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Sokmonsta · 14/08/2013 06:58

Morning! Since its a sunny day here I thought I'd say sunny hellos. Unless of course anyone else has beat me to it and I've missed the new thread.

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MultipleMama · 03/09/2013 04:32

Stuffed with food and milk and now passed out on the bed. Mission: Twins to nap is a success. Now, I think I'll nap on the sofa after I finish my peaches on toast! :)

Chopstheduck · 03/09/2013 07:00

Morning girls x

Trips that sounds idyllic! Glad you had a better day x

Hope Tom's first day was great, shabs.

Happy birthday Kvothe!! Cake

The twins go back to school today!

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shabbatheGreek · 03/09/2013 08:11

Morning girls xx

Tom loved his first day of college - my purse didn't Hmm

MultipleMama · 03/09/2013 20:37

Decided to put K in school and take him out when they Christmas break rather than have him home until August. Less stress on me and will help him socialise. He already has the school place (Back up plan) so tomorrow will be his first day in big school. I don't like it, ladies! I want my baby back haha.

Hope you all had a great day.

triplets · 03/09/2013 23:58

Hope K had a lovely day :)

So Shabs, are you warning me of things to come x`s 3???

Back home, really didn`t want to leave this morning, sun was so hot, had b/fst watching all the boats going in and out, fed the swans/ducks/geese/kids etc :o

Now I am soooooooooo looking forward to tomorrow, Canterbury Hospital at 10.45am for oral surgery, on hour in the chair...........soup and grapes welcome.................aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

MultipleMama · 04/09/2013 00:29

Trips - Glad you enjoyed yourself. Hope all goes smoothly tomorrow :) K had a great day according to his gibberish skype chat. He spent the day in Germany and was spoilt rotten; I also have presents to be shipped home for him and twins. Seems he didn't miss me at all :(

Twins are fed and fighting sleep hopefully they'll fall asleep within the next 10 minutes!

shabbatheGreek · 04/09/2013 07:39

Morning girls xx

Hope today goes well for you Trips. Tom could walk to college - would take him about 30 minutes. I researched into bursarys for help with travel. Right at the bottom of the list for students who can get help it clearly states that if parents are on benefits (which we sadly are) they will pay for one of the weekly bus tickets. On Monday I had to buy him one because he has to apply directly to college for the bursary.

He went to apply yesterday and they hummed and aaaahed and said 'I cant see anywhere in the list where it says help if parents are on benefits!!! Of course Tom has no idea!!! So, another phone call today when they will say 'the student has to apply thereselves!!!'

triplets · 04/09/2013 17:46

Oh I am sore..............8 stitches and lots of blood!! Nothing hot or very cold, soft foods, no alcohol for 48 hours, no rinsing for 24 hours................mouth feels disgusting! Oh woe is me...........

shabbatheGreek · 04/09/2013 18:46

Oh my Gawd Trips that sounds awful. Hope you soon feel much better xxx

triplets · 04/09/2013 22:10

Still had to cook the dinner, not an ounce of empathy here, should I have expected anything different? It is sore, mouth tastes disgusting. Just dosed up for the night with antibiotics and paracetamol, first morning I have to set my clock, 6.30am! They are going to find it so hard to get up! Night night everyone xx

shabbatheGreek · 04/09/2013 22:41

Night Trips - hope you get a decent sleep. Tom has to be up at 7 and out of the door no later than quarter to 8 - he found it hard the first couple of days. xxx

shabbatheGreek · 05/09/2013 06:45

Morning girls xx

MultipleMama · 05/09/2013 07:03

Morning ladies xx

Chopstheduck · 05/09/2013 07:05

morning girls x

hope you slept well Trips, and your mouth is feeling a little better today. Oral surgery is horrible. I wouldn't have made dinner!

Jack starts senior school today! He looks far too small to be in that blazer! He is tall but very very skinny due to hms, and so to get the length right, it jsut hangs off him! He is very excited though, really looking forward to starting and I think it will do him a lot of good.

dd isn;t back until tomorrow, then I will finally have them all back in school!

MultipleMama · 05/09/2013 07:17

K had his first day at school yesterday. I don't know how you ladies do it! DH sent me a picture of him in his uniform and I cried! Why do they have to grow so fast?

Hope Jack has a great day!

Chopstheduck · 05/09/2013 07:26

the twins are very hot blooded and never seem to need jumpers, but both have jumpers on this morning. Told ravi it is going to be another hot day, does he really need it? He told me, Yes, he needs it for a goalpost!! Boys! Grin

shabbatheGreek · 05/09/2013 08:46

We have always received child tax credit.....every Thursday, regular as clockwork. None in today!!! I rang in July to tell them he was going to college and they assured me that my payments would continue. Just stood looking at the ATM machine!!

Just rang them - waited for 20 minutes to speak to someone....she said 'the first week they are always a day late and then they revert to the normal payment date.' Well yes thats brilliant and I am grateful, but would have liked a small warning!!

Not a great start to the day. ANYWAY.......how are you feeling this morning Trips? I would imagine worse than yesterday but I hope you are soon 'back up and running.' xxx

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MultipleMama · 05/09/2013 17:32

Evening, ladies. How're you feeling Trips? Hope the kids enjoyed school/college!

Twins are passed out have been since 5.30pm, just dream fed them so hopefully they'll sleep longer.

It's supposed to rain today. I hope so, I want to sit on the balcony and watch it. Really starting to miss home although I love the quality time with my brother.

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triplets · 05/09/2013 23:16

Hi ladies.............well woke up this morning looking like I had done 5 rounds with Mike Tyson!! Face very puffy, still sore but its stopped bleeding. Had a lovely surprise today though, beautiful bouquet of rose delivered from the owner of the house we have just rented. Said she was so sorry about the key etc, it was me who broke the loo seat!! Good PR!! Well boys said their first day back under the new regime (schools merged) was good, much better...................madam said they have ruined everything and made her take her rubber bracelet off :o

shabbatheGreek · 06/09/2013 06:40

Morning girls xx

Chopstheduck · 06/09/2013 09:22

morning girls x

At least it has stopped bleeding, it must be on the mend, trips. The flowers were a lovely gesture! We had that problem once actually, very late on Xmas day when we arrived in Florida after a very long flight with stopover, with very tired and grumpy 2yo twins! We just got grumbled at!

Soks, Jack has always fallen over a lot, and never really blinked at it. Once he fell out of the top bunk aged around 3ish - after the safety side came undone and swung out. He was black and blue down one side, but he had just picked himself up and gone back to bed! I was horrified at the state of him in the morning. He just falls randomly too, from sitting or standing when his joints give way - just sort of crumples. He was tested for epilepsy after the HT at his infant school witnessed that, but was clear. I think though with the low muscle tone and hms, he has pretty slow reflexes. He doesn't put his hands out to break his fall, but he doesn't tense up neither, so doesn't seem to hurt himself very often! I do have to be careful when he is getting out of the car if he is tired, I've opened the door a few times and he just falls out! Tho that halts the glares for parking in a disabled bay! Grin

bubby64 · 06/09/2013 09:22

Morning All
Trips- hope your mouth s feeling better, I broke s tooth mysrlf Tuesday night and do had emergency dentist visit Wednesday, but nothing like you are going through. Glad the school merger seems to have worked, despite DDs "terrible"Wink experienceGrin Grin
Shabs- Glad Tom was ok, hope they sort the money out soon.
Chops - Great pic of your DSin his new uniform, very smart too!
Soks - I used to be an assistant leader with Beavers, loved it, but, boy, were they noisy!!
Mama - glad you are resting, and, yes, I cried copious amounts when my 2 first started school, now I'm just relived when they start back!!
Well, fire clean-up is well under way, our loss adjuster came out Monday and ok' ed everything, including paying a firm to clear the mess up (£2000 just for that!). He has agreed to new fencing, new sheds and greenhouse, new oiltank and lines, new upvc conservatory (dwarf wall etc ok, but 2 sides and roof melted) new windows and french doors to rear of the house, and we have been compiling a list of shed contents, including 4 bikes, weight lifting gear, all garden tools and machinary, all of DHs workshop tools (lots of those!) It looks like the claim could add up as over £20, 000, thank God for insurance!
Boys back at school (comment yesterday of "its horrible mum, they have given us a homework schedual we have to stick too!" Homework adds up to 6+ hrs a week!).
I have God mothers funeral today, so better get cracking.