to stick to s routine so we have a slight bearpit situation!

Little zoo ha been very poorly recently-turns out she has a type of eczema on I her nether regions and has been avoiding going to the loo coz it hurts....it very sore and skin weeps and tears poor lamb has had antibiotics and a couple dif creams as we try to firefight it.wasn't able to sit or stand let alonego school-hoping tis ccream got yyesterday gonna b the answer-anti fungal and bacterial as well as sterile.finger x!

Bin trying to get back in the swing,hoping Simone still about with pointy sticks!

Sorry for any typos-techno dino on a tablet is hard work Kent even find how to bold type names or do icons!

Bessie,I've been stalking g your blog-some great recipes lovely!

Adora-i love flip flops but am a clumsy bugger in. Them!hope your back is on the mend!

[AdoraBell]

Oh Zoo I really hope that cream works, sounds terrible

All is Well at Casa Adora, DDs are off school all week Due To a problem at school. It's closed úntil the Health Dept work out what's made 170 odd students and Teachers sick. Luckily my Two are okay.

I'm about To Go and russel up some flapjacks, banana for DH and Apple too because DD2 doesn't like the banana ones. Any minute now. I shall leap into action. Honest.

[liveinazoo]

Leaping not necessary adora,slow and steady my dear.we are babysteppers after all!
So Friday dd2wa underfoot with a flu style thing,headache and limbs too fever.she is not a gd patient.far too winey!
Thankfully better today,though now D's its complaining his cold and cough are making his chest hurt.honest
Y,I fed them well and they getlenty of kip yet they keep dropping!
On flying front I've almost regained control of the laundry.who hoo!
its been glorious sunshine her so we have been out for a walk this p.m,D's has been bathed and hair washed,girls in tub as I type!
flapjacks sound scrummy adora.wanna share recipe with us?

I really must go and remove girls beforethey rremain wrinkly prunes indefinitely!!!!!!!!

[AdoraBell]

Just a quickie, coffee's getting cold.

Flapjacks are from a blog, Penny's Recipes.

//wwww.pennyrecipes.com/6/banana-breakfast-cereal-bars

For the Apple versión we grated Two apples.

I'll let you Get back To your raisins, Oops, I meant DDs

[liveinazoo]

The raisins were super wrinkly!haha
Today I've been attempting to sort the plsymobil....I spent 5hr and have sorted the horse farm,and mini stable.the dolls house and the advent calendar sets and the playground.I still have the pirate island and 2extra sets that go withit.a wildlife safari station and hospial,which is little zoos giraffe fetish sets!!and horse cleaning station and jumping arena..........

Will have a peek at the recipe.thanks for that!

[AdoraBell]

That's some mamoth sorting out Zoo.

My DDs are back in school Today and so far I'm enjoying the tranquility. I'm sure I'll Get some things done Today.

DW is about To finísh, wasn't full last night so I put the brekkies things in
DDs have been Sent off with adequate food, they now have lunch at 2pm
Yesterday's laundry is piled up in the kitchen for sorting/putting away
Dustbin is out for emptying

[liveinazoo]

Little zoo was up at. 5 so we made a cake for a friend who came to see me today.we played scrabble during my tranquility time!glad yours are back out from undafoot!

We have teacher strike next wednesday

[liveinazoo]

I spent yesterday tackling the avalanche when you open the door,aka cupboard under the stairs!
It has now been restored to a useful and organised space for mainly toys

Today I've been organising what from the toy mass that occupys front room can now be stored under stairs so I am chinking away at things and there are the beginnings of sign of a grown up space not a cluttered nursery/kids club!

Adora.I can't access the banana breakfast bars,that page isn't recognised,tho I can access some of the other recipes.yum yum.could you loss pop it on here if you get a month.x

[AdoraBell]

Will try Tomorrow.

Had a lazy day in anticipación of 3 weeks of Senorita Stropy while DH is away. Even had a bubble bath

Glad you are making progress towards some grown up space.

[AdoraBell]

Zoo

I did these without the coconut just because I didn't have any.

25g butter or marg
2 tbsp golden syrup, I used honey
50g brown sugar
2 ripe bananas
150g porridge oats
1 tsp cinnamon
50g desiccated coconut
3 tsp mixed seed, Penny suggests sunflower, pumpkin, sesame, linseed
50g sulatanas
75 chopped nuts of choice

bake 25 to 30 mins at 170C

should store for a week in an air tight container, I froze them and they came out really well.

[AdoraBell]

Hope you've had a good weekend and all is Well.

I'll be making Apple flapjacks Tomorrow, Monday, as DD2 has run out, ha ha.

Right now I'm keeping my eye lids open with match sticks waiting for ham To defrost To make a sandwich for school Tomorrow before I can collapse into Bed. I'm on school run for a while so need everything prepped the night before. Trafico is horrendos in the mornings now.