West London chat - christmas & beyond

[tillyfernackerpants]

Hi all, can't believe I have to start the new thread

Slng, lol @ ds2!

Sfx, sparkle sounds nice!

I'm having to bribe ds1 to leave the house atm, that can't be right surely

He had his nativity yesterday, all lines remembered though there was a bit of yawning during it

Just wasted the past hour browsing holiday websites ...

DS1's interest is more physics than biology. Tried to explain the first law of thermodynamics unsuccessfully earlier. Though he is quite sick of Newton's laws of motions: yes yes yes it's inertia that made my toy fall off not because mummy is driving like a loon. (Always blame things on immutable laws of physics .)

sfx - where did you go?

very good laws to be teaching now might as well given those early experiences their proper names
we just went to local Pizza Express full of local parents and children

was thinking of going back to France at Easter any recommendations for Brittany?

tilly just catching up with Caprica

give not given

I am horribly competitive (along with the rest of the family) however we have all been taught to be graceful winners as well as losers - unless you're competing with family in which case massive gloating and cackling is allowed

Strangely though I'm not at all competitive on behalf of DS - I want him to be happy. If acheiving success (academically or otherwise) makes him happy then I will try to help him if not then really shan't care.

That he is here, healthy and lovely and mine is more than enough for me

Quite right Kew

When parents push their kids its just coaching them to look more advanced, it doesn't make the child anymore intelligent in the long run whether they can recite their ABCs at 2 or 4 - reading is a taught skill, like driving or any other taught skill, not a sign of intelligence as such

VBUS at your pyjama tale!

We are not even competitive within the family. The competitive gene seems to be missing. But we do quite well without it. Just goes to show competition isn't everything. Perhaps we just have superiority complex. Perhaps everyone around me have been competing like mad and I've just been oblivous.

good morning

Hi all

Yawns all round, DS1 had another nightmare last night. Took DS2 for his MMR today and decided against swine flu jab for both for time being.

Slng - LOL at superiority complex!

MIL is stupidly competitive and forever telling DH & I that DS1 need to be pushed bla bla bla. I'm definitely one for it being child led with the exception of swimming and riding a bike. I think those are two things I think are easier to learn as a child than as an adult so I will keep encouraging him if he refuses to try. Thankfully he now loves swimming and I'll try and get him a bike this summer so we'll see how that goes.

vbus, if you get a bike make sure its quite a light one. We got ds1 last year and its stupidly heavy! He can ride it but when he gets tired and wants to walk, we have to drag it round then...

Ds1 shattered today, he didn't get to sleep till late yesterday, ds2 woke him up at 6.30am and then we've had school & swimming, he's now asleep in the chair

DS was playing on the computer tonight (typing letters and numbers onto a word document - he's easy to amuse!). He typed "e" and said to me "what letter is that mummy?"

Helpful mummy says "It's an "eh" - what word begins with "eh"?"

DS: "Eh-ro plane?"

I couldn't really argue could I

Good morning all!

Blueberry muffins for breakfast! It's all going downhill from here ...

Kew I heard a radio programme once about the most frequent sound in English, which is probably that one, and it's written in about a million different ways. I have a better memory for what I see than what I hear and have always gone for the "whole word" thing rather than phonics, but DS1 has taken to it like a duck to water and reading everything he can see, though he thought "Barons court" was "Born's carrot". DS2 now demands to be taken on the tube to Born's carrot.

hello all

slng/KC I guess it is different for me learning English as a second language when it comes to spelling I generally just say it and get a feel as to it is right or not , of course that is no way to teach anyone

dd often guesses in context what the word might be not bothering to sound it out

child protection training fir parent helpers at school - cheerful subject to start the day

the had parent over for coffee the went running

must find motivation to study then will be baking so if all goes to plan should be a balanced day

Hello, everyone - apologies for being so out out touch lately, have a lot going on. Did you enjoy the night out? Is there a date for a half term meet-up? I would love to catch up if anyone is around. What a lovely day today, we went to Cheeky Monkeys and it was great to be back in Marble Hill park, haven't been for months! Sing, blueberry muffins, what an excellent start to the day, how can it possibly get any better. SFX, sounds like you are having a great, balanced life at the moment, how brilliant. Vbus, hope no more nightmares and plenty of sleep for everyone!

Hello all

What beautiful day

Kew/Slng -

PCW - how are you feeling? will probably start going back to Cheeky Monkeys next term, glad you enjoyed it.

Meet up on 19th feb I think it's still going ahead. Shall we say Kew or did I read that you wanted to host Slng? I can do morning about 10am til lunchtime as DS2 still has a nap in afternoon.

Also got Kew swing leaflet today, I'm tempted but which night to go to....?!

Vbus - feeling ok - thanks Come to Cheeky Monkeys with me sometime - I'd forgotten how good it is - not been for 3 years, lol!! Plus it wasn't too busy AND we got to have a nice walk in Marble Hill Meet-up is in the diary, that will be good.

PCW - yay, you can come to meet up! Would love to go to CM but have a full week with DC's activites/playdates. Next term will drop one of the activites which will free up our Fri mornings

pcw, glad you're better .

I can also do 19th now, esp if its in the morning, be to catch up with everyone

be good to catch up with everyone

the 19th yeah be so nice to see everyone

vbus am tempted to go for Abba again but it is a school night so maybe not it would be better a Friday or Saturday

pcW lovely to hear from you hope things are ok

am baking and trying to catch up with course work while dd plays upstairs at neighbours

Was also considering Swing this year, but doubt if we'll be able to go . Maybe next year, would like to take ds1 too

Tilly - that's great you can come to meet up now

Sfx - how's study going? What did you bake? Enjoy your wkend with family

Will chat to DH about Swing, we can prob only go at wkend, anyway seen Abba plenty of times but would happily watch them again!

Off to meet my new nephew tom in Sussex, he's only 2wks old! Then Dh off to NY on Sun with work

hoep everyone has a nice wkend

I might be around on 19th - what day is it?

vbus, just think of all the lovely things he could get for you to make up for it

Hello!

Kew - 19th is Friday.

Quite like to see the orchids in Kew so meet in Kew fine with us. But if it's pouring with rain I don't mind hosting, if people can get here.

Took down stairgates. Feels really odd now. Had it since we moved in.

Birthday party tomorrow. But can you find a birthday card!? F**king Valentine day cards taken over.