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

[Barbeasty]

Spangly new thread.

Nutella, would you believe it if i told you they were desperate to go to Asda, or the shopping centres? I can't believe it.

Your DS sounds lovely. H was thrilled that she got to watch football in class today.

hales the irony!

Indeed my boss is a winner. I am very lucky indeed.

Who'd have kids?! Tonight dd2 got in a wild strop because I couldn't explain what I meant about a comment I didn't make!! Something nonsensical about boris Johnson! She was howling about it and then I made a comment to dh about the ridiculousness of her tantrum and then she was even more furious when she asked me what I meant and I tried to explain! Crazy kids!

WL I have often asked DH if we could sell the kids. Previously I would have said I think we can get a good price for each of them. Today they would have been on offer "buy one get one free"
I think it is because the weather is all over the place at the moment, but they were bloody hard work today.

DD is in a super phase where she wants to do everything herself. Also she is finished eating her dinner about three minutes after she sits down. I tempt her back with a jar of fruit or a yoghurt and usually when she is halfway through "dessert" she will then wolf down her dinner. The kid is nuts.

DS is doing this fun thing where he says "what did you say?" In response to me, it doesn't matter if he asked me a question, if I asked him a question or even if we were having a conversation..... It is really starting to piss me off.
"DS out your shoes on" (for the 'nth time)
"What did you say?"
"Put your shoes on"
"What did you say?"
"PUT. YOUR.SHOES.ON."
"What did you say?"
"NOW!!!"

Perhaps I should take him back the the ENT....

Sounds fun nutella! T also says 'mummy...Mummy...MUMMY!!!' Me: 'what yes dearest dd3?' T: 'I haven't finished my sentence'. Ok then. Obvs picked up from dd1&2 arguing for airtime but really doesn't help the more words than ears that often occurs in our house!

Oh, and DD was playing with my keys. I think I was making dinner and then forgot all about my keys. The next day I couldn't find them. DH and I searched everywhere. even the rubbish, where I found something else that shouldn't have been there just before going to bed we realised the only place left to search was the garden.

Fortunately they hadn't been left on the grass or in the paddling pool, which had collected quite a bit of rain.

No, my keys were in the sandpit. Thanks DD.

Hope it all goes well WL. It makes such a difference having a good boss.

I had a 70 something mile round trip this morning to have some blood taken because "there were a few tests the GP didn't take for" last month (they took 3 vials). 17 vials and 3 veins later.......

Why beasty? What's up? Hope you're ok.

beasty that is a huuuuuge amount of vials and blood to take. I hope you're ok the idea of it makes me and my veins very squirmy I also hope you had a good nurse taking the bloods so you at least don't look Like a pin cushion.

I have a funny DD video to post to the FB group. I hope it will cheer up anyone that needs it. X

I'm fine. It's to see which of me and my brothers are the best match for a stem cell transplant for our dad.

The nurses were very good- haemotology department so used to it. But they had to use 2 veins in my hand when the one in my arm wouldn't produce any more, and I have 2 marks there. I told A that it looks like a vampire bit me (he likes vampires), so if I bite him he'll turn into one. I pretended to try and bite his neck this evening, and he punched me in the face! He found it funny and asked me to bite him again so he could punch me....

I thought I was going for a couple of vials, but as the nurse filled a tray with the stuff she'd need she just kept getting more and more vials out.

You've brought back memories of being jabbed while in labour
With DS they had tested blood from several places so they had limited options. And the MW was doing her best but my arm was really sore and swollen.

And from DD I still have a weird sort of depression in the skin from the mean Dr who wouldn't use the child size small cannula when I asked. I couldn't move my fingers and a kind MW took it out half an hour later for me, because it was making me cry

And I'm sorry to hear about your Dad. hope he is ok and you are or find a decent match for him soon.

beasty what a lovely thing to be able to do for your dad. Fx all goes well.

We've had a pretty lovely weekend but I'm feeling quite stressed out. Not least as I've been really hard on dd1 a couple of times - she was being a ratbag to dd2 which is a bit of a red rag to me as she is often harsh to her, but she is only 9 and they are siblings. It's just hard to watch dd2 idolise her and she can be a meany pants. One of my dbs was pretty dreadful to me and I don't think it helped with self esteem issues. To be fair dd1 lost out yesterday as dd2 was being a pita so I sent them all to bed. Oh dear. Parenting fail.
know my stress isn't their fault so I will try harder to be gentler this week.

Obviously the best way to apologise for drawing an orange felt tip line which extends for several meters across your bedroom wall is to say you want to kiss mummy and blow a snotty raspberry on her chest.

Enough said.

And I've got a sore throat and the start of a cold. Probably because of said snotty 3 year old.

Aww beasty!

I'm finally losing weight have lost a good half a stone since beginning of May!

Can I be in a weight loss gang?! I reallllly want to lose weight but have instead gained weight this year . I have started the fight back kind of but I basically need to eat less - I know it sounds so simple!

Geoffrey you're bf (?) so should def wait until you've stopped before you worry about that. You need to keep eating biscuits!

Well obviously I've been exercising but they say it's 80% what you eat. I've basically stopped eating crap and stopped snacking. I was worst in the evening eating massive bars of chocolate etc. Have reduced portion sizes and carbs at dinner. If I have a massive bit of cake mid morning will just have something v small at lunch. I tend not to eat breakfast so I've started having a smoothie instead with spinach and healthy stuff in it I see so many people at work with preventable illnesses I'm determined not to be one!

Oh and I'm hardly eating any meat. I haven't had any for weeks but wouldn't like to call myself vegetarian (yet!)

Good for you tangled. I'm trying to eat better like you - less sugar and crap, less carbs. I love salad but it's a bit of an arse to make a good one so often end up grabbing quick and easy. Eating better does go hand in hand with exercise for me too, so really must get back to earlier nights and early morning exercise.

It's so easy to get out of the habit quickly. I ate rubbish today but I did exercise and have a green smoothie and a sausage sandwich and twix and birthday cake

Anyone else woken to the news and feeling utterly terrified of the mess we're leaving our kids to clean up? 😞

Yup. And worse. I've just seen a news article where Farage declares the 350 million to the NHS propaganda as a mistake.
That makes me feel sick. That he can come out and say that right after the vote. Right after the result. I cannot believe idiots trusted him. And he is already prepared to show them that they were idiots for doing so.

< actual sick face!

It's coming to something if even a slug like Farage is dissociating himself from the Leave campaign