Meet-ups: WEST LONDON MEET-UP THREAD - July 2007 - from Acton to Sunbury everybody welcome

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Brand new thread for July.

Morning all and hello to newbies. Welcome!

The Kew music festival sounds fab. If the weather is nice, we'd love to come!

As for the meet up on 11 Aug, I still can't decide. It's all up to DH who is not too well lately, well, GP said it'd take 6 months to get completely over glandular fever so he's still a bit weak. Can I decide nearer the time? If I come, I'd bring some sushi (DIY tho).

Kew is that Music Village? I used to volunteer for them They're fab - will deffo be up for that one!!

Starry - Chinese Dragons Club is the one they are offering at DS1's school too He already does Spanish but that is free - kindly offered by two teachers as a free add on We've expressed an interest in the Dragons Club. So you don't rate it much?

Mellow - its a private after school club and voluntary.

Starry do your school do the Mad Science Club too? DS1 loves that one!!

Kew - I might be up for Saturday and would be aiming to get VERY drunk!

DS2 is feeding for Britain atm and woke me 5 or 6 times last night - I am so tired I have double vision. I've put DD in nursery all day so I can get a nap later... if DS2 lets me

Foxcub, how old is your DS1? I think what they get out of it is highly age related. My boy is five, and in reception, so not yet a confident reader. They get sheets with vocubulary they work on each week, but as he cant read it is not that relevant to him. I see no point in confusing him by using these sheets as reading exercises as he wouldnt recognise the words anyway, and he is already bilingual and has french in school.

Starry - DS1 is just 7. He's been doing Spanish for two years now and TBH I think you are right, as he has only really started to get a grasp of it in the last few months. He wants to do the Dragons Club, but I suspect he's attracted by the name of it more than anything!

He's allowed 3 after school clubs, so if he chooses Mandarin, he'll need to srop something else. Although I understand why Manadarin is so important, I like the Spanish as well as it too is widely spoken and probably a bit easier for him, being latin based.

DD1 does french at nursery. even though i am sure she isn't going to gain massively from this (at 3 years old!), what it has done is make her confident saying foreign words and happy to do so. on holiday in spain she was saying ola, gracias, por favor in restaurants etc. Hopefully when she does come to learn another language she'll be interested, motivated and confident enough to go for it, and not embarassed to have a go.

hello all

kew -sorry did not see your post until now, i know it will be open late this friday for a friends picnic as we were planning to go, but the weather is not promising.
not sure about the weekend

absolutely in favour of languages from very young there are many advantages to speaking more than one language development wise not just because it will be useful in the future

I heard from Nanou, who is not a happy camper. So, everyone e-mail her a cyber hug. She is having a rough time at work and a bit stressed about pending move to Switzerland.

Wish I could give up work and run off to Switzerland.

She said she could do a going away party on 7 or 8 Sept. Actually she said she was bad company and we wouldn't want to be around her, to which I replied "Rubbish!! We are your frineds. You need a night out."

oh and Faylisa, re marble hill - we go sometimes. not sure what time it starts as we don't get there til 2ish, but i think it is 1!

both my 3yo and 19m old love it. giant sandpit, lots of toys. rabbit/tortoise to have a gawp at etc etc.

Poor nanou - will e-mail her mega hugs

Ele _ I could do 7 Sept, but not 8th as that is Monti's baptism date!

{{{{{{{{{{{{Nanou}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}

I need to put out an alert to find a buyer who's promised to get back to me about my baby hammock.

What's the best category on MN to do that?

Kew - how did you find out about the Music Festival on 18/19 August - I haven't seen it publicised anywhere!!

I just know these things foxie

In RL I am known in my company as The Woman Who Knows Everthing [mysterious emoticon] off to IOW now.

Cheerio...

Oh no! I've been left dangling in suspense!!!!

I could swap the do at my place to the 7th/8th if that is any better.

evening all,

Kew, have you thought any more about tumble tots for ds? Have decided that its definitely worth the money, ds slept for 3hrs this afternoon , which gave me enough time to finish the book for my book group tonight!

which tt do you go to?
i've been looking at the little gym in hampton hill but it is sooo expensive, esp when both want to do a class.

I go to chiswick which is £8.50 per class

oh, a bit too far for us.
The Little Gym you have to pay for the term, on top of annual membership of £40 - it works out about £17 a go

Ours is £20 annual membership then you pay for the term as well. But I only have one ds and although I think there is a discount for siblings it still adds up doesn't it?

evening all
how you diddling?

welcome, cesca. i've got ds1,7, ds2, 6, and dd, 2

starry -might have seen you rushing around mortlake/east sheen then..

foxie - thank the lord they break-up tomorrow. got end-of-term-itis and i've been a complete divvy this week - losing things, locking myself out, deleting (accidentally, nay, divvily) a load of work from my computer . guess what i should be doing now...

i'd be on for a picnic next thurs

kew - too late, but have a fab weekend on the island. the music village is fabarooney, but will be on hols i think
toodlepip

Everyone please go vote on availability for new dates for Nanou's leaving do at COV's house.

Nanou's Leaving do

QC,

You are the 'woman who knows everything'. I'm going to persuade dh to attend the music festival.

Steppie,
Do you work for a newspaper? I'm sending my press releases to all media organisations I can think of and I was wondering if you have someone who covers green issues at your workplace that I could send the release to.

very excited toddler jumpimg up&down by window

thunder thunder lightning!