November 2012 - Summertime, and the babies are sleeping (mostly with a few notable exceptions)

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Eep eliza! How exciting!!

Ah. The book people VQ? That would have saved me, oooo, a million pounds today. Ah well!

Mr rabbit is pie!

Ah cross posts vq How could I forget room on the broom. Am taking DD1 to see that at the theatre in August. She loved the TV programme of it that was on at xmas. Night, sleep tight.

I bought the complete series of the Mr Men for DD1 before she was born as I grew up with those and loved them. But gosh, they are very wordy and some of the stories are very odd. My fave was Mr Snow and I used to make my mum read it to me every morning over an over again.

The book people are worth looking at. Lovely Peppa Pig books too, and Rainbow Fairies for when they are bigger.

Was Sophia having her op today or did I dream it?

My mum has bought the DDs heaps of books from the Book People. I am just grateful that they don't deliver to France as otherwise my bank balance would be even scarier than it already is. of cheap books

Soohia was having her op today vq but no news. I assume she is on bed rest

Hope it went well.

Yes she was!

Hia sophia!!

I am just hoping against futile hope that Jonas doesn't get into Thomas the tank engine. The books are dreadful! Written by a pontificating vicar with harsh moral lessons battered around and dull engine terminology ......

And his midnight feed is now suppose its better timing if it's either / or - please don't be in addition to it. He wasn't thrilled with a calpol starter. But is clinging onto my arm and patting my mouth softly. It's a good thing you're cute child.

Sophia - get yer feet up lass x

Yes Sophia remember the recovery is as long as a C section so make the best of it by resting x

I was just going to talk fondly of Thomas.............

I am going to sleep now, honest.

YW J is a snogger too. The girls never did that. It is quite unnerving but very lovely too

Hmm. If you had to choose between Thomas and Alice in Wonderland and the Narnia books.... Which would you go for?

I recently reread Heidi, and was shocked that I hadn't got eh religious message when I was younger.

Enid Blyton is v religious too.

Which won't stop me reading them all to the DDs, as they are all great stories. But my practice a little censorship from time to time, especially with Enid Blyton.

Sorry VQ I was forced to read them too often to my nephew I hate them - there's no joy in reading them for me. It's just 'woah there's another clumsy moral lesson (like getting bricked up in a tunnel for not wanting to go out in the rain) WTF??? imagine the guy's sermons!!!!'

Yes, rest sophia
Tis a quiche commandment

3rd wake up...

M has a whole bookcase full of books from my childhood already. My personal fav is the Roald Dahl treasury. I am scouring ebay for a decent first ed of Matilda to buy and treasure until she is old enough to appreciate it.

Narnia rocks.

Alice in Wonderland drugs and psychedelia over religion in this house Narnia is too jolly hockey sticks. OMG I'm a children's book stasi!

I love them all, in their own ways.

Roald Dahl is fab but I love his adult books even more

I have fond and slightly memories of the opening credits of tales of the unexpected.

Just a shame about the weird relationship between Lewis Carroll and the original Alice. Always makes me feel a little uncomfortable. BUT they are fabulous stories.

Roald Dahl - good call MM I loved his take on the fairy tales. We performed one drunk at a Christmas party on my MSc course as a kind of pissed nativity / end of term play

Narnia! Every time, I love the narnia collection, the lion the witch and the wardrobe was my favourite book as a child. I also loooove Enid Blyton, I have all of mine in the loft, they belonged to my mum and aunties and have gone to all of my cousins before me and as I was the youngest girl cousin I got to keep them for S, very excited to read them to her, especially the folk of the faraway tree.

Every time I go home I bring back heaps of books, especially Enid Blyton ones. I was rereading one the other day that I had written (my name) age 7 in the front cover. I had crossed through every mention of gay and replaced it by happy, and crossed out all the 'you're only a girl' and similar sexist comments. I was a young PC feminist!

Bloody teeth. Bloody reflux. I think he's just about gone off. I think. He's been hysterical for the last two hours. Dh went into the spare room and basically said co sleep but he's just gone off in the cot after calm time with me in bed.

mm at 21 I was with my now husband and we had a joint mortgage. I do not look back on myself and face palm. I do my 18 year old self though. I never blew my money though. Far too tight for that lol!!

PR you remind me of Caitlin Moran! She is an idol of mine whom I would love to get squiffy and chain smoke with.

I used to love the Brambley Hedge mice books for their amazing 'cut away' illustrations of tunnels, ballrooms, staircases, storerooms, houses etc in tree trunks and underground.

Nope he's asleep I'm away to my bed. Night lovelies!

I love Enid blyton. I soooooo wanted to go to Malory towers!!!