30 up The tea room afloat

[UniS]

Welcome aboard.

The first rule of the tea room is - No fisticuffs.
The second rule is - Put the kettle on and lets have a or open a bottle of if its that time of day. Pull a sofa and relax. Parents of one, more (or less) children are welcome to hop on board and chat about anything and nothing. Introduce yourself if new and if you name change give us clue please.

My bosom is not ample (it's rather flat, actually) but am offering it anyway.

::Supplies very ample bosom::

That sounds very draining, Serpent, and it is a real problem. You're entitled to vent about it here.

But it also sounds as if you're managing the situation as best anyone can. It's disappointing that your friends have postponed the outing, but if it means you can go to the GP with AP then some good will (I hope) come of that. The Girl used to be (still is) an incessant interrupter and I eventually after much grief got somewhere by saying calmly every time "yes, darling, I heard you and I will talk to you when I've finished speaking to [daddy/your teacher/the call centre/whoever]. Could you try that with delectable Wriggle?

What's the lesson? We've had a go at designing your lessons before on here!

::Thinks of very enjoyable hour listening to Bach on YouTube::

::competitive bosomage::

Hands down my bosom wins for being the smallest. I'm so flat the walls are envious.

But when I'm shopping in the summer and see all the tops and dresses with little ribbon straps, Scout, I envy you.

::Bras made by Isambard Kingdom Brunel emoticon::

But I don't have enough bosom to fill one of those cute tops. Most of my bras are teen "first bras" or the smallest "woman" bras I can find. I can't ever find pretty (something that's not white) bras.

ahhh, the bristols that built bristol, as we used to say back when i was at college ( in bristol). Myself- I am mearly average in the bristols dept.

Ofsted repelling twiglets- what fantastic idea. I had to work hard to remain straight faced at lunchtime when one of my charges declared they DID NOT LIKE twiglets and would not eat them even tho they constituted about half her lunch. all I can say is " come back year 2/3 all is forgiven after 1 lunchtime with Year R" . I'd forgotten how small and needy 4 yr olds en masse are.AT least year 2 can (nearly) all put their own coats on right way up an right side out..

::snort:: at the Bristols that built Bristol. Apparently my grandmother was blessed in the bosom department but, frankly, mine are really just a side-effect of being so fat Rubenesque. Anyway, that's enough bosoms.

I was early for school pick-up today and, as I waited in the playground, was struck yet again by how tiny and toddler-like some of Year R are.

Surely YearR are still babiestoddlers?

Had forgotten about that brilliant set of musical lessons. Must keep them in new planning.
This one I feel is doomed; I can't choose when it is to be and it will be a follow-up to a visitor building a sukkot with the children. Nightmare class with several EBD boys and an Outstanding teacher 'always has all the children actively engaged and participating and making above average progress.'
I daresay an Outstanding dinner lady would have them all eating twiglets, too.

I'm sure it's not doomed, Serpent, but it does sound like a tough assignment. Do you have any additional support for the boys with EBD? I have to go and do some work now, so have another hug.

::Clasps Serpent to her still-ample bosom::

Oh, Serp, I wish I was close enough to come and hug you to my rather insignificant bosom. have you thought about some counselling for you ? It doesn't need to be a further drain on your time - I'm doing counselling by email, which turns out to be rather like decompressing to the Tea Room, but with rather less and Mellors

Shall we have a go at the lesson ? After all, Amber has the hotline to the bishops

I shall be stockpiling chocolate for the weekend when I have to drive for a total of 6 hours with my parents in the car to take them to see their new grandson (as my brother will not worry about this), and my mother will repeat her conversation every 15 minutes.

How about making and eating food from the seven species to eat in the Sukkah ? Food is always very engaging, and you can discuss the meaning of food to people at times in the year - maybe jump off to drawing a calendar of special food in their year - Christmas, easter, birthdays, bonfire night, and how food can make you think about memories

Oooh, yes, I like the idea of food and memories! Am incorporating Maud's idea of music - I have just found a great sukkot song in English/Yiddish. This could turn out to be a whole term's work . Extra good, because I am trying to wangle myself an additional job writing materials to RE in my county. Using all of your ideas.
CMOT, how do you cope with the repetition??

Some of Year R sure do look like tots. esp when in their PE kit with shorts so large they meet their short socks. Some of them however are also devious little wotsits who are testing the boundaries of all these new adults and seeing exactly how much they can get away with.... I guess with year 2/3 I KNOW which children are boundary testers and set the limits firmly. Just don't know year R so well.

Yes CMOT, how do you cope with the repetition? I find myself saying to JB "yes darling, I heard you the first fifteen times". If my math is right, 6 hours of driving equals up to 24 repetitions...

::offers ((((hugs)))) since there is no bosom up this tributory of the Limpopo either! ::

CMOt am very intrigued about email counselling, what a great idea, and great description

UnSerp I think you are majestic coping as you do. Increasingly I think, busy as we are, it is the time for ourselves, however little, however rare, that makes the difference - or rather the things that WE want to do (so tomorrow's outing could count) rather than all the things, however lovely, we have to do. The loss seems disproportionate when there is so much other tough stuff going on....

Oh my heart breaks at the Year R it is such a vulnerable year, as I watch OxPox totter off into Year 1 - suddenly grasping independence and embracing the new horizons offered -so much more energy than last year. But agree, Mistle, about the sleep. OxPox has a good 12 hours in the week (7 - 7) and genearally about 3 hours on a Sunday afternoon too!

24 repetitions of anything will be hard, but if your parents are like mine... it will be EVEN more mind numbing as they will pick teh most mundane dull stuff to tell you about in great detail 24 times. ((hugs))

Less than ample bosomage here as well but anyone who wants is welcome to cast themselves upon it. Meantime, have more and (((hugs))) and why don't we have a chocolate emoticon? Although I guess I know - there would be outcry from any dieters!

CMOTD - I don't know if this will work for you or not but it might defuse the frustration a little - just count on your fingers, if your DH is going with you, you can take it in turns to hold up the relevant number of times the conversation has been had. I have a friend who used to tell the same amusing (at least!) stories to his friends, and we all used to hold up fingers to say how many times we'd heard it, the winner got a drink from said friend. Of course, it may not be appropriate for you and your DH to do it (and you do need another party along to make it worthwhile) but it's one idea.

Serpent - lots of deep breaths, half a gallon of Rescue Remedy and I hope that you get a bit of a break from incessant Wriggling and that the GP can help with the AP. OFSTED - bah! You will do your normal best and it will be good enough - it will.

I am grateful indeed that miniThumb won't be able to start school until he has turned 5 - he's still so little! Of course, he's not quite 4 at the moment but if they accepted them early he could be starting school in Feb, which is only 4m away - but they don't so it's pointless speculation.

Weather is picking up here now - hurrah (I think).

The Bishops and sundry clergy are on standby for lesson-planning if required. Or fervent prayer.

CMOT, good luck for the journey.

Here, off to sunny Salisbury wearing my 'church co-leader' hat. But not literally. This is of course the day when all heck will break out in the office and I'll have to work until midnight to correct the situations, but it's all good fun

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Hello there everyone! May I join you?

Regular who has name changed, think Lush bath products, vajazzle bomb etc

I have a DS who is one on Friday and I cannot believe where the time has gone. It is just the one baby for us, I'm afraid as I'm just getting over (and still tripping up from time to time) a horrendous bout of PND. I couldn't put us through that again, and besides I don't want to have to share my time and love! ::selfish::

DS is usually very content, but he's turned into a Velcro baby these past few days and been very unhappy. I think he's pushing a molar through. I hope he feels better in time for his party on Saturday!

Welcome IPBJT! have some , or if you're in an appropriate time zone, some
Sorry to hear about your PND, that sounds rough :(

I am in Australia (you may or may not know that ) and have 1 DS who will be 4 in December - and I also have troubles believing that! Time goes so fast...

No, in the UK so it may be frowned upon to crack open a bottle right now! I will have a glass with my lunch later though!

I can't wait for DS to be 4 or 5, when we can play and chat properly. I'm no good with babies and toddlers!

Hello IPBJT, sorry but I'm not quite sure what your previous name was from that hint - some of us find it bad enough if tearoom regulars change names and it takes a while to get used to the different name. However, you're most welcome anyway.

mistlechick is 6.5. He decided that he liked scones, strawberries and sponge cake on his first birthday. We have some pictures of him jamming cake (very jamily) in his mouth.

Unserp - I hope you're feeling a bit better about the lesson - and I also help that the potential for food will help with the difficult boys. mc would definitely be more alert and less likely to cause problems if there was food in the offing.

He lost all his golden time yesterday. He was distraught. But he told me he messed around in the Harvest Festival practise and then shouted out in class - so its right he lost it. He complained about being tired - he was in bed at just after 6pm and slept until 6am. He still looks tired this morning and he's certainly acting like it - he's probably fighting something off at the moment. All the teachers commented on the fact that he's still in summer uniform - but he prefers it so I'm not going to make him wear his winter uniform until he has to (after half term) - he does have the option and he knows that.

CMot - what about a piece of music - Messiah or one of the Passions/ Requiems - would that help to interest them on the journey? (and then you could at least sing along too) Can she follow a short story - would a short story CD help? (we've got Just William in the car which we all like). Is there any chance you might be with them the weekend at the end of half term as mistlechick and I will be in the vicinity then.

MC's been baking again, and we've got some snail-, a hippo-, some small hedgehog- and quite a lot of mouse-shaped rolls today. And there's a pot of minestrone soup bubbling on the stove in the galley.