Tea Room The 24th - San Francisco Painted Lady!

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Welcome to the 24th incarnation of the One-Child Tea Room. Not that you only have to have one! Just so long as you enjoy chat, tea, coffee, cake!!

The usual rules apply - no bunfighting. If you like that sort of thing, go elsewhere.
Other rules: bring . Or .

Our ongoing voyage take us to one of San Francisco's Painted Ladies!

We've brought the Aga over, it's in the back in the cosy kitchen overlooking the back garden. The chintz sofa is in the front room, under the bow window! All of the pillows and duvets have come along as well!

What's that? The Priest Hole? It's just over there --> behind the bookcase!

Mellors is upstairs, preparing the bedrooms for naps and such.

The aspidistras are thriving as they overlook Nob Hill! The horses have found themselves stabled in the Garden, which is much larger than these places usually are in this city!

So come in and have a seat!

::tea hurries off to Powell Street to catch the Cable Car to Ghirardelli Square::

And regarding Mellor's attire - Yes, yes - he is wearing a very fetching tux now (much to Amber's relief I happened to notice)!

Best go and do this promised Merry-go-round whizz with Milk, Maud, when Amber and Mellors get back it is your turn for a ride in the jag!

Toodle pip for now. X

... hmmm no sign of them yet then? She must be having a good time!

Ok. ::Straightens fascinator and applies lipstick::

Need to go back and catch up but have a question about Pink Eye -- should I wash Bunny? TS was diagnosed with it today (goodness knows where he got it from) but we were too late to get the medicine today so am going first thing in the morning. Was going to wash his sheets in the morning but suddenly thought of Bunny.... This would be Bunny's first bath and dread the trauma of it in addition to the trauma of eye drops (I have a strong constitution when it comes to bodies/illnesses/traumas but I DON'T DO EYES).

Tea, M.Snake is just the same. I went on a course last week and on my way home I was driving past his place of work and for a moment I thought of dropping in, as I used to, pre-Wriggle, which used to cheer him up immensely. Sometimes we even went and had coffee together. Then I realised that he would not be the least pleased to see me on my own and would simply ask why I hadn't rushed home to look after Wriggle. I would ocasionally like to be wanted just for me ... but that's not how it is any more, and probably very petty.

Have just read the next few posts. Scout, when Wriggle had conjunctivitis we didn't bother with drops (they are no longer universally recommended as they used to be). We used eurphrasia in boiled water on cotton wool and just wiped her eyes frequently (even though she closed them at the approach of the cottom wool, even got in to the eye). I didn't wash anything and it hasn't come back in over a year. Although, to be sure, a lot of washing couldn't hurt. Hang things out in the sun to dry if you can.

euphrasia

I've been washing him like mad (hot water on cotton wool). But it's in the eye he tends to rub when he's tired. He also uses Bunny to rub that eye/his eyes when he's tired/going to sleep.

I've only had it once and I was an adult.

Yep- bunny needs a wash as well as teh sheets etc. MOST soft toys suitable for tinies survive the washing machine. Spot gets washed when he is grubby and so has been washed many many times and drys dead fast in the warm cupboard or on teh line.

Picking up one of boys classmates tomorrow " to play" after school! boy very keen to invite this child. I don;t know them well but they are generally a bit of a live wire... wish me luck. I'm hoping for a dry day and will take them both to teh park. HAVE fixed it with other mum that its a short "first date" and we will be returning her child in time for tea.

Whats on the juke box tonight?

you know, I've just had to spell corrct all but 2 words in tehat last sentence. bum. very dyslexic tonight.

I know Bunny will survive, more worried about one very attached toddler who I'll also be wrestling with to sort out his eye (and me with a cracked rib). Ugh. I'm not a happy Scout.

wash bunny first thing in morning and then dry ion warmest place or windyist place , fingers crossed bunny will be back in action by lunchtime.

All teh best with eyes and gunk. grim.

Scout - I'm with UniS on the 'wash everything' vote.

I've been watching Monty Python on YT with Girl. I love YT. How about this, which I was humming as I was gardening today? .

Wondering if it's worth sneaking Bunny out now for an overnight wash/dry and making sure new bunny is in bed....

Yes. good thinking scout. Esp if you have a "spare" bunny to sneak in under cover of darkness.

We have spare Bunny (called "New Bunny" and/or "Fake Bunny" by MrScout and i). He has been loved on but is not favored if real Bunny is around (though he will cuddle both at the same time very happily). TS likes to help with laundry and I worry about a tantrum if he sees Bunny in the washer and he can't get him. You can't really reason with a 16 month old.

You're going to have to get a third decoy Bunny, aren't you?

Mom thought we should have ordered at least half-a-dozen. LOL

This is Bunny. He was a present from the Easter Bunny.

We're thinking the Easter Bunny will bring this bunny.

I think I'm hoping if we have a collection of bunnies one going for a bath won't be so traumatic.

TS just woke up (rolled into the side of his bed and woke himself up with a bang). Apparently Ted is now favored (he used to be THE favored one until Bunny was discovered and now he's just played with in bed but not required). Guess Teddy will need a bath tomorrow.

Oh it's a minefield!

Oh he's lovely. Girl still has a gorgeous Jellycat doll and cat that she was given at different times.

Three cheers for the inventor of the washing machine! And three cheers that it's now possible to dry washing outdoors!

Evening all.

Crazy day here so no time to catch up. Just wanted to say 'hey'!

Scout on the one hand I'm grateful LCT never liked soft toys as I don't have your issue. On the other hand, he has no comfort object at all, except his dummy and his eyelashes. Yes, that's right, he strokes his eyelashes with anything when he's tired or upset. It's usually a finger but he's been known to use his big toe.

I really need to get to bed as another busy day tomorrow. I'll try to catch up with everyone soon!

::Tee wonders if she really did see mellors in his pants gardening earlier...nah!::

Okay...weird bold....

As you can probably attest to, Maud, Bunny is no longer that soft and furry. Bunny has been well loved and you can see the difference between real Bunny and new. That's why I've been giving TS both bunnies together, to ease the scary/newness. It has worked but took a bit of doing. He was very hesitant about new bunny at first.

Took TS to a National Trust farm in Ye Ol' Uni County yesterday. He was not a fan of the hissing geese and the mooing cows/bulls made him cry, even when we were with the sheep. He loved petting the real live bunny and "driving" the tractor. Oh, and walking/running all over the farm. It was the first time he had really been outside to walk under his own steam. He was very pleased with himself.

We know that farm, I think, Scout. We stop there for lunch on our way to Ye Ole University Town. When we went a few weeks ago, the ground was so wet that big strapping National Trust chaps were on duty in the car park to push cars - including ours - out of the mud.

Has anyone seen Amber and Mellors?

lol at decoy bunnies.

Went to a parenting workshop yesterday. Quite useful but was v about procedure at beginning - on our name labels we also had to have written in the corner the number of children we have. Why? It had absolutely no bearing on the workshop that followed; when it was relevant people volunteered that information anyway, didn't see any reason to have it on general display. Seemed very odd to me and am thinking of emailing the person who did the workshop to ask what the flippin' point was.

Today we took SBoy to see a Fireman Sam show at the theeyater. Am marvelling at Tea's tales of a perfectly behaved 4 yr old at Bach, and what a pain that woman was. Unless she was avoiding Milk because she'd never had kids herself despite wanting to and found it too painful to be in the presence of the doubtless adorable Milk!! Is that stretching the benefit of the doubt a bit too far, do you think?! (On the woman's behalf, that is, not on the adorability of Milk!)

Anyway, our show was appalling and even SBoy sat with his hands covering his face after the first 10 mins. I could see why, the "big faces" on the costumes were really rather scary and generally very unpleasant to look at! And "produtcion values" as a whole were terrible. I know it's aimed at preschoolers but for what it cost I did hope for something a little better. We left at the interval and enjoyed the fine weather in the park instead. Much more fun. Ah well, you've got to try these things.

Off to bed, as usual.

Maud, it starts with a "W".

Am thinking of taking TS again next week one morning during a weekday. Think the reaction to the cows was tired got in the car soon after and he was asleep within a mile. The hissing geese were definitely scary, though! (Especially because they were his size and hissing right at his nose.) It's still lambing for another couple of weeks so lots of babies around. Was very busy yesterday lots of other parents taking advantage of the wonderful sunshine -- so didn't get to pet as much as I think we would have liked. Did get some pics, though, so M&D should be happy.

I don't know Fireman Sam....

Oh....is there a thing here like there is at home about staying out of school for x-time if you have pink eye? I think my state was 48 hours from starting drops/cream (looking for a good excuse to not go to Guides, etc this week).