WEST LONDONTHREAD - JULY/AUG 2007 (when we finally get a summer?)

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Just thought I would get this up and running before the old one is full.

SJ i don't know just how religious your friends are but some people really do object to fairy tales, anything implying magic etc.

ros - yes pools are nice i take dd there at least everyother week and that is where i was thinking of doing the classes.

COV - funny about ds.

we just don't do pets dh and I. am thinking of ways of fobbing off dd for when the inevitable
'oh please please can i have a kitten/puppy whatever smelly bothersome creature'

think we will give her a sibbling instead

LOL sfx. Mind you I sometimes think pets are easier .

But sfx, surely a sibling can be a smelly bothersome creature also?

SJ, ds is 18 months, I've just replied to your email so hopefully see you this afternoon.

are you calling my child smelly?
yes well well i am in that self deluded glow 'oh lets make a baby it will be lovely'

have fun today and at mellows tomorrow.
dh just went to pick up guests from station.

will have the house full of american accents, wonder if dd will correct them

SFX - parents are pretty religious so I guess I should play it safe and stick with the bible option (and/or cufflinks!)

there is lot of tack about but when dd was born we got lots of dh's christening presents which his mum had kept, really nice stuff.

CoV, that's funny. My DS started to interact with our cats, well mostly by calling them naughty when they play-fight.

sfx: if it's kids bed you need we have two 'blow up' beds. Does that help?

Whilst on the subject: we are changing to bunk beds: a combination of ds growing spurt and us getting fed up with 4 in a bed so getting an adult sized alternative!.
So does anyone want to buy a cot bed (you know - a bed that's first a cot then a bed) and/ or a kids bed?

I'm rubbish at this. I'd never make an advertisment person!

Hope everyone is enjoying the sunshine.

Oh - SJ -don't do Bible as christening present. From bitter experience you'll find that the por baby has got half a dozen. Anyway traditionally it's supposed to be the grandparents who buy the baby the first bible.

Hope Im not too late!!

You'll have no probs getting parking round here Ros.

I've got to dash to Tesco in a bit but will be back by shortly b4 4.

Where's QC hiding?

Do you like the new fridge, CoV?

Something like an animal encyclopaedia is good. DS got one at his naming ceremony -- admittedly he didn't really get into it until about 18 months but he loves it now. And there's nothing religiously objectionable in it, I think. Or a book about trains. Or if you want to stick with religious, perhaps a nice illustrated story about Noah or something (they must do those, surely?).

oh yes lemonaid (hi and congrats!!) my dd1 (aged 9yrs) had a Noah book for her Christening present and loves reading it still. ds got loads of silver boxes and photo frames but the nicest present was a personalised blanket with his name and dob on it. He didn't get any books though

Hi everyone else - have been so so busy at work (working late) and SJ99.

Hi guys
I'm in a bit of a quandry.
I'm looking for a nanny share/ childminder for wednesday afternoons. For one child, possibly two (there is teh possibility of ds going to after school club until 4.30 which works well).
Does anyone know anyone who can share a nanny for half a day? Or a nursery that will take one child for half a day?

help!!!!

LOL, sushi, it is lovely. Luckily it has a child lock on the ice and water facility otherwise dd would be constantly eating ice cubes (that is until she figures out how to unlock it. I have just spent the last ten minutes going up and down the stairs to the garage to move all the food from the old fridge to the new one (that is my excercise for the day). I now have excessive fridge/freezer capacity, (we have a chest freezer and the old integrated fridge/freezer in the garage and this new huge american one) and can probably get away with going shopping every 6 months or so .

Erm, I just found out from dh, that the only PS2 game that is suitable for ds1 is a football game. Is that okay?

Mellow - ooh yes he lurves footie

Sorry we missed you earlier, we ended up in North Sheen rec instead which was nice and I picked my car up at 5pm, took it for a wash for a treat and a drink of petrol.

Hope everyone is having a nice time at 2cutes

Foxie,
That's great.

Sushi,
I'll check with dh. He might need to stay home to set up the PS2 as I have no clue about how it works.

Ros - tah, I think dh goes through patches of complete regret and then elation! He will reach NY tomorrow!

Kew - don't think you said anything naughty!

Went to the Diana memorial children's park today and was pretty impressed, they had a children's entertainer there and it was all free!!! Well worth a visit.

quick hello before going to make something to eat...

Upside down day - didnt arrange to meet Foxinsocks, mellow, Ros in Kew but did. Did plan to go to 2cutes but DS slept until 4 so no time before bring him back for tea. WOuld normally have given him tea on the hoof, but FinS and her DC's fed him so much for elenses that he didn't eat any lunch Very pretty DD btw FinS.

and DS bit Ros's friedns DS (and was lovely about it to add to my )

Kew - wanna lift on sat morning? I will endeavour to pick you up about 10.30am...

Advice needed re expressing at work (you are excused Kew )

mumsnet.com/Talk?rn=35322&topicid=1364&threadid=369247&redir=35322

That's kids for ya QC! As he's now a toddler, welcome to Upside Down World!

Lovely meeting you SJ and catching up with you Rosmerta

Read your thread foxi but sorry I don't know what your rights are. See if a google search comes up with anything helpful