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sayitwithme · 27/01/2011 20:29
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stinkypinky ·
13/03/2011 19:25
ILCE Work is good for a rest tbh! The worst bit is the 'Nursery and Grandmas house run' morning and evening. I cannot afford both in Nursery at the same time. Billie has yet to cry when I leave the room! Asha was the same - very content with whoever.
zeeky I hope things are improving with Egor 
Zeeky ·
14/03/2011 09:18
We have George back today. He seems to alternate days with his evil twin at the moment! Yesterday not a good day, but Saturday he was good as gold. Just as well really as we went into London for the day. Went to the aquarium which was really expensive for a 2hr visit, except we managed to get round in an hour as DS1 didn't like the dark & didn't want to look at any fish!!! He used to love going to aquariums which is why we took him as his treat for filling his pasta jar (he gets a piece of pasta to put in a big jar everytime he does something good). Then he kept complaining that his feet hurt so had to be carried on Daddy's shoulders the rest if the day. Poor DH must have lost about half a stone with all that extra exercise! But the weather was beautiful & we managed the tube with the buggy ok. George seemed to enjoy it all - lots for him to see & lots of ladies to smile at on the tube 
!
stinkypinky ·
14/03/2011 09:59
nicnac DD1 is nearly 5 and still in 2-3 skirts. They are getting a bit short now, but she always wears them with leggings. I weighed her yesterday, and she is 2st - I was weighing myself pre-diet, and she wanted a go. She is only 7lb heavier than Billie!
zeeky I think aquariums are such a rip-off. This year I am buying a season ticket for the Safari Park down the road - There is so much to do, and Billie gets in free, and the ticket is equivalent cost to 3 trips - we will be there at least twice a month, as I like to get value for money 
ilovecreameggs ·
14/03/2011 22:27
I love London Aquarium, although it is expensive! zeeky, glad that George is having some good days
Today I went shopping for a christening outfit...this is what I bought...
www.monsoon.co.uk/evening-dresses/zagora-print-dress/invt/85307137/
I got it with a silver shrug and I have silvery/grey shoes already which I have never worn but have been wanting to! Please give me an honest opinion...too dressy? I have a couple of wedding receptions in April and May and hoped to combine my christening outfit with the wedding outfit, so this is why I went a little dressier??? Aarrrgghhh! I usually love shopping but not when I need somthing!
Hope you are all well
ilovecreameggs ·
14/03/2011 22:29
p.s we have had a nightmare with Eilidh's christening dress. We ordered it from a local childreens boutique and they let us down...said they couldnt source it but they didn't tell me until I phoned to see if it was in! So I have ordered two online in desperation...both are Sarah Louise so hoping one is ok...so upset that I didn't get to chose the one we wanted 
stinkypinky ·
15/03/2011 09:28
ILCE If you like it, who cares! I dare you to take it to AIBU if you want honest opinions, or post a pic of you in it?
I am in the process of sorting kit for Billies Christening too, and will probably be in all black as I am soo fat. Day 1 of healthy eating today. I am very happy with the little ones outfits, so will hide behind them
Eilidh will look gorgeous I am sure!
sayitwithme ·
15/03/2011 12:55
Feel free to laugh at me... when I started to read ILCE's post about christening outfits, I was assuming it was for Eilidh. As I read on, I started to think "silver shrug? Seems a bit grown up... maybe it's quite cutsie...". Soon realised the outfit was for Mummy, not baby! 
ILCE, it's lovely and not too dressy at all. Go for it!
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rumpleteaser ·
16/03/2011 19:49
ILCE I also couldn't see your outfit but I like silver and wouldn't worry about your weight, as long as you feel good in it, go for it!
I think Valentin is getting top teeth soon and the change in weather (it is hot and sunny now) is affecting his moods, he is very tantrummy and refuses to sleep a lot of the time now, this past week has been a headache!
He's ok out and about but in the house, or other people's houses, he is a bit of a nightmare and cries and flaps and does the horrid backwards headbutting thing if he can't have what he wants or go where he wants! How do you deal with tantrums in such a small person?! 
I keep trying to distract him with things but eventually run out of interesting, distracting things!
ilovecreameggs ·
16/03/2011 21:53
Ah the dress appears to have sold out so thats why the link no longer works sorry! I am just going to go for it. Had another peek at nicnacs christening outfit and she looked pretty glam (and fab) so I am going to stop worrying about it.
Eilidh's dresses arrived today yay! Both are lovely, so just need to decided which one to go for. Only prob is that they are both sheer at the neck so she couldnt wear a vest , not sure how I feel about that?! So, looks like we are all sorted!
rumpleteaser sorry to hear Valentin is a bit grumpy. Eilidh has a bit of a temper, she throws her hands down in a rage when she doesn't get her own way! And she totally arches her back too when I am putting her in her pram or car seat and she doesn't want to go in. Its hard to deal with becsuse they don't really understand it if they get a row. I suppose it shows that they are developing their own personalities!
nicnacinoonoo ·
21/03/2011 08:38
aw thanks ilce i never worry about being too dressy i love dressing up and you dont get many excuses for it so got to do it when you can
we have toys stored away from when ajay was little for kacie's 1st birthday. i know there's the fisherprice laugh and learn chair, and an activity table, not sure what else. might get her her first doll as well.
PrincessTweetz ·
21/03/2011 20:19
Ahh, that sounds well cute Bettymum...and very hard work too!!
I'm massively reducing all toy buying in our house too..we have got Jude a ride on car thing, and a couple of pop in jigsaws, plus clothes and that's it. I thought I was gonna sound like a right meanie not buying much for his birthday, but honestly there are sooooo many toys in our house it's ridiculous!! There are so many things from the past 3 years with dd, plus christmas just gone as well. I have toyboxes in each room, 3 big ones in the living room, plus a couple tucked away in the cubbyhole, not to mention the things that don't fit in toyboxes!! I'm really fussy too, so we have smaller toyboxes as well and each one is organised...cars/transport in one, dolls house people in another, toy food, bla bla bla. Iain's always telling me if he bought me a load of storage for xmas/birthdays I'd be well away!!
Jude's birthday is on Friday!!! I was looking at pics of dd on her first birthday, and they look so similar...Jude's hair is much lighter, but I have piucs of the two of them with the same kind of facial expressions. Jude's top teeth have come through with a gap between them as well, exactly the same as when dd's came through..it's adorable. Makenzi's has closed right up now tho..I took her dummy away from her at 14 months, so not sure if that had anything to do with closing the gap up as they came fully through or not,so maybe Jude's will close up a bit too. He's a funny lil thing now, he fake coughs, and can blow back at you if you blow his hair, and says agatagatagatagat...that took me a few attempts to write it like he said it lol
nicnac I agree with you about dressing up too :)
nicnacinoonoo ·
22/03/2011 07:25
princess i am exactly the same with the toys having to be organized. ajay has plastic drawers in his room for them and they are sorted into a ben 10 one, a people and animals one, a cars one, a transformers one, a toy story one, a tools one and a bakugan one. then he has a big toy chest for the larger toys and a bookshelf for books and dvds with his dinosaur sets on top. he's really good at putting things back in the right place and was right from when i first did it but when he has friends round and they put things back wrong - argh!
kacie's toys are all in the living room in 2 boxes and a basket. one box is for little toys, the other is for larger hard toys and the basket is for larger soft toys. i get stressed when they're put back wrong too, with dh being the main culprit ha.
bettymum train sets are such good play value. for the christmas when ajay was 2 and mad into thomas i bought a load of 2nd hand take along thomas sets and trains off ebay, finally after hours of trying all different ways worked out a way to link them all together then we set it on some wood and drew around the outside and dh cut it out so it'd be shaped and nailed legs on. i painted it green and yellow for the island of sodor and then nailed the track down on it so it couldnt be broken apart and take me ages working it all out again ha. it's the best present we've ever done i was so chuffed with it as was ajay and he and his friends still play with it now at 5 and dont look to be stopping anytime soon even though he's not that fussed about thomas anymore. i will try and find a pic of it and put it on here in a min.
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nicnacinoonoo ·
22/03/2011 07:36
picture is on.
are you sick of cream eggs now harverina good job on getting half the money back, im rubbish at doing stuff like that i get my friend to do it for me ha.
we have a poorly kacie again here. full of a cold again started with weepy eyes, runny nose and dribbly mouth. now moved on to a cough too, although she seems a lot happier this morning than she has been the last couple of days. she's been off her food but still drinking plenty thankfully.
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