Cosey up, the kettle's on

[BibiBelle]

here we go, before I head to bed

Night night snuggle up warm.

Use that water from the kettle for a hot water bottle bibi

It's minus loads outside tonight, brrrr, think I will have a hot water bottle too.

Hope you manage to keep warm bibi, what a lucky escape you have all had today. Am very very very glad you didn't die

Yes, glad you are OK. Merlion I guess today isn't the day for us to be discussing keeping cool in 30 degree heat, factor 80 sun cream and air conditioners ...!

sorry but fjornggyn you really made me laugh with am very very very glad you didn't die
surely that's a little bit of an understatement?!!!

thanks for new thread bibi, hope you keep the chill fairies at bay tonight

hiya crisp, just been looking at your fb photos...v sweet

I put P into T's bed whilst i got him into pyjamas and he absolutely freaked. apparently only mummy and T are allowed to sleep in his bed

i'd best be off to bed myself

night all

just popping back to try on my new hat

ooh i quite like it

Bibi what a shock. Glad you are all ok and take care and keep warm.

Salta no probably wouldn't be best . Although it is rainy season so we're getting our fair share of that. We're still battling with the non-sharing although when we got home from a recent playdate he declared to DH 'DS good sharing'.

Star DS has been a complete terror trying to get to bed recently. He wants 'Mummy up' or 'sleep Mummy & Daddy's bed' the whole time. Maybe they can sense something?!

His latest trick seems to be asking me what everyone's name is - usually random people on the street but yesterday he asked me what the window's name was and the door's

Enya looking forward to seeing the name change. So pleased things seem to be working out for you .

Hoping you like my new name [fgrin[

bibi hope you all managed some sleep last night and are all on the mend.. i am buying a carbon monoxide alarm today too!!

urs sounds like you have been hit really badly with the snow.. we are due to flu to dublin tom to see dad for the weekend.. have just checked our foreast and we are due to have fog so between the snow over their and fog here its going to be touch and go

crispy gorgeous pics of the girls ..

fjor loving your words to bibi

my big baby is still poorly... it is starting to wear abit thin, she was coughing and spluttering all the night, headache and slight temp again [sigh].. been on her antibiotics for four full days now.. when will it end??

anyway hope you all have a good day today

Poor DD enya, are the docs interested in taking it further as to why she seems to be getting so many infections? Fingers x'd for your flight to Dublin (and back!)

We are off the the Christmas market in Bath today with my neighbour. Now in theory, this should be lovely but both girls are currently in their rooms for DD2 not listening to a request (made 4 times) and DD1 for sticking her tongue out at me when i asked to eat her toast (after a number of other things) . Oh and we have already had the chat about listening, behaving and not running off today, to which they both nodded in agreement

Crispy - wrap up extra warm it's cold in Bath.

Crispy get some K-i.d. bands from Boots if you're out and about - make it a reward for good listening.

at trip to Bath. DH has been given a lift to work today so am now stuck indoors on my own with 3 kids. Seeing as our little suburb is pretty much a volcano in shape (our street running vertically up/down it), it's a bit tricky.

Crispy how about Deepandcrispyandeven ?

Morning all :)

Merlion that is interesting, maybe so! DS joined us in bed last night at 2am, although it was so cold I didn't begrudge him.

Did a proper pratfall on the way to work this morning I am quite pissed off with the council for not gritting the pavement - they don't need to do them all but this stretch of road/park is a main thoroughfare for people walking to work/uni/school, it's always busy and the whole way was like a bloody skating rink. Anyone living on that street who is in the least bit infirm will basically be trapped in their house for the day. It sucks.

jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way
oh what fun it is to ride on maisy's bus today

Haven't caught up at all, but know that if I wait until I have it'll be another 4 months until I post, but just wanted to pop in to say hello...

Life here is busy, stressful and exciting. We appear to be building a house.... On a whim we put our house on the market, having popped in on a house that we had noticed was on the market and looked nice (serves us right for being nosey). Anyway, long story short was that we have sold our house but the new house fell through (horrific divorce in couple selling with one saying black to the other's white) and nothing else around we could face spending our money on. However.... found a really beautiful plot tucked away in a great village. Snag being that there is no house to live in. Now on the steepest learning curve known to mankind to work out what to do. We beat a builder to the plot by 20 mins and he's now hopping from foot to foot in the background trying to nab it from us so we may still be gazumped but at the mo it all feels equally exciting and terrifying.

Otherwise life continues. Tons of visitors (of varying levels of interest), another major crisis with BiL, a nice hol and starting my new job.

DDs are great, although I've had a v tough time with DD1's temper. Think she'd been picking up on all the stress around her and, for now, is on better form. DD2 is refusing to use the potty/loo at home, whilst being very good out of the house [smoke coming out of ears emoticon].

So, how are you all?? (That is a lazy and ultimately rhetorical question as I really need to read back and find out). Despite my absence, I have thought of you all .

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LOL at 'visitors (of varying levels of interest) '. Wow to building your own house, i hope you do keep the builder at bay as it sounds wonderful (if a little hard work for a few years months). DD2 here will use the potty at home quite happily but forgets when she is out - perhaps we could exchange for a bit for some peer learning

Ouch for your fall star i hope you are ok and only bruised pride. You know you have to ask DH to massage some arnica into your bruised bottom

blue it was freeeeeeezing in Bath. Mostly pretty awful time wrestling DDs it has to be said, but they were VERY happy at lunch in Wagamamas (see pics) .
Managed to tick a fair few pressies off though so pretty chuffed

Merlion I do like that, but would i risk sounding like a pizza?

Oh bless, DD2 picked up a cucumber and said 'oh look, a sun'. Then took a bite and said 'now it's a moon'!

Should i sign her up for NASA now?

Wow Poppy that is exciting news! Have always hankered for a New England style clapboard kit-house since seeing one imported on Grand Designs. The company sent an expert over with it to advise the local builder!

Lol crispy glad you had fun in bath

poppy lovely to hear from you and how exciting about building your own house!!

Star really hope you are ok after your fall

bibi how are you all feeling? Hope the boiler has been fixed and everyone fully recovered [hugs]

Watcha TS was thinking about u today!!

Day from hell here running around like a mad woman trying to get organised for Dublin tho who knows if make it!! Dd2 being so lively shrieking shouting and generally full of beans... Raging pmt to boot

poppy helloooo! :) How exciting re. building a house. I take my woolly hat off to you, it's one of those things I dream about but would probably never have the balls to do.

The only thread news I can think of atm is that pert and I are both pregnant :) (was formerly c y t e e n btw) and our dear Scottish cake maker and her girls have had a nasty brush with carbon monoxide :(

Crisp oh how DH would love that Your day sounds rather like mine with respect to toddler wrangling, although I did also get to hold a friend's scrumptious 6 week old baby girl, so a bit of a bonus there Hope friend wasn't too terrified by the sight of mine and another friend's 2yos having simultaneous public tantrums

Oh, and the lovely Singaporean branch of our little club is also expecting no.2 but has also namechanged hence all my cloak and dagger ramblings.