January 2008: I'm four and 'they're all mine!'

[latrucha]

Sorry Simposn. Just couldn't resist.

lol Simps.

Any ideas here

shhh don't tell anyone

Oh LaT there were a few pages not showing at first - things getting worse and worse with your marriage?

Do you think you should try Relate?

Hope it somehow works out

ATM I am trying to keep my distance. At times it looks hopeful. At others it seems like he hates me. It's all very irrational. He treats me like a husband might treat a wife who has cheated on him but is trying to make a go of it.

I really don't know what's going to happen. I'm trying to use my time in bed to look at the practical side.

Does not sound like much fun

I hope things improve for you soon.

Do you think he is waiting for you to make a decision?

Relate could be good

The whole sorry story is over here, if anyone has the patience.

The truth is Madmouse, that I don't think so. I've thought about it, I'm prepared for it but don't think so.

LaT - how are you now??

Have had a bit of a bad day today Did not feel like doing anything, feel a bit low atm None of us even bothered getting dressed

So feel like a pants mum as I have left the kids to their own devices a bit today

But the good news is they did not kill each other

You left the kids to their own devices and they got on with it? Sounds absolutely fine! Pyjama days are good. I wish I could persuade my children to do it more often. Take care of yourself. Lots of nasty bugs around with this changeable weather.

Insatnt good response from Jose. Cuddles and affection. Even an inadvertent, 'My love' dropped into a sentence - which he has studiously avoided doing butused to all the time. Trying not to get too excited but clearly I'm going in the right direction now. Certainly don't hink this would happen if there was OW.

Simpson you should have come to talk to me - don't sit there feeling low by yourself. I'm always here xxx

LaT as long as you stay true to yourself - don't play a role x

Long may it last LaT

Having another lazy day this morning but we have to go out to do some shopping later.

Kids excited as they get to have a bath in the middle of the day (oh to be 6 or 4 again!!)

I am going out tonight (I could not need a night out more right now!!) as a friend of mine is 40 and is having a party. i have a babysitter booked for DC

Well, things defiitely seem to have eased. No 'talk' bu tI think at the moment that's a good thing. Madmouse - constitionally incapable of it. It feels much more natural now.

How was your night out Simpson?

How is the new house Madmouse?

S is off to school in a week. It feels like the end of an era.

LaT - good to hear :)

Simps - fancy a challenge? Cheapest Maxi scooter out there?
Can get for 80.75 (+ 5% on quidco) from JoJo.
Any better offer out there?

H has adopted T's scooter and calls it his, we are so pleased that he's scooting (albeit veerrryyy slowly, lol) that we aren't trying to correct him but want to get T another one. Better to get him a Maxi I think than buy another Mini.
Although...I do have the Littlewoods 2-wheeler in the loft but not sure T is ready for that one yet (think it said 7+ and he's only going to be 6 next month).
Or maybe we should be bold and give him the 2 wheeler for his birthday instead of paying out? What do you think?

We were considering paying out approx £600 for an SN trike for H so in comparison approx 80quid seems cheap, lol. And I like those scooters.

Going round in circles as you can see!

J loved the littlewoods 2 wheeler, he used it for 18mths before it packed up (my advice would be not to fold it ) that was when we got him the maxi scooter. He used the littlewoods one frrom 5yrs I think (did not realise it was from 7 blush]).

Discount code HZ92 might work off jojomaman bebe.

The micro scooters are fab and worth their weight in gold as we use them every day for school run. M still has a mini and I am hoping it will last her till she is 6....

Drowning in matza (crunchy unleavened bread-type stuff....tasty, not!) and general Passover madness here, so limited time to post.....plus I've namechanged for the xbox test thread (we have to submit video stuff and I really don't want to be outed to the real world with this username as I've become quite fond of it!), and I'm pants at remembering to swap backwards and forwards...

So, very quickly:

Madmouse - congrats on the move, but sorry N has been keeping you so busy. Be kind to yourself.

Simpson - you're bloody marvellous....we all have duvet/pj days from time to time, I'm just amazed your dcs behaved so well when you were ill! Be kind to yourself.

LaT - glad to hear things are (a little bit) looking up. I read your other thread, and thought you got some good advice on there (not about the OW idea , just in general)....remember we're here for you. Be kind to yourself.

JKS - can't help with where to buy scooters, as I used up vouchers and bought ours in John Lewis, but the Maxi is amazing...A loves his soooo much and I can see it lasting a long time, even now that he has mastered his new bike and loves that even more. And (you know where I'm going with this now...) : Be kind to yourself :)

Quick update (not sure who is linked to her on fb) : MrsMc had her 3rd baby about 2 weeks ago, another little boy. He's very cute :) :)

We seem to have lost Gingeme on here, but you're all linked to her on FB, aren't you?

DH and I both took this week off work to spend with the dcs....shame the weather is so shit. We had a lovely day at the V&A today, but I would love to do something more outside-y tomorrow :( Thinking about the Tower of London....

Ooh I like matze - particularly with cheese

LaT - a lion costume is winging its way back to you tomorrow

Matza (or any other crackers) with cheese for a light snack - yum.

Matza, in place of bread or anything remotely tasty and leavened, for 8 days....dull dull dull. And fattening. And not really filling enough, so you eat even more of it plus whatever you're putting on top (generally, cheese!), so even more fattening. And it's got no fibre content, nor can you eat any of the other fibre-based foods, so you end up fat and constipated.

And its shedloads of work as everything, absolutely bloody everything, has to be prepared from scratch, as there's very limited availability of pre-prepared anything for Passover (although this is getting better, slowly), so every meal takes hours to prepare.

Hardly feels like liberation from slavery from where I'm sitting....

Had a lovely day out with the dcs in Whipsnade today, though....was really fun taking Mia now that she's old enough to properly enjoy it. She got very excited about all the animals :) :)

Quiet day at home tomorrow, with a few playdates here and in the local park, then off to the Tower of London on Thursday. DH is very excited

Hope you're all surviving the hols?

Right, I'm off back into the kitchen to start on dinner....

Filly - I will have to have a quick read about Passover as I confess to knowing very little about it though I know you have to change saucepans, is that right?
Anyway, sounds not incredibly appetising or healthy & a lot of hard work for you, not ideal.

I think I'll give T the Littlewoods scooter and see how he goes, if it's too wobbly I know he won't like it then I'll get the Maxi one.
So, do I wait until 16th May for an extra birthday present - or give it to him now; he has plenty already (!), it was only cheap (thanks to Simps, lol!) & he could get started on it straight away (as in tomorrow).

T's swimming teacher collapsed & had some kind of fit at the side of the pool just before the lesson was due to start. I know nothing about her but she seems very nice and T loves her. Really hope she's ok.

Filly - we are going to whipsnade on thursday. Any tips???

JKS - I would giver it to him now if you have enough to give him on the actual day

JKS - I'd give it to him now, as its really to replace his one that H has claimed, rather than a 'real' present, iyswim, if you have enough to give him on his actual b-day :) We're fairly orthodox (hey, these things are all relative....!) so yes, we change over all our pots and pans and plates and cooking stuff, and of course we do it twice over, as I have separate sets for meat and dairy....and we scrub down the kitchen in-between, and change over all the food as well, and well, to be honest, its all fine, but a lot of work for only 8 days. Just as soon as I get the freezer full of nicely cooked food, for future meals etc, then its all over. I would mind less if it went on for a month or so...!!! :) Sorry to hear about T's swimming teacher though, that sounds scary :(

Simpson - Whipsnade is fab :) :) The free bus takes you all over the site, so you can jump on/off, which makes it easy, so you don't really need a car when you're actually there. Take the scooters though, if you can be bothered, as that way you can get around everything brilliantly. The sealion show was amazing....and there's a very baby elephant in the elephant enclosure....but everything was pretty fab. The area in the middle(ish) with the wild [something] cafe has a brilliant playground area, and is also where the splashzone and bird shows are. And the train was great - really worth the 4.50 for an adult (kids free) fare - stopping right by humping camels (the girl doing the tour got the giggles, and the kids didn't have a clue....!) was worth the fare alone :) :) Have a lovely day :) Oh, take snacks, or even a whole packed lunch - the food is amazingly expensive!

Filly - cheers for the tip on the scooters, they really came in handy as it is a lot of walking!!! We took a picnic too.....

The kids loved it, although we did not go on the steam train, they loved feeding the brown bears, the sea lion show and seeing the giraffes, wolves (DS still has a wolf fixation ), zebras, lions, tigers and especially the elephants. The tiny baby one was soooo cute

Joshua is going to London Zoo in June for his school trip so when we did not have time for the penguins, I told him he would see them then

Simps - sounds great! I always think of him when I see a wolf

Have given T his new scooter :) He is nervous as it wobbles compared to the other one but he likes being more grown up - of course H loves it too and wanders around the house with it saying it's T's

JKS - lol

Not sure if you have read the Roald Dahl version of Little Red Riding Hood?? (when she whips a pistol out of her knickers and shoots the wolf dead - its a firm fav with J & M and keeps the wolf obsession alive ).

Can T ride a bike with no stabilisers??

If he can then that will help with the scooter and if he can't then learning on a 2wheeled scooter will help learn to ride a bike iyswim.