WEST LONDON MEET-UP THREAD - JANUARY 2007 - from Acton to Sunbury everybody welcome

[MrsBigD]

Time for a new general chat thread

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Why can't we do lunch at Ask (Sorry, it is not Pizza Express, but ASK)?

sulk sulk...

OOhh yes please to lunch at Ask!!!

Uwila please refer to SJ's op "If anyone is interested I could make coffee Friday morning. Daniel has a doctors appt at 8.40 and naps at about 11am so will be available anytime between 9 and 11ish"

t'would seem young Daniel will be napping at lunchtime!

paddle - respect for Pingu! i love pingu tbh and laugh every time!!!!
how are you? yep... money eh?! ok will see what i can do about tomorrow.... god could be good though.. could do cleaning / washing etc and have a proper saturday doing very little. sounds good doesn't it?

ok Sue lets make it 10am, mothercare opens at 9:30 so can pop in there first. Have to pick ds1 and friend from nursery at 12:30 so can't do lunch.

Don't get stroppy with me when I'm sulking, Paddle. I know where you live.

Paddle, I think you need to have words with your dd, she appears to be stalking my ds

Wot? But my DS is stalking Paddle's DD - this is getting to be an intricate web of intrigue...

yeah and respect to Pingu

quokka - that would be great. Now I just have to tell the other half!

Nanou - my dd1 is coming up to 4 so will be starting school in sept. Am still a little unsure about where she is going, and whether we should accept my in-laws offer to pay for private. One part of me thinks great the other part is worried about the repercussions of such an arrangement. Perhaps I am being over sensitve, such an offer is incredibly generous.

hi. t2bg sent you an email . quokka might be in touch later on tonight. not sure about tomorrow... (not feeling comfortable with a lie... )if not tomorrow i may drop off the stuff for sue ; unless it can wait next week. off to see my babe . have a nice evening.

nanou the main reason we bought what we could afford (tiny flat) in a good area was that there would be a good chance the state primary schools would be reasonably good, there is no way we could afford private now. it also means that we are near good secondaries providing dd and prospective other child are clever, otherwise we might be in a better position to go private for secondary - we do plan ahead not keen on messing up her/their education

this parenting thing is hard work

do it, have a mental health day, or just chuck a sickie!!!!!!! No pressure heh

MAn, if someone offered to send my kids to private school I'd jump at the opportunity. But, no such offer is going to come my way. But, they will probably go private for secondary beacuase that whole Tiffin thing is probably a dream.

Something else to consider with private is that they often have better wrap around care than state schools. So if juggling the childcare is an issue, that's worth considering. I read on mumsnet a while ago that you can trade in the nanny and pay for private education and get the same hours of care through before/afterschool clubs for the same price. I was amazed. (I'm not sure if this applies to just one child). But, still, private education for what you are already paying just for childcare.

We'll be going private for primary -- the only state school locally that wouldn't require a Damascene conversion on our part (well, maybe only semi-Damascene as we're not actually out there stoning people) has taken a tumble in results recently and there's a lovely little private pre-prep within walking distance that's a perfect fit for DS's personality. We may have to send him up chimneys at weekends to pay for it, mind...

Well if my inlaws offered to pay for private, I would be weary of "too much involvement" issues. That would be a really tough one!

If we go to Singapore then I want the kids to go to Aussie school, I couldn't believe they have one there! Dh asked what the difference would be, and I said they would play more sport - which he likes.

Pmsl about chimmneys lemonaid, I'm all for child labour its character building!!!!!

OK 10 am at my house or would you prefer M&S. Have to fit my mum in at some point so no lunch (was tempted to say yes to lunch as well!) but how about lunch at Ask on Kew green t 1pm next Friday for anyone who can make it. Daniel should have slept and eaten by then so should be on form for his admirers.

why don't I come to you and we can see if the stairgate fits?

OK see you then

oooh I want to do lunch but can't do next Friday as I have a hospital appointment (cue violins)

Thanks for all the advice. I was swamped at work so I didn't have a chance to get back on MN. Dd was okay all day but her temperature is back up again.

There's no sign of teeth so I hope it's a cold.