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LaVitaBellissima ·
01/11/2013 21:26
MM Welcome back, I sooooo need to hear more about the AP and neon thongs! We had Au Pairs growing up, which bar one I totally loved, especially Aina, our Norwegian one who used to be a plumber. I have o say since the twins I mostly sport granny pants, I think my thong days may be over 
The girls turn 3 on Monday, I can't believe it's gone so fast! They are still total nightmares and I have only just potty trained them this half term. Mainly me really, as I still can't drive (5 failed tests so far, all with 4/5 minors but 1 major 
) it always seems a bit scary going out with them not in nappy s but we have been fine! 
Still landing on getting married next year, still doing my S&D which is great this time of year and am now doing some part time spy work mystery shopping
How is everyone else?
Tarti do you have stockings or sacks for Christmas? I think this is the first year the girls will really grasp it, I like the GLTC sacks, I've bought a couple of DVDs, some pj's, some wooden toys so far.
I bought the girls a Big (Tom Hanks) floor piano for their birthday from John Lewis and lots of individual bits, craft stuff, books. We are going to the farm on Sunday with a few friends, so tomorrow I will be making 2 birthday cakes!
Come back everyone, miss you 
tartiflette ·
02/11/2013 10:54
Sporting my best granny pants as I write
Yes need to know more about the ap. I was one for a year in Paris before going to university, it was such a cushy number I had one 8yr old to look after and that was it! I did have to iron the Dad's underpants though and they were quite an odd family, wasn't the best year of my life although quite an experience! Gosh you've got me thinking now, I wonder if I should look into having one.
LVB well done on the potty training. We STILL have a reward chart as R particularly is prone to accidents A YEAR ON. It drives me absolutely mad. They are now both dry at night though (mostly) so pleased about that.
Happy Birthday to F & V!
Have stockings. So far got hat scarf gloves combos, skipping ropes, ballerina stickers, little erasable screen drawing things (£1). Prob enough really with the obligatory new toothbrush and choc coins ...
Have bought them Corolle dolls (lovely, I want one) and not going to get much else as we are PENNILESS. I've decided for the time being to carry on with the status quo - ie them in preschool 3 hrs each morning and me at home and just using that time to crack on with the endless house jobs. We've had a new roof and gutters, our bedroom and kitchen replastered, new carpets upstairs, blinds for our room etc etc so lots of ongoing decorating for me and we have absolutely no more £££! Part of me knows I should get a job but am actually starting to enjoy looking after them myself (ha - it's only taken 3.5 years
) and I think it's doing them good, plus they're loving preschool so I'm not keen on uprooting them to a nursery. Could def look into an au pair though....
Sorry v rambly. Great to have you back MM. Your new job sounds fab from what I can gather (posh dinners!). Boys and C delicious.
Reading 21st Century girls at the moment, anyone read it? Only just started it.
misreadings ·
04/11/2013 10:43
Briefly showing my face girls - thanks for the nudge LVB :)
Lovely to see MM back, wow, DD nearly 5 - can't believe it. Also can't believe that when we all started our twins all seemed quite different ages but of course the older the get, the more they all get lumped in together, esp as a lot of them will be starting school at the same time.
Sept 2014 anyone?!! I haven't even been to look at a school yet, head in sand......
AtLongLast ·
07/11/2013 22:41
Yoo hoo
Ooh, au pairs - we were wondering about that a while back. I used to have lodgers here pre-children though and going back to having other people living here doesn't really appeal. That could change when things get complicated trying to fit school stuff / nursery runs in.
Sept 2014 for us too . We've not been to visit but the closest to us seems OK, has decent wraparound care and will just be the most straightforward . I don't really know too much about our 2nd choice other than what the Ofsted report says but I think we're quite lucky that our two most local schools seem OK and aren't oversubscribed (yet...!). It helps that there is a huge scramble to get into the numerous grade 1 faith schools and we have a decent selection of independents too, neither of which we are interested in.
Manic week at work over. Two bottles of wine last night - sure that's a first since children. Chocolate overload tonight & we're off to Blackpool for the weekend & so looking forward to it! Have another round of chesty coughs though & poor Will has been poorly this week so just hoping he's OK / doesn't spread the joy.
We've done a little Xmas shopping. The train set (Ikea / brio) has been hugely popular recently so we've bought more stuff for that (track set / train / station). Pirates are a big theme so we've asked my parents for a pirate ship and a Tonka truck definitely no gender stereotyping here & we will probably ask for a shopping trolley because we've just had to chuck the worn out one they had. I think that's probably about it but we're still debating whether to get a second tablet because can never get on the bloody thing for the kids.
I hope F & V had a great bday LVB. C is 2 on Monday - eek, where has my baby gone??
AtLongLast ·
16/11/2013 23:24
Congratulations LVB! No stopping you now
Wow, our boys are desperate to go to school Kate. I think they believe we're too poor as they're manically saving any pennies they find. They are also making sure they eat plenty so they're big enough to go soon... The only M&D we've have is the 'cuttable' wooden birthday cake that comes with fruit / candle decorations. They love it & we bought it for a friend too.
We need to do the instructing others what to buy too so the few ideas I did have have been passed on. I was looking forward to buying C her first swimming costume (she's worn boys' old swim nappies til now) but Mum now has that honour. Boys are loving anything pirate / monster / role play so have asked for a pirate ship for one & Tonka truck for other.
We decided we'll probably by a globe of some sort for J as he's massively into the solar system / Planet Earth atm & trying to work out how it all works. He's been checking my map app to see where in the world is sleeping / awake & volcanoes have been a bit of an obsession. For W we already have some extension train track stuff.
Still undecided for C. Poor child had a duvet / pillowcase from us for her bday. I even forgot to get a pillow so just did that today & she snuggled up in bed tonight. She usually screams at the mere suggestion of any sort of covering so hoping this will do the trick.
I actually feel fairly well organised but mostly because we're going up to see family next weekend & it seems swapping of pressies will happen then
KateShmate ·
10/12/2013 20:40
Oooh cerub thank you for the Amazon link - just ordered some of those Princess stamp sets - total bargain!
Toy Garage sounds brilliant for your 2 - they play with things like that for hours too. I found that my DD's didn't just stop at cars, they'd take little figurines on there and turn it into a castle too!
I totally understand what you mean about buying things that you always wanted - I constantly do it! DD1 wants some silly things this year that I know will be rubbish, but I remember my mum always telling me that things would be rubbish and never buying them - I never believed her! Other than M&D, DD's are obsessed with Despicable Me - we've got fluffy unicorns galore this year!
I wouldn't worry about cots and potty training, you've still got a good few months yet :) Enjoy Christmas and think about those darn things afterwards ;)
Hate to be in agreement with your mum, but I often used single duvet and just tucked them under the mattress - normally do this in winter especially as you can keep them warm. Cot bed duvets always seem to untuck themselves. Sorry!
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