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December 2012: we thought the terrible twos were bad, here come the threenagers!

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Barbeasty · 25/04/2016 08:27

Spangly new thread.

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Barbeasty · 02/12/2016 19:56

That moment when the not-quite 4 year old, who you managed to transfer to bed after the fell asleep in the sling and stayed asleep through the car journey, appears 3 hours later cheerfully wishing you "Mornin".....

Fingers crossed he goes back to sleep now.

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WLmum · 02/12/2016 22:56
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WLmum · 03/12/2016 23:15

We went ice skating at Hampton court palace tonight - outside with the palace all lit up. 'Twas lovely and festive. Dds loved it.
Half the decs are up, other half tom am ready for 16 guests! Only 3 other families but my my the kids add up! Not sure yet how we're all going to sit down to eat - guess we'll figure it out!

MrsNutella · 04/12/2016 08:43

WL Hope your party/dinner whatever it is goes well! When we invite people over we have done the maths afterwards and realised we needed more chairsConfused

Having said that it seems like it has been ages since we had lots of people over. And now I realise we really should have bought an extendable table! Oh well.... maybe next year we will sort out the living area downstairs....

The kids seem worn out at the moment. They are both really snotty!

Sending everyone healthy wishes!

PurplePidjin · 04/12/2016 13:14

I'm waiting till they're both potty trained and have learned to draw on paper then I'm redoing the entire living area! No point now, I don't want to spend my life watching for spills

MrsNutella · 04/12/2016 14:36

Pidj I think you have located the reasoning I needed not to rush into anything!

DD has been dry for months. But for some reason just recently she has started wetting herself. Also twice this week we have had a poo in the pants in the morning. She was quite calm about
DD: "I did a kaka"
Me: do you mean kaka or a wee
DD: kaka, in my pants....
Confused

So, yes, no need to invest in something that might end up smeared with food or anything else.

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Barbeasty · 04/12/2016 16:45

Yes, we're waiting until DD stops drawing and writing on things before we decorate...

We got our christmas tree today. After about 15 minutes of trying to get it in the car I had to send DH back in to see if we could swap it for a smaller one Xmas Blush It was that or leave a child behind to make room....

Except I let DH go in on his own to swap it, so we have a stupidly small tree.

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WLmum · 04/12/2016 23:09

It went really well thanks, lots of fun. Had to borrow 2 chairs from mil, but hoorah for our old ikea extendable table and our folding camping table that has 4 seats attached.

Went to dms tonight to sort out Xmas/bday pressies and felt really sad about how old she has become. She has aged 10 years in the last 2. Not sure if it's 'chemo brain' - I've heard of that - off to google now

Stacks · 09/12/2016 21:03

I was managing to read for a while, but we've been virus ridden for a while and I've just not had the time or energy to do much. Back to being woken multiple times a night, early mornings with the two of them, plus after weeks of them coughing they finally infected me back around thanksgiving. I've been coughing ever since, and have such sore chest muscles from it. DD only just got over her last cold on Monday, and yesterday morning came down with something new, all but losing her voice by tea time. DS has managed to get by OK, except for a few random seeming high temperatures and ear/tummy aches. With calpol he's managed to stay at nursery through it all thankfully.

Now I need to start thinking about Christmas presents for everyone who isn't my kids. Made the list tonight and it's scarily long. No time left!

WLmum · 09/12/2016 22:50

Hope you all feel better soon stacks
It's dhs bday today and we had the obligatory family tea - you always get well fed and watered at ours - I either make loads or like tonight we ordered in pizza. I give you super tight arse bil - arrived with 2 cans of lager. Who turns up to a 'do' with 2 cans of lager? Of course he, sil and dn ate their fill and left with a box of left over pizza. Bloody hell!

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Barbeasty · 10/12/2016 09:15

My parents used to know someone like that- bring a cheap bottle to a party and leave with a better one etc. Until the year they'd put bangers in the cigarettes they took for my Godfather. Greedy man scooped up a handfull as he left.....

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WLmum · 10/12/2016 11:42

Haha beasty! I find it quite funny but it makes dmil sad and embarrassed. Oddly sil doesn't seem to notice or care. She's actually just lovely and generally accepting of things just being what they are.

MrsNutella · 10/12/2016 13:01

My brother has his own... special ways.

He is often vegetarian and will preach about how he eats clean and only puts healthy things into his dustbin mouth temple of a body. Then someone will bring my Mum crisps from the uk (she lives in France) or cadburys or something and he will eat all of it. Even if we say "errrr thought you eat "clean"?"
He'll say "I'm on holiday!"

And if mum cooks something with meat/bacon in he will often say "don't cook something separately for me, I'll just eat what is there".... on the one hand it's very practical of him. On the other it's very Confused

MrsNutella · 10/12/2016 13:03

WL I would bet the two cans of larger what he happened to have in the house/fridge and so, because he is perhaps someone keen to avoid extra "stress" decided to just bring those....

Or maybe you should check, it could be out of date/not his brand

WLmum · 10/12/2016 17:47

Haha nutella. I think those 2 cans were the minimum he intended to drink!

PurplePidjin · 11/12/2016 20:26

One day I might get married mummy

Lovely dear, can I come

Yes if your not died or something

Cheers, R Hmm

MrsNutella · 11/12/2016 20:38

Aren't they precious! Confused

WLmum · 11/12/2016 22:04

Dh overheard T and dd1 playing with toy mermaids (as if you need telling not real ones!) and T said 'I've justs killed my mummy' dd1 said 'that's a bit much' T replied, 'well she was stupid'! Charming.
Dd2 however, who is scared of every movie ever, watched the muppets Xmas Carol (lovely family movie snuggle) and declared it's her fave Xmas movie. Mine 2. That's my girl!

MrsNutella · 13/12/2016 08:49

WL awwww sweet about the movie. Not so much the casual murderous child. Grin

We started watching Nemo recently. It was a bit much for the kids. DD got a bit upset at various bits and we had to keep telling her that they will be fine "Fische owa mummy, Fische owa!" (When ever any fish gets hurt/might get hurt/is a bit scared....).
We actually haven't finished watching it yet I think...

PurplePidjin · 13/12/2016 09:46

Yeah R has a habit of whispering "it's just a-tend a-member" after he's told me I'm the mummy monster truck or whatever. Oh really I hadn't noticed dear

WLmum · 13/12/2016 19:13

Today's declared wisdom from T 'everyone has a bum, even south Africans'! I'm at a loss.

WLmum · 15/12/2016 20:22

Hello!

MrsNutella · 15/12/2016 20:39

Hiya!

DD called me upstairs again this evening, not Lon after I put her down in her bed.... she didn't really want anything so I took her for a wee and then back to bed. Then she told me she loves me "soooo much" Grin awwww I don't mind this irritating "check that mummy will come up the stairs when I shout phase" too much if she tells me she loves me every time.

PurplePidjin · 15/12/2016 20:47

Hello

Rafa's been making up songs on a theme of I love mummy mummy is wonderful. It's starting to grate, especially round the supermarket Blush

WLmum · 15/12/2016 21:19

Love the mummy songs. T sings mostly about poo - sigh.