Where the Deer and the Antelope Play - Living in the USA (visitors welcome)

[SuperBunny]

East Coast
MaNanny - Boston
Twinmommytobe - Boston
MuminCT - CT
Greatgooglymoogly - NY State
Yesthereare4ofthem - NY State
Brooklynmom - NYC
alarkaspree - NYC
MKG - New Jersey
Mummimamma - PA
Poetmum - PA
Twirl - MD

South
Earlybird - TN
jabberwocky - AR
Sunchowder - Florida
Marls001 - Bentonville, AR
Tinpot - NC
MadameDeathStare- AL

Midwest
SuperBunny- Chicago
Dodgykeeper - Dayton, OH
Chocchipcookie - Ohio
MonkeyLover
KickAssAngel - Ann Arbor, MI

Rockies
Alipiggie - Boulder, CO
Ribena

Northwest
AnnieLaurie - Seattle, WA
Dooneygirl - Oregon City, OR

California
SittingBull - nr San Francisco
Califrau - Milpitas
loopsngeorge - Brentwood, LA
Syd - Manhattan Beach, LA
SofiaAmes - LA
LATyke - Redondo Beach

Texas
Texan - Dallas
Tiggyhop - Houston
Vixie78 - Houston
BananaPudding - Austin
Cosmicdust - East Texas

Canada
Hellish - Ottawa
Shouldlistenedtomymum - Hamilton
Nooka - BC
Jacksmama - Langley

Exotic Islands
Anorak - Bermuda
cp - Trinidad
Barefeete - BVI

Brazil
Albert

Married a Mexican (he's not got a big hat which is a shame, perhaps I should have made itpart of themarriage contract), and now have a wee Mexican baby to go with it. What about you?

YYour DS could do worse. Mexicans (esp. my DH) are lovely. Mexico is perhaps the only place in the world hat, when you go out for a meal with a baby, the waiter/ress or even a random stranger at the next table will say. "Hand him over for a minute while you have your meal".

Dinner's going to lead a pretty lonely life if he can only go places where there's no potential of him being hit. Colin was enrolled in a preschool that was 1/2 NT and 1/2 SN, and I was excited to send him there. Unfortunately we moved away, and he never got the chance to go there. I think it is great Dinner goes where he does.

More people. Hi Catita!

This whole format has really cut down on my MN time. This is only the 2nd time I've checked it today.

Won't he just? That preschool sounds great, Dooney.

Must be wonderful Catita - the eating out with a baby. Shame about DH not having a hat

Okay let me at your Ex H SB. Seriously he's living in a bubble. In fact just send him here and I'll let him watch my boys at play. Seeing as he's spoken to me and I was plain spoken then lol. GRRRRRRRRRRR. Weather's way too nice here, compared to you and the parents in the UK .

It was beautiful here, too. Over 60. Too bad we were on the go for a lot of the day.

My dd was quite a hitter at nursery, although mostly lovely. ds on the other hand liked to take his shoes off and throw them at people Only staff though, and they only mentioned either thing to us in passing, generally it seemed when the issue had stopped or lessened (ie one of dd's reports said she was getting better at not hitting when she didn't get her own way). I thin it is very normal at this age to lash out when you don't get your own way.

SOOO jealous of all of you saying how lovely it is. sunny here, but -12C (must learn F, although apparently the last really cold day expected - next week might hit +5C!!!!
still, have finally bought myself some uggs & am sitting here with super warm tootsies.

sb - if your ex-h doesn't bother finding out more about a playgroup, he doesn't get to vote on it. a bit like a sun reader thinking they undestand politics, is how i see his reaction (iyswim)

gotta go - about to have a girls lunch at my house - need to do something with the vacuum cleaner first (hide it?)

hi, catita, sorry, didn't mean to ignore you (how rude).

Isn't it bitterly cold, Kickasss? I think you are right about Ex - I'll let him work things out. He's now on his high horse about shouting (me at DS, on occasion )

Hope you had a good lunch.

We went to a lovely spring playdate at the conservatory - they have a spring flower show which is a room packed full of hyacinths. The smell was amazing

And thanks to everyone for the sympathy! Much appreciated.

Can you hook me up with dooneygirl as well please Superbunny?

Have sent you both msgs, Anorak

Hello again.
How's life/dc treating you all today?
I read the same story 10 times to my DS tonight at bedtime. I am sick to the back teeth of the darned thing. But he loves it. Oh to be 13 months old and that easy to please!

They do have an artificial sort of smell about them - they remind me of furniture polish.

Catita, I have been known to hide books after evenings like yours

but why nasal spray? I've never used one so don't know if they smell

Why does nasal spray make you sneeze [puzzled emoticon]??
I'm with SB, I've never used one so am pig ignorant.

Sorry to bore those of you that know this already but when I was shopping today I saw the most vile thing in the freezer in the supermarket. Tubs of beef bile

Weird. We have lots of things on offer here that I haven't seen for a long time (oxtail and beef bones for example) oh and "mature" chicken. I do slightly miss visiting the local chinese/korean supermarket, with it's fish and lobsters in tanks.

Catita, you must have a lot of patience! I think I would have refused after three or four times. However my children are eight and nine now, so if they want to read something more than once, they can do it themselves! I'm enjoying reading them some of my childhood favourites now.

I can't wait to be able to do that Nooka - reading real books will be great.

When we went to Chinatown, they had tanks of live toads I didn't know people ate them.