December 2006- where they've grown so much we spend more time talking about our lives than our children

[Indith]

Well that and our pregnancies and other non-dec '06 children

Tis a good thing I feel.

ps I went weirdly numb and spaced out this morning, this first day of school thing must have got to me more than I thought

pps Hello Godzilla, nice to see you

ppps LenniEd, can I bribe/wheedle/bully/pay you to do my Xmas organizing please? Very wise to organize yours in advance when pg, very wise...

Hmmpf, see I'm second in line to BP for LenniEd Xmas Services Inc, then

Yes, Jabber, are you ok? Not seen news tonight, but thinking of you..

Hiya all...just going to say also - it was the DTDs first day at Secondary today. they went off walkingthe 30 mins to school on their own (their old school was only 5 mins) in their ties and new uniforms, and i was worried sick.

They are obviously fine and are well on the way to making new friends, didn't get bullied at all, and have managed to only get lost four times in the enormous school that's miles bigger than the old one

I was a bit slow there, wasn't I, Godzilla [duh].

Eli, I think I've requested to be your friend on FB and you are IGNORING me. [humph] I hope it's you, anyway, or I am hassling some poor stranger........ Glad dd1 was okay at school, must be very hard when they don;t know anyone. Ds1 is so lucky to havebeen to preschool with 23 out of the 30 kids in his class. I think it's made it a much less traumatic an upheaval for him.

And Lennied, I think I may have friend requested, if I picked the right person! [rebuffed] PLEASE be my friend, please, please, pleeeeeeeease .

Maybe we could have a skill share on here?

(says me who's no good at anything )

We have Oli's cakes

Lennied's organisation

Ev's cleaning routine

Jabber's opto opti eye expertise

AQs (soon to be super-honed skills at multi-tasking)

Indith's translations...

I could go on...

But I still have first dibs at Castles coming to live in my cupboard.

My ability to burst onto a thread after a long absence and attempt an innuendo and completely fail

Yep, you'd go far Godzilla. lol.

(Anyway, I got your smutty remark first time round)

Perhaps it should be:

Oli's ability to totally miss innuendo and make long winded defenses of her DH?

I love the way you make me giggle

Eh? at all of you, too tired...
Eli, bp are neither of you on FB yet? What's the problem, bp, I'll get you onto the group if you like.

Must go and multi-task. at Godzilla's dt's at secondary school OMG. DP did say something last night about being taxi drivers for the next 20 years, sigh.

I cant keep up so will just keep quiet and

Au contraire Margo, you are the Queen of the one-liners

Eh, Eh? What's all the eh-ing about?

Re: reading, it's not that I don't have time to read these days, it's that I can't. Sad but true ...

And what's all this about talking to other 'arfs? DH comes home around 10.30/11pm on a good night and if I'm not already asleep on sofa I'm heading to bed. We grunt to each other at 5.30am when he gets up. This happens 7 days a week. Conversation. You're 'aving a laugh! OMG, my life is a mess ... wanders off to reduce size of ironing mountain ...

Oli you must be hassling someone else

I'm on FB, theoretically, in that I have a page (hopelessly under-used and under-photo-ed so far) but go weeks without accessing it. Where is the group bit?? AQ, can you give me directions please please?

Got to rush off, man arrived to lay bathroom floor, but am going to think very hard and try and come up with a skill....

Eli - you're already a member of the group. I've just added something to it's wall so you should get an email notification and be able to link through to it.

Eli, are you beginning with C or I? I messaged both Cs (Lennied was easy, she's got the same photo as here). I'm with a D and have ds2 is my photo with me.

Good lord, I'm completely confused now too! Best go have a nap...

Awful awful awful school pick up. DD2 isnt well - full of cold so I kept her off swimming. She had a strop when I got her in the car as she wanted to be in DD1s car seat and not her own. Then had a strop when I put her in the buggy and proceeded to how in a fit of rage until we had collected DD1 and almost driven home again. I thought it was as she is poorly but now I'm beginning to think it is terrible 2s come early. not sure how to handle it to be honest. I was so embarrassed - one of the other mums pushed my pushchair around the corner as I had DD2 in a vice-like grip and couldnt do both

Oh, sorry EV, sounds v.v.stressful! - ds2 created a stink for me last week in the same vein actually. I think he found the change of routine a bit hard to deal with, perhaps as with dd2? It is a big change, school's got loads of new people everywhere etc...

Very possibly AQ but it had to be in front of all the other mums didnt it

Well, she probably was going for maximum impact. I hate it when they do that, I can't carry ds2 now so had to drag him along last week which looks so good doesn't it? grrr.

DD1 was a nightmare when DS started school 2 years ago. She used to have a humdinger of a tantrum without fail every time I turned up to collect DS. And yes she was 2. I share your pain EV but please don't be embarrassed. The mum's worth knowing won't even notice probably (like me ). You will learn the politics of the playground - it is one of the worst things I have ever come across and you will also learn to rise above it. (Honestly, without sounding preachy it has been one the the major learning experiences of parenting for me). Our wee ones are entirely normal, not to mention adorable and highly talented (hence the outpourings of emotion) .

Thanks Castles. Actually I'm doing well. There are two mums I now know the names of and one has asked us for a playdate next week.

EV - I don't know if this makes a difference but I always want to give the mum of a tantruming child a great big hug. I never think any less of them.

dd1 was in meltdown today in the supermarket. she knocked herself on the trolley and shouting at the top of her voice "It's not me, it's you mummy, you're the naughty one!" She started crying again at the checkout (actually I don't think she stopped, she must have gotten louder). She told me "The lady's stolen my yogurt drinks" - I had a lady helping me pack my shopping.

Aw bless her Margo. I love it when they get completely carried away. Tantrums rock I say: get it all out in the open!

Goodness, playdate already EV! Poor little ds2 has no-one to play with outside of nursery now, ds1 completely dominated proceedings. The mums I know with dc's the same age are working mostly.

I would be more inclined to think badly of the woman who screamed abuse at her 5 year old right across the playground yesterday because he'd forgotten his book bag (or something similar).

I want to hear more about the playground politics, castles & all this invitation lark. Already stressed that I have to invite 50 children to ds1's birthday party in december or he'll be sent to Coventry or something. Surely, surely not? His class has 30 plus he knows loads of other children from the other 2 classes plus outside school arggggghh. And ds2's birthday is a week earlier so was thinking of a joint party. No-one would expect it of mum with dt's, would they??