Dec 08 Mums - Onwards and bloody well upwards!

[Beans36]

How's this? Thought I'd just press on with it!

[Indith]

So imagine me this morning.

I'm flapping about the house like a mad thing because for once in his life ds2 wanted to feed at 6am so instead of getting up we ended up falling asleep and the next thing I know we are woken up by ds1 getting out of bed and it is 20 to 8.

Luckily dh is here. Dd has a bowl of cheerios tipped down her throat while dh throws some clothes on and they leave for nursery. Ds1 breakfasts while I gather my stuff for toddlers. Ds1 goes up to get dressed. I throw the dark wash int he machine. Note the DARK wash. The one containing the school trousers. Ds1 comes down saying "mummy there are no trousers in my drawer". What? What do you mean? The clean stuff waiting to be folded contians underwear, rugby kit and nappies. NOT school trousers. I can't grab a pair from the wash because I just put it on. I'm about to grab my phone and ask a friend for a pair when ds1 says "I know there are none because YESTERDAY when I looked there were no school trousers." Yesterday you looked? Yesterday! Have you looked TODAY boy?

Children. Never believe them when they say anything.

[JamInMyWellies]

You must all read this sorry its the daily mail bloody funny

[Rubena]

THAT is bloody hilarious!!!!!

[McKayz]

That is so funny!!

[LadyThompson]

I did laugh at that thing in the Mail, Jam. Especially at the goats. My two goats were rather a pain in the bum in Oxford yesterday afternoon, and Goat Number 2 was appalling in Waterstones, chucking books around Although she is ten times more cheerful and relaxed than her big sister, she is also about ten times more naughty when she is in the mood.

Vag, is your race tomorrow or Sun? It sounds great. Good luck to you and your pals. I haven't done a 7m walk for nearly two whole weeks and I feel all stale and terrible. The celeriac gratin recipe is from a book and I will type it up later.

Kayz, yep, you win with William the Conqueror That is pretty famous.

Right, off to make a stack of tomatoey pasta for the Halloween party this eve. DP made 40 gingerbread cats and bats yest. I will be glad when it's all over. Yes, I am a misery guts!

[McKayz]

LadyT your girls are beautiful. Obviously get it from their Mummy!!

One of the mums at school thought I was 33. I'm 26 I need anti wrinkle cream. Or Botox.

[Rubena]

Yes - lovely FB photo LadyT - Kayz, unlikely! Wish I was 26.

A friend helped deliver a baby boy on a flight last night! See it's not only all chicken and beef! Certain training comes in handy

[LadyThompson]

You look nothing like 33, Kayz! Some people are just daft (and bad at estimating ages).

Thank you about the pic. You can't really see the girls but it's the only one I have got of the three of us.

Wowzers, Rubes! Was the baby actually born in the sky?? What nationality would the child have? Was all well? Were there any doctors on the flight? Gee whizz.

[JamInMyWellies]

Rubes thats super exciting! So does that mean the child gets a lifetime of free flights?

[McKayz]

Wow Rubes that is so cool. I spent all my teenage years wanting to be a flight attendant. But instead married XH and had the boys. Don't regret them for 1 second but I still occasionally wish I'd done it.

[Indith]

That is very cool! Probably rather scary at the time. Well done your friend.

I am very glad I didn't give my lansinoh away. This teething lark is NOT fun.

[DeidreBarlow]

Wow Rubes! That is pretty exciting, although a little scary for all concerned too!

Jam that article is brilliant!

Indith, hope the lansinoh helps...ouch!

I have applied for DS's school place. On my when did they all get so big??! I'm actually a little teary about the thought of it. Oh well I'm out tonight for drinks with friends so I'm sure that will help me get over it[gr

[spotofcheerfulness]

Up to my eyes in job applications but wanted to say hello (also to keep up the post count so RT doesn't bugger off to an antenatal thread.

Lady, the very fact that you contemplated hosting said Halloween party means you are distinctly un-misery guts-ish. I am terrible at hosting things, I think I got it from both my parents who were resolutely anti-social.

That said, I am now up to my eyeballs in playdates, which is making me feel much more pleasantly disposed towards the village. Although if I do get a job that will stop .

[VagolaJahooli]

Hello. I've got a new shiny phone and trying to come to grips with it. So have been reading today but not posting. Now I can't remember what I have read.

Oh yeah, Rubes, that is so cute he 'reads' the stories from memory. I think it's a good idea to have them help with their siblings. Apart from being essential to get anything done it makes them feel a bit grown up and special.

The race is on Sunday but three of us are going Amsterdam tomorrow and staying overnight down near Vondelpark. I'm quite looking forward to it.

I now have one more brush with fame. Bisou sang at the Breakfast at bondi thing in Sydney. Bill Granger was also there celebrity chefing it up. She mentioned on FB that he would be there so I told he to tell him I love his Lamington recipe (I used it recently for an international food day thing at DS1's school). She did meet him and showed him my FB reply and apparently he smiled. I like to think I brightened his day little.

[VagolaJahooli]

Woohoo Spot get you miss popular

[VagolaJahooli]

Kayz you don't look a day over 30

[McKayz]

Vag, I look 150 but still only I'm allowed to say that!!

[ZuleikaJambiere]

Wowzers at LadyT's almost date and Kayz' ancestor! And another wowzer for Rubes' colleague-slash-midwife! I assume the little baby was early? Hope he's doing ok?

DB your BIL is just weird, and blimey, Jam's sister is totally at the other end of the spectrum!

Christmas in Austria sounds gorgeous Vag

I've been interested in all the technology talk. DD isn't all that interested at the moment, she'll play the odd game on the cbeebies website or on the iPad, but it doesn't hold her interest for long. I'm sure we'll have to address it at some point. She uses computers at nursery, so she'll no doubt be better than me in no time. I've been looking for a good phonics app for her age - can anyone recommend any?

DD1 has been attempting to dress herself for about a year, but has only very recently got the hang of buttons and zips. Good timing on her part, as I'm dreading the morning rush when I'm back at work, we have to leave at 715 to start the stupid commute. Eek

RT DD1 being right about stuff 'ten to two'

Like Vag, I say silver bag and shoes LadyT

Hurrah for the job interview Spot, knock 'em dead!

Does anyone know if it's ok to drink with anti biotics? I'm half way through a course (as are most of this household, so many germs!) and DH and I are going out for a delicious meal with lovely friends tomorrow night. I'm not planning on getting blathered, but a glass of would be a treat, especially as we're splashing out on a taxi too. The instructions in the packet don't say anything about alcohol, so would I be ok?

[ZuleikaJambiere]

Oops, I have a half sentence that makes NO sense. What I meant to say to RT is that I hear her on having a DD who will be hard to teach. DD1 asked me the other day what time it was. Ten to two. 'No Mummy, 10 is 1 and 0, there's not a 2 in there'. You can't argue with that

[KiwiPanda]

Gosh what a lot I've missed, need to do some catching up!

Vag I'm planning a family trip to Vienna! When will you be there? Good luck w race tomorrow, I've got one too - a 10 mile one. Hoping its more fun than my half marathon which finished me off for a week...

Can't compete with snogging famous people tales! I have however met a lot of famous people mainly in previous tv-working career. On which note, speaking as someone who worked on three series of who do you think you are, how on earth Kayz did you trace your family history back to the 11th century??? Statistically speaking I'm afraid most of the (English or French origins anyway) country can claim to be descended from pretty much anyone who lived in the 11th century. If you do the maths - person has 4 grandparents, 8 great grandparents, 16, 32, 64 etc etc. before too many generations you've actully got more g g g g grandparents than lived at the time

[McKayz]

Kiwi, using Ancestry. You share your family tree and then use other peoples to find information.

[RTchoke]

You worked on "Who Do You Think You Are" Kiwi? I love that programme. What did you do?

I have never had much luck tracing my family tree. Everyone stays start with family stories and folklaw but all my family are dead and I never knew the stories beyond the fact that my mother's family were Irish Catholic potato farmers who were mainly wiped out by the potato famine. My father's family I did manage to trace back to about 1850 and found them all to be scary fire and brimstone baptists, then I lost the trail.

DH's dad is obsessed with their Welsh family tree and has traced it way back. He writes and binds books for us that basically contain page after page of grainy black and white photos and text along the lines of "Gareth Jones was descended from Owain Jones and Gwyneth Jones (nee Jones) who were both descendended from John Jones who married Annie Williams (neice to Rhys Jones)." It makes my head hurt trying to follow it and I think the basic conclusion that has to be drawn is that they are all very inbred! And yes, sadly Kayz I too have heard the stat that the majority of the western european population have ancestral links to William the Conquerer and also to Harold too.

I love the the post count has risen so dramatically on this thread. You will be glad to know I have not been near the ante-natal boards since you all returned!

[McKayz]

There are 4 of us now who have worked out exactly the same family tree. The first royal we have is Edward III and then my Mums Aunt has gone back from there.

[DeidreBarlow]

Yay we have dragged RT back from the Ante-natal threads! Now don't go anywhere again...any of us

I have to say I am losing my running mojo. I am still going but it seems like such a chore and I'm not enjoying it as much as I was. That said I do feel guilty and sluggish if I don't go

I have a terrible headache. All self inflicted, too much wine last night with my friends. Worst thing is DH has now gone off to work and I have the DC's to deal with till 5.30pm , Hopefully, a walk on the park should clear my head.

ZJ, I think I've had a few drinks on antibiotics before. I have no medical knowledge whatsever but I don't think it would do much harm.

Beans, hope your doing okay x

[sybilfaulty]

ZJ, i think it depends on the antibiotics. Generally it will stop them working rather than make you sick. Look on //netdoctor.co.uk for the name of the drug and it will tell you what you should and shouldn't do.

Kayz, don't worry about your age. I am in fact old enough to be your mother. I don't feel a day over 26 and most days don't look a day over 73.

Got to go, kids rampaging. Beans, hope yuou are ok XXX