April 2007 - With the holidays upon us it'll be wild sleeping bag antics abound! Speaking of which, anyone care to take bets on whether Pesha's coming back from hols with more than a suntan .....

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now we just have to keep this one going until she's gets home (Tuesday)

I started to watch scarface when pg with Maia (thats carrying Maia btw not watching with Maia whilst pg!) and got as far as the chainsaw in the shower bit and had to stop. Also watched Blair Witch Project in same pg, on my own at night, and it played on my mind for weeks, really got inside my head. Watched it again a year or so later with a friend and couldn't remember why I was so bothered! Also watched The Money Pit in same pg and laughed for literally hours at Tom Hanks falling through the hole in the floor and getting stuck! That pg did some very funny things to me emotionally!!

I used to love scary films pre dc but I def think having children has really softened me up.

I love the Monry Pit!Tis one of my fave films.I love the bit where the bath crashes through the floor and he does 'that' laugh for ages.I think we have all done theat laugh...hysteria crossed with something being not that funny.Have ssen Shining before but just couldn't hack it/prob cos dp away soon and it would haunt me.Blair Witch project?????EEEEEEKarama wouldn't go there.Have decided I like Paddington and Pingu before it was bastadised by the beeb![ie when ds1 was younger they ghave ruined it now]The noo noo's don't sound right and there is too much talking!Could still be the MMR Pisha,so here is hoping better soon
Goodnight all.xxxxxxx

I just had to turn off a weird film set on an aeroplane because it was creeping me out too much.

hiya wont be on here for a while cos split from p, and he wont let me on laptop anymore, can go on fb on ,my fone so message me there to let me know whats going on, xxxxx

Oh lexi so sorry to hear that Not on FB but will ask everyone else how you're doing. Hope you are sorted and settled soon, take care xx

Will keep you in touch lexi. xx

Sorry hols are proving tough Luce - and stop being a tease!!

Had a super time with SOL and her girlies yesterday; but feeling so awful about IDOC Wires got crossed so we didn't meet up. Feel awful. Anyway, it was a gorgeous place and all the girls were pretty good

Been coughing ridiculous amounts last night and this morning Will I ever get better!!?

Right need to jump in the shower quick ..... although not sure I want to with all this talk of horror films!!

morning - went to load some more in dishwasher this morning and it smelt dreadful = sick [yuk]

porridge for breakfast so feel a bit better

dh working all day but need to go to B&Q as they have 15% off if you spend over £50.

We need wall tiles for kitchen & utility and worktops - but not sure what. Had a matt slate vinyl laid in both rooms yesterday. We have already chosen tiles, may just buy those

lexi - thinking of you

I jumped and screamed at the Addams Family in the cinema such a scaredy cat

Lexi, hope you can get things sorted soon. Thinking of you xx

Oooggs, bleugh to smelly dishwasher. Glad you feel better now

POTC, what is all this soppiness?! Hope you are ok anyway

SOL, thanks for the sympathy re ds. I am calm and can cope most of the time, but lately I feel myself winding up and I just lose the plot!

I don't do horror films either, but I love The Money Pit! I am a chick flick girl myself.

Will keep an eye out for your messages on facebook Lexi, hope everything is ok

Dippy - sorry you're cough is still bad

Oooggs - poor you being sick, hope you're feeling better now.

MJ - lots of sympathy from me too re stroppy children. Maia has the attitude of a teenager (although I expect when she actually is a teenager I shall look back at her now and think what an angel she was!), she actually is generally a really good girl but she has jsut has this stroppy attitude and can be so rude. And then at other times she'll whine and whinge like a toddler.

Lovely hot sunny dat here today, meant to be going cricket with J but D's temp keeps spiking so am stuck indoors Although N is very happy just to play on wii all day which isn't something I would normally encourage but not a lot else I can do with him so leaving him to it. Hes asking for help every now and then but actually hes better than me at it!!

Don't think I've told you Dylan's latest word - he says 'What?. As in 'Dylan how did you get up there' and he looks all wide eyed and says 'what?'. Its kinda cute and quite funny but at the same time I am and that even my 1 yo has an attitude!

And N is obsessing baout school all the time at the moment and how long till he has to go back and keeps saying he feels sick when he has to go to school. The last term of school has been a real struggle for him as work got harder and he gets so tired and doesn't really have the concentration to deal with it. He kept worrying all through our holiday about coming back to school and even now still wont let it go J's step dad commented on hol how he has 'lost his smile since starting school' which is true, he used to be such a happy go lucky boy all the time but that side of him has gone and hes much more often sulky and tired and whingy I am hoping that a long break will help and he'll be keen to go back and see his friends and then being a mixed class will help to boost his confidence and make him see that he can do it. If he carries on like this though then I will have to look at other options because I don't want to force my child into something thats not right for him and make what was a gloriously happy little boy into a sad, miserable, stressed little person

Oh Pisha - I've got tears in my eyes just reading that!!

poor N pisha
is there anything that would build his confidence? extra tuition or something? with a huge treat at the end of course!!
Why do I always have to clean the bathroom with a screaming toddler clinging to my leg?!

I really don't know what to do. He loves to learn, he loves reading books and is always telling me what words begin with what sounds and has been sounding out whole words lately and he also really likes number work and is doing simple adding sums. He loves books, I quite often go up to find him asleep surrounded by books on the bed! And he loves the social side of school, hes a really popular boy in his class and has lots of friends and will play with anyone rather than just sticking to a small group of best friends like dd does. His teacher was brilliant and the learning at the start of the year was fun and used jolly phonics were they learn letters through sounds and actions which worked really well for him and tbh the majority of the day was play. But in the afternoons he really struggles with his energy and concentration and seems to be struggling with the harder work as they prepare for year 1. He has said a few times that he 'can't learn' and its too hard.

I hope that next year as he will be mixed class of reception and y1 that he will feel like one of the clever ones and more confident. Also there will be more play still than a y1 only class and he will be that bit older (hes still not 5 yet!).

I'm worried though that perhaps the whole way of learning and the amount of structure and pressure is just not for him. But I'm hopefully probably over reacting and he'll be fine after a bit of a break. I will kepp on with his reading, spelling, numeracy etc over the summer hols but in a realxed, casual way so it won't feel like learning to him. That seems to be how he responds best.

Sorry just realised I've waffled on loads! Think I might start a thread in Education later, see what other people's experiences are.

Just had a phone call from POTC and her computer is broken She's distraught!! She rang me to see when J was going to work to see if she can ring me later tonight without him moaning! It'll be a nice change to have a phone conversation with her when she's not posting on MN and checking her emails etc at the same time!!

I was just going to ask if he was young for his year, obv I have no experience but it does sound like he's just not used to the demands. It would be such a pity if it put him off school when he's bright and enjoys learning. Hope you get smething sorted.
Well, it's not yet 7, kitchen is clean, most jobs are done and I am MNing with a glass of wine
(Not wanting to mention that we had plain pasta/toasted sandwiches for tea, and T has oatibix in his hair )

evening all

pisha - not advise here, just hope he isn't put off school as they are there such a long time

well done Katy - you domestic goddess

I am meeting Octo & boys tomorrow - not sure what we are doing depends on weather but she is coming to the house - OMG - I had better tidy up

OMFG have you read the thread about the MIL who added cream to a lactose intolerant baby's bottle. I am fuming, and ranting, think I'd better leave it a while

Hi oooggs
Well if you need any tidying advice or anything you know who to ask

yes I have just read that - scarey lady & spineless dh

i'm bored

can't even text my friends as i'm still mobile less

have you read pooh crumbs eddas?
t has fallen asleep, early tonight!

no didn't click on that thread, not suprised you did though did you see sol over there by any chance

lol no i think she limits herself to child poo
think i probably should too!

Did I hear the word poo mentioned?????

What good timing!!

Hi all.

Pisha, poor N I don't know what to suggest really; did you post in Education?
When B has a downer about school, which she does occasionally, I just say that school is fab; much nicer than work. Don't know if I am doing the right thing, but she seems ok. I know towards the end of term she struggled - so much going on. Hope he is ok.

SPB, you are a domestic goddess indeed. How do you fancy coming and doing my ironing???

Lexi, I don't suppose you are on mn now, but just wanted to say that I am really sorry about you and your situation. Hope you are ok. x

All ok here. Knackered though. B woke at 4.20 asking for her duvet to be straightened out . Took me an age to go back to sleep, and then K woke up crying at 6.20. Brought her in with me, but no use. Been to my mum and dads today which was lovely. Dh not back until about 3 a.m. He has offered to sleep downstairs so as not to wake me, but I am tempted to sleep down here and he can have the joy of the dd's calling out/crying/coughing!!!

we knew the talk of poo would get you over here.
Lol at B and her duvet

do you peel her grapes too?

lol at grapes Katy so sol do you?

and yes I read the poo thread - yuk - not great for someone with my state of weak stomach

new photos on profile - don't they grow up quick