I shall call him Shiney and he shall be mine and he shall be my Shiney. Come on, little Shiney. [stung by jellyfish] Ow! Bad Shiney, bad Shiney!

[mittz]

Hello.

I am Mittz.

Today, I am mostly eating....Granola...

Oh yes, he will be my little secret tiling joke- he is rather sweet

I suppose I should be relieved that there wasn't a whole row of them and some sort of simulated explosion really!

This is true BOF....though I wouldn't leave DP alone in the kitchen just incase. He is rather cute though (S.Invader not DP though I'm sure he's cute too)

Evening. Am watching Medium and trying not to think about food.
Perhaps if I had a space invader in kitchen it could shoot at me whenever I opened the fridge??

Genius idea Yank.

Ooo Iggi I love Medium!

Love the space invader BoF

Wasting we had considered what the 'ring' of fire might be... DP will bear the brunt of it as his work has not very soft paper...

Hello

Space invader is fab BoF

Hey Iggi lovely xx

at non stop talking colleague Bella.. that would drive me Nuts, and I can talk some lol!

DS 's last day off school today . DS is going in to town to the cinema and shopping. I had all his mates around yesterday from lunch until nearly 8 so they are welcome to bugger off descend on Derby.

Morning Mittz, you got plans for today then?

Morning all,

Hope the ring of fire doesn't live up it to it's name today Trills

Glad to hear DS is clearing out for a while Mittz, sound like you had a housefull yesterday! Up to much today?

Morning.

No signs of any rings of fire yet! Having a greek yoghurt with honey for breakfast so maybe that'll chase it and calm it down!

Sounds like a good plan, maybe DP will bear the brunt

I am out at work this morning, then working from home.

at Trills,

Right, I'm off to make some biscuits & do some sitting on my bum housework! Catch up later!

Morning all

Space Invader tiles sound fab Bof

Have DS2 with me today, they stagger the start of reception, so he doesn't start until Monday, but he is getting jealous when I drop DS1 off.

Went to the gym yesterday evening, was good with food. Still feel belurgh, can't still be a hangover, can it??

Hope the soothing yoghurt works Trills

DS3 Lizzy?

DD1 too excited to eat breakfast here . She is going to the same preschool as last year but Tues is reserved for those in their actual preschool year. She skipped in and gave her keyworker a big hug

Enjoy your child free day Mittz

I have walked 2.5 miles in the sunshine which felt fabulous and now have tingly cheeks. Off to do some work now though....

Hello everyone. I'm er reading MN working at home this morning because DD starts school this afternoon.

She was very nervous last night but is raring to go this morning (just doing 2hrs this pm).

I cannot quite believe that my baby girl is starting school.

Crispy - your walk sounds lovely, it is really nice round here today isn';t it. Sounds like DD1 is feeling good to be back at preschool.

Norma - home baked biccies YUM

BOF - liking the retro space invador tiling!

Trills - shant ask about or imagine ring of fire

Yank - HELLO!

Bella - buy the talking colleague a HUGE bag of very very chewy toffees, that should keep her mouth shut make her very happy.

Right, off to do some work and worrit about getting DD looking all lovely for her first day at school

Hi MyCat!

Somehow when working at home I manage to gets lots of MNing and quite a bit of work done. I don;t know how. Less chatting to colleagues?

Hello shiners

rant alert: (please ignore if you want )

Second day at breakfast club this morning and the staff were 30 mins late opening up hence i was late for work and not happy

im not impressed, one member of staff turned up after 15 mins and didnt have a key and wasnt even sure who was supposed to be working that morning she just shrugged, silly cow,

The receptionist (who was also stood outside waiting) ran one of the managers who came in a taxi with a key, by this time there were about 15 children waiting to go in and only 2 memebers of staff,

so i asked about the child to staff ratio and was dismissed by snotty manager and told 'the ratio is correct' how the fuck did she know, she had just rushed in and not had time to count the children that were waiting outside and im paying these idiots to look after my son

Rant over

BOF loving the space invader

and i know the ratio is 1:4 for under 3's 1:8 for over 3's, and there were definately more than 4 babies waiting to go in

Slightly concerned that i have made a mistake with this new nursery, and its a surestart nursery too!

Oh, it's a nursery thing, I was confused about adult:child ratio because I thought it was a school breakfast club, and there must be more than 8 children per adult in reception class.

That is terrible, Vinny.
I would ask to speak with the manager and also say that if it happens again you won't be paying.

Has the school got a breakfast club? I know ours hasn't, just a nursery nearby which runs before and after school clubs.

If they are connected to the school go to the Head and complain.

Loos/bathrooms cleaned, boy's laundry put away, just mine to do now.
Bleurgh.

Crispy not bloody likely!!!

Mycat!! Hey, how are you? Hope DD enjoys school.

Yes its a surestart run nursery, and its bloody expensive too, i was actually going to tell the manager that i wont be paying for the session this morning, would that be unreasonable?

No, it wouldn't Vinny.
I'd say that your wages are docked if you're late and if they are not there then they can swivel for the money.

Prob in a politer fashion though

I know with school breakfast clubs you are not supposed to rely on it as 'childcare', but if you are paying the nursery for a preschool session then you are within your rights to be pissed off and let them know it

Just thought i'd check Lizzy

Mycat, Hope DD1 has a good couple of hours afternoon

Have just shredded (level 3). Shower and food calling