Morning all,
Phew - just back from sports day - it rained, but on the upside, no pushy mommies this year. Actually, maybe there were pushy mommies, but as my two were running races at opposite ends of the field at the same time I didn't have enough time to stand and eavesdrop chat. I spent most of the time running up and down the middle of the field with dd in the pushchair - thank god for 3-wheelers.
DOG!!!!! So pleased you are back, you have been sorely missed. Glad to hear you are loving your new home and enjoying the garden.
Things have settled down with the school now thanks. Both dss got lovely reports, ds2 exceeded all his targets and is now ahead of quite a few other children in his class and ds1 flew through his SATs getting top grades in everything except speaking and listening, for which he got the average mark (along with 85% of the children in his year). (Thought that was a bit unfair really as although he's hopeless at listening - show me a 7 year old boy who isn't, he is extremely articulate with a huge vocabulary for a boy of his age and is able to hold adult level conversations with ease.) His teacher totally backtracked on the 'socially dysfunctional' comment and said on his report that he is a kind, sensitive boy who cares about his peers and has many friends and is able to work well in a team! (She's bonkers that woman - I'm sure!)
I am a lone mommy for the next 48hrs as DH is in Dorset on a training course with his boss. I was so ridiculously nervous about coping with all three for the morning school run today, but I needn't have been, this morning ran more smoothly than yesterday's distaster, despite having three times as much to do. I even managed to dust and vacuum before I took the boys to school! Mind, you I've only just drunk my first coffee of the day.
Tree hope you are having a lovely day out. Sorry I disappeared on the other thread last night, dd has been really grumpy since missing all her naps on Sunday and yesterday was poo day as well (duly delivered at 10.45 pm) hence my sudden disappearance. Will go over and answer the poo questions in a mo.
MissJ Have you seen these. They sell them in Tesco and most other supermarkets and have revolutionised the way I do my washing. I try to keep the number of loads I do down to a minimum and only use ecover, but often find I don't have enough of one colour to justify a load so things end up living in the washing basket for ages, especially dd's clothes as I don't wash hers in with ours. The colour catchers are great as you can put all different colours in together without worrying. I still wash white loads separately but put one in with whites as well, its incredible how grey the colour catcher is when it comes out of a white wash. I'm sure it is prolonged the life and whiteness of our clothes, especially the boys school shirts and dds sleepsuits. (God I sound like an advert .)
SAS I was telling DH about your job candidate problems and he was gobsmacked. Can't believe people aren't snapping your hands off for a job in the current climate. DH's company has vacancies for developers and there are literally thousands of people applying for them. Must be really frustrating, although I can well believe it really, my last job was an administrator at an HE college and out of all the people who applied, I was the only one who had the right qualifications and I only applied for the job the fourth time it was advertised. Other people came for the interview but it was obvious they had lied about having the necessary skills when they couldn't do the test. Hope you find someone soon.