D'ya ever wonder how life still carried on like this?

[Kelly1978]

A new thread!
Especially for throckenholt

I was hoping the original one would go to 1000, but it was gettign a but annoying scrolling all the way done, so come over here instead.

How is everyone coping with the school holidays?

I'm fed up with the rubbish weather, as we're stuck in the house too much. I daren't take them to soft play as it packed during the hols and then I can't watch all four of them. Plus it costs a fortune.
Mine are changing so much. Rav is becoming a right wuss, scared of new places. I suppose it shows awareness, but it is annoying when I've driven miles for a nice day out and he just wants to sit and whine because he is too scared to go on anything! Shay is developing his houdini skills, and now has a tendancy to bolt out of parks so I have to watch him like a hawk. I must dig out the reins before we go on holiday.

Hiya all,
I just can't believe how quickly the time is whizzing by. Seems like just yesterday I was telling DH I must be pregnant and it must be twins and now here I am a few days shy of 30wks. I'm so happy to have got this far.
I'm a born worrier so all the "they'll be early" "you'll have your hands full" comments don't help but everyday gets me that step closer to term.
Last week I had to see the anesthesiologist. She was not happy that I wouldn't agree to have an epidural on immediate admitance to the ward. I said that I wanted to keep my options open.
Did see a really lovely midwife the following day for check up but since at the last two births I'd never seen the midwife present before I don't hold out much hope this time round. She suggested that closer to the time I make an appt with the supervisor of midwives at the hospital to go through my birth plan.
This week I've really noticed a drop in my energy levels. Had to go into London on Monday for eye clinic, never fun with two little uns in tow. On the way home I had to stand all the way for about 90mins. Got home and collapsed in bed.
My SPD is getting worse by the day. On a positive note the local council have acknowledged this and issued me with a free pass which'll help with journeys to hospital/clinic etc. On the downside I have 26 stairs in my house so even simple things are exhausting.
On that note it's 6pm, I've typed another essay and have to trek up the stairs to get the weens off to bed.
Oh but I have to add I'm meeting Mars this weekend and I'm so excited.

look on the positive side - all those stairs will keep you fit - and that will make the birth and recovering from it easier .

I wish. My thighs and bottom will testify that 20 years in this house has done nothing for my fitness levels. LOL

aaaghh Mars, cant believe he told the gym story!! oh well, I can assure you that was the last time I went to the gym as well!

Just cooking a late tea now as DH/HD as he is now known coming home tonight and should be back for 9. Some work friends came round tonight to give me myleaving pressie - £80 of Monsoon vouchers - oooooh I cant wait to spend that (on me, not the baby ha ha) after the baby is born!!

Right - off to spend a bit of time with my bum in the air before DH arrives home - think Mars wore him out so wouldnt want to entice him too much on his first night home!

I think he's rather looking forward to having your bum in the air. lol

Sorry that there is no lemon drizzle cake darling. The kids are on half term and so polished it off pdq! He was lucky to get the two slices he got!

When he comes next time I shall send him back with a care package full of goodies from the Mars household.

He's very tall isn't he? Thank goodness he's not a stick. Just what I like in a man... tall and built! Sigh.......... Ooops! Am I still posting? lol

Thanks for the tidy round FG!

dont be daft - I wasnt expecting any - I just need to check the archives for the recipe so I can try making it myself!

Yes - tall and built - yum. But you should see me - I'm 5 foot 11 in my bare feet and so when I wear heels I am not too far off him! What I am saying is I look like a man. Only joking.

Lemon Drizzle Cake

12oz s/r flour
9oz sugar
9oz butter
4 eggs
3 tsp baking powder
6 tbsp milk
zest of 2 lemons.

Whisk it all up. Pop in large baking tin gas mark 4ish 180 degrees. Bake for about 30-35 mins. When it's done a knife will come out clean and also if you press the top gently it will spring back.

Take the juice of the 2 lemons. Heat for about 20secs in the microwave. Prick the cake with a fork. Pour 3-4 tbsp of lemon juice over the cake. Add icing sugar to taste (thick or thin).

Et voila! Lemon Drizzle Cake (I use a large roasting tin or my large square cake tin - which currently has a chocolate cake that DD1 made in it!)

hello can I join in? FG just wanted to sympathise with the nap thing, my DTs are on/off with the naps, one def needs it the other not so much, never know whether I'll get away with it or not and when they don't have it I miss it soooo much!

Welcome earlysbird!!!!!!!!!! The more the merrier. You know we mums of multiples are lost when it's just one or two... we need many!

So... how old? B/G? Don't worry we won't ask the IVF, twins in family, oh how do you manage questions. lol

Thanks MarsLady! They are non id girls, will be 3 in Dec, not IVF, none in family, yes I was shocked

I have g/b DTs and was also completely shocked. Grandma had 2 sets poor love!

Now as you can see this is a rather long thread that continues on from another rather long thread.

Pitch in as and when. We are one big multiple family here. Oh and when you see Triplets (on her sunshine break in Florida) she really does have triplets. And we all bow before her inferior knowledge! lol

I have a friend with 2 sets of DTs under 4 both B/G pairs

couldn't do it myself, stinking with the 2 little lovelies I've got and as for triplets, OMG!

oops spot the freudian typo!!!!! should read stiCking, honest!

of course it should lol

I have nothing but admiration for your friend and the number of a good shrink! lol

'we all bow before her inferior knowledge' - is that a fraudian slip too marsy!

I'm having trouble keeping up with this thread now, but its great to see it so busy. Welcome earlybird.

My dts are driving me up the wall, well more dt2. He is a menace, and now can escape from his playpen so I get no respite. He is breaking everything in sight, and I don't know what to do with him.

Feeling a bit low, so many appointments, all getting on top of me a bit. Diary is sooo full. Plus ss seem determined to contact my (violent) xp and let him know what is going on, I have a thread in other subjects somewhere. Had a paed visit today, was hoping to get ds1 signed off and stick to one paed, but no such luck - they want the results of the eeg that I can't physically get to first.

I'm working on geting to the xmas meet up, trying out some childcare options - I really need a night out!

No freudian slip babe! Perfectly calculated! I say it all the time. The problem with type is that people "see" it, when I say it they don't always "hear" it. lol

Just noticed the newest xmas meetup thread, looks pretty full at your place mars! I might try quootie, see if she is up for it still and we can travel together or I will have to give it a miss.

Kelly, as I dragged my sorry head into bed I was just thinking you hadn't posted here in a few days....and that it seems when you are not posting you are having a difficult time (opposite of me who posts like mad when times are tough). Then, voila, this morning your post. WHAT ON EARTH TIME OF NIGHT IS THAT TO BE ON MN!!!! You have too much going on not to be sleeping my love!!

And enough of the telling off . I've not seen your other thread honey so will try to seek it out today and catch up with where you are. I'm sorry things are still tough. I know I've asked and I can't remember your answer - is there no Sure Start/Home Start in your area? In our area (chosen) mums can drop off their little ones (birth to school age) each day 9-12 and I was thinking how much of a help that would be to you. You need it every day atm to make a difference, otherwise you will just go round in circles.

Hi earlysbird and welcome! As Mars says, more the merrier. I still take my nap in the day, that still counts yeah?

Sore head still sore . DP says it is/was probably a migraine. I discounted that because it wasn't like the ones he used to suffer from (his were severe) but he says they can all be different. It is better today but still in my temples and I feel washed out.

Two worthy points: (keeping in mind I'm crap at cooking and pc stuff)

1. I managed to do a link the other day - YAHOO!
2. I baked a sponge cake yesterday with butter icing and fresh strawberries and it tasted nice and I had a sore head and 3 kids in the kitchen with me and I survived.

ooh well done fg! send a bit of cake for me please

I'm on the waiting list for a volunteer from home start, I've been told it'll probably be around christmas that I get one.

the dts are driving me crazy. They can escape their cots, their highchairs, their buggies. I can't contain them at all, they are running riot. They are really destructive and I don't know what to do with them. I spent this morning rearranging upstairs, moving their chest of drawers out of their room (since they get out of their cots and empty it) and putting a gate on their door. Got it all tidy and nice and shay vaulted the gate! When they have their nap I have to mvoe the desk out of the lounge, since they keep climbing on that too. Maybe I should just throw everything out and sit on the floor with them and their toys

kelly .... stop tidying! Just let it go. Soon they'll find something else to destroy

(Would the mums pregnant with twins please look away now!)

The wee buggers will soon find all sorts of other mischief to get up to. No point in driving yourself mad tidying up. I used to (and still do) throw things in boxes at the end of the day so that I could have a glass of wine and celebrate surviving another day.

Kelly, I understand, I understand, the mess, the mess........

I work it by shutting doors so they play in one place at a time. Mine play in the room we're in together and we tidy up before we leave it but it doesn't always work that way. I'm usually left tidying the kitchen while they create merry madness in my room as the baths begin. My DTs each have a faourite teddy that is glued on. I yell "TIDY UP TIME" and no one gets their favourite teddy until we are working as a team. Admittedly, its only started working properly since they hit 2.

I think the phrase is "contained chaos" - you have to accept it will not be tidy - but try and contain it so that you can make a reasonable attempt at tidy in the mad tidy up before bedtime.

That is what we do - not sure it is the best approach though - my lot seem to leave a trail of devestation behind them - and produce a ranting mother just after tea and before bedtime.

it will be tidy
it will be tidy
it will be tidy!!

I thought I would raise up the stairgate a bit, so they couldn't climb over, the little houdinis squeezed under it - a 4 or 5 " gap!
It wouldn't be so bad if it was contained mess. Shutting doors wont help, they open them, and one gets into mischief, then while I clear up the soggy loo roll/pen pot upturned/toothpaste/pasta all over the kitchen the second one is getting up to something. So it is an endless cycle.
I've lowered the gate a bit and can hear indignant wails coming from upstairs so fingers crossed. It is 2 hours past nap time and they still haven't slept.
At this rate the only soluton will be locks on all the doors, but I can hardly lock them in their bedroom come sleep time.