Anyone in or near Chelmsford?!

[michaelad]

Hi there,
I am a 37yr old mum of two boys (4 and 21 months) near Chelmsford. I'd love to meet some other mums for coffee and a chat!
Anyone out there?

miss my fabulous inlaws and wonderful friends that I made when I lived in the UK but youa re right Aus beats the UK hands down for lifestyle - well we think anyway.

Yeah but i dont belive you - i think we should swap homes for 6 mths or so - just to be sure

Me again..right, gonna be brave now and just ask..what are you up to this Thursday? Fancy meeting up in Chelmsford for a coffee anyone?

Hello ladies

Still here, i lurk on the sleep boards mostly because that is my obsession. DD is 6 months and an increadible non sleeper so I'm always looking for people who are worse off than me to make myself feel better!

Can't make Thur affraid Michaelad, my sister is down for a couple of days.

BTW, what is housework I used to be obsessive about cleaning and I love it (!) but with a 6 monther who doesn't sleep I don't get a chance. LOL

Hey ginger!Great to see you're back!

Are you glad to be moving back to London in August? I miss it sometimes (see earlier msg.) but then whenever I have to go into London I am glad to be back in my village at the end of the day. Everybody seems to be permanently in a hurry in Central London

Did I say I was moving to London? Must be my sleep lacking brain. No I'm returning to work in August (I work in Paddington) Not particularly happy about the commute, have worked in London for 10 years now and never liked the commute but now I have a little baby I'm worried about being away for such long days. Still, doesn't seem to be much work locally.

It was probably just me not reading your post properly. Friend of mine has the same problem. She works in London, hates the commute and feels permanently guilty about not being able to spend time with her children. Slightly different here. I never even managed to start working in the UK before I fell pregnant with ds1. So for the last 5 yrs I have done "nothing but raise children" and I am starting to seriously envy anyone with a daytime job to go to

Absolutely, working will be a breeze in comparison!

MagicalMay, still out there? You free on Thursday?

Hey hey
sorry michaelad been out and about - not really been on here.
I feel bad but im really busy this Thursday soz.

I went to Marsh Farm on Sunday......Its gr8 there. DD loved it It was so windy so didnt really get to enjoy it much myself. Cant wait to go back on a normal day. I saw most of it with my hair over my eyes hehe.

Well its ment to be snowing tonight ................ i'll belive it when i see it eh.

Hiya, good to hear that you enjoyed yourself at Marsh Farm. I was pretty sure you'd like it! So, have you decided whether you're going to do dd's birthday there? Gets even better when the sun's out and everybody's taking their picnics with them. Another great place is Hever Castle! My sons love it there. Don't worry about Thurday! We'll just keep messaging and one day we'll all meet up

Hever Castle Where is that?
Yep I've temp booked the Marsh farm party We're going back this weekend to have another look and pay to confirm

Do yous have any plans for the weekend?
Im going to stay at mums this weekend, if the weather turns good again we're going to do some gardening - DD loves gardening .... well she loves tiping soil everywhere hehe Also prob go swimming

Hever Castle is near Edenbridge in Kent. Click \link{http://www.hever-castle.co.uk/here}. Pushchairs not allowed into the castle. But the grounds are well worth it..great for picnics etc. and they even have a watermaze.

hi magicalmay i live in woodham ferrers and ive had a party for my 9 yr old dd at marsh farm a couple of yrs ago and all the kids really enjoyed it, its been the most memorible party we`ve had so far and we enjoyed it so much ive just put a deposit on another party there for my 5 yr old dd, great value for money 2 cause they do and supply every thing apart from the cake

hiya sorry i didn`t even introduce myself before just gatecrashed your thead im jo by the way im 28 i have 4 dds 10yrs 9 yrs 4 yrs and 2 yrs and i live in woodham ferrers (not far from chelmsford)

Hi Jo! Blimey, 4 kids!

How is it with four children? I've only got 2 and struggle to imagine what it would be like

hiya it can be pretty noisy at times like the easter hols are gonna be but it`ll be fun, never a dull moment the oldest 3 are full time at school so i only have my youngest frankie at home and she goes to playgroup 2 mornings still not enough hours in the day though but thats probably cause im on mn to much

Hello mygirlsmum

I cant wait for her party, i just know its going to be great, its great to hear you liked it to.

4 kids .... are you mad?

michaelad do they have a holding place for the pushchairs at Hever Castle?

Not sure if im online this weekend - I hope you all have a great weekend

Hmmh..can't really remember whether they do. We went down with several people, so someone always stayed behind and looked after kids and clobber while others went into the castle!
Definitely do let me know whether your ds party was a success..might look into it myself at some point.
Hope you all have a good weekend too. Not much happening here. Christening to go to tomorrow so that should be interesting!

Well i paid depo on DD's Party I cant wait All i need to do is make (well buy but pretend i made) the cake
So what severyone been up to?
Ive been erm erm erm Shopping (no no only boaring food shopping) See'ing parents but mainly falling deeper in love with DD
Oh i cant help it, she's sooooooooooo lovely / cute / georg.
michaelad how was the Christening? I love the outfits - the girls look like mini wedding dresses, soo cute
Well i think its late enough - should really think about going to bed now

Hi May, the christening went really well. Our two boys looked cute in formal shirts and had great fun playing with all the other kids! How much does Marsh farm charge for the party package and what's included?

Oh im sooooo excited
£12.50p per child - min 10 children max 30.
Birthday Child 0-4 one adult free with each child, 5+ six adults free.
Extra adult £5.40p, Concessions £3.87p
Includes; Invitations, Fully supervised guided tour with hands on contact with our animals, Animal Feed, Party Bags (individually designed for each child), Souvenir Photograph & Helium Balloon for the Birthday child, Picnic Box Party Food (inc at least a drink, sandwich, crisps, yoghurt, chocolate biscuit & an apple)
Available at wkends from Feb - Oct.
So all i need to do is bring a Cake & Camera

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