tea room 36 - Teh Alpine Chalet

[UniS]

Welcome to the Tea rooms newest incarnation. A cozy log cabin with a roaring log fire, comfy chintz sofas and a dedicated man about the house, our Butler, Mellors. Out of the windows you can see sparkling white snow gently drifted up under the green Christmas trees and bright blue skies. Children can all be packed off to play healthy outdoor stuff while we stay snug n warm in here with our mulled wine, tea,artisan hot chocolate and other beverages served in mugs, glasses or buckets.

The usual rules apply - no fisticuffs. And no messing with the aspidistra.

The YD was worried by monsters.
He had a nightlight, and I had a firm rule that no monsters scarier than mummy were allowed in the house (because mummy would scare them away)

My old teddy bear was also dragged out to help his own furry friends protect him.

Having a small light on downstairs so that tge stairwell isn't completely dark is also important.

I have heard rumours of a monster repellant spray (water in a hand held spray bottle) that some parents have found efficacious. Didn't work for the YD.

He already has the door open to sleep. His head faces the door, the door goes to the hall/landing where the landing window is and we have a lamppost just outside of our house (at the corner of the grass where our driveway starts so it's not directly outside of the window but still shines in). We use that as the "nightlight" though I have thought of getting him a Lego brick nightlight because I think he would like it. SB likes me to "help him be brave" but I never know how/what he wants me to do and he doesn't seem to want to/able to tell me. His bed is covered with stuffed friends -- maybe I should try telling him that all of his bunnies and teddies and other friends keep the monsters away because monsters are allergic to bunnies/teddies/cuddly friends (oddly SB understand allergic despite not having allergies himself).

I'm not sure friendly monsters would work -- I tried something similar at the start and got told off for it ("there's not such thing as friendly monsters!").

Though the spray bottle might work. SB loves spray bottles. Maybe I can rig up the squirt bottle I've saved for the water table into something....

Well, SB managed to stay asleep and in his own bed until about 5:10/15. Then he deemed it too light for his stars, wondered if it was morning yet and has been pestering for breakfast since 5:45. I suspect hunger woke him and he's tucking into cereal with gusto while I prop myself up and use toothpicks in my eyes. No mention of monsters waking him so this is good.

I'm dreading the time change....

It goes in your favour this way - he will be waking up at 6.15 instead...

If we manage to meet up at any stage in the future, I'll get MC to introduce his friendly monsters

Bloody Hell!
H is planning (can't say thinking because if he had actually applied brain to the problem, we wouldn't be in this situation) to speand Saturday night and ALL of Sunday with OW.

I know that he hasn't realised what day it is but AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGG!
[Enraged scream]

And now if I point out that it is Mother's day he will feel that I am just trying to make him feel bad.

Donki, I am on my way with my LeCruset grill pan and SB (who is very good at jumping on people and causing damage). I don't swear normally but f*ckin' hell MrDonki is taking te biscuit.

Donki, can I offer you some carrot and special

Why the hell should he not 'feel bad'. Complete

A very large bucket of restorative tea that will scald MrDonki when I throw it at him would definitely go down well. And some wonderful GF banana bread. Or preferably a brick I can hit MrDonki with.

He oughtto feel bad. BUT it just pushes him more to OW.

Scout

Any chance of SB wearing hob nail boots or crampons?

DH has rehearsal on Wednesday evening Donki...

The YD has scouts on Wednesday evening Mistle - but thank you for the invitation.

I found out how long he was planning to be out for when I suggested that I might take DM to a concert at the Minster, and he said he might not be back in time (and reminded me that we are meeting friends online at 8.30 pm...)

It starts at 6.30 so I think it will probably be over by 8ish.

I think that he should probably come back and pick DS up at 10am so that you can spend the Day with your Mother and have a bit of time for yourself. If he can't see that that's a reasonable request on Mother's day of all days, there's no hope.

Good grief. MrDonki really is blinkered, isn't he?

::Joins Scout in the Mobile Le Creuset Rapid Response Unit::

Has MrDonki done anything for his own mother?

I haven't yet said anything about MrDonki's plans for Sunday - but I have just sent a text to remind him to send a card to his Mum for Sunday (as I would have to anyway if she is to get a card...)

I will wait to see whether he asks me why on Earth he should send his Mum a card - or whether he has an Oh God! moment, or indeed notices at all.

?Watches, with some satisfaction, as the NMBs join in on frying pan drills and manouvres...?

Perhaps I'm moody but in your current circumstances, Donki, I wouldn't have texted to remind him to get his mother a card and let the chips fall where they may (from MrDonki's mum) from the lack of gesture/card. It does make me wonder how many people have to remind their spouses of things like Mother's Day, birthdays, etc.

SB had swimming today and then we took the kids to soft play after (the kids get free admission to soft play after their lesson so it's a cheap "playdate" for us). I feel very weird about next term. I'm not sure if it's me being hormonal/moody or not. Oh well.

Oh, what's a crampon?

Me too, Scout. If MrDonki were married to me, he wouldn't get a text to remind him about Mother's Day and all home services such as washing of socks would be suspended too and he would be sleeping in the shed. Donki - you have a more generous heart than me.

Crampons are useful for mountain climbing and kicking MrDonkis.

Sorry, Scout. Meant to ask why you feel odd about next term. Is it because SmallBoy's friend will be starting school?

?Eyes garden shed speculatively?

The YD is furious about tomorrow. His class is the only one in KS2 whose teacher is not on strike. He has been stubbornly maintaining for the last week that he won't go to school tomorrow...

Donki, will the school open for one class?