May 2007 - I beg of you... Come out, come out wherever you are Scoot.

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Now where are you Scoot?

You're all wonderful adverts for having only 1.

Tiny Pop is brilliant. It has the only two children's programmes I can stomach. PB Bear and Billy. I love them. Oh and RubbaDubbers. I think Finbar might be the coolest character on television. We have no other children's channels.

Shagging is just a bit behind the bikesheds isn't it? Sex will do if you must partake of such discussions though it would be better if we could stick to sewing and cupcakes.

PJ, Rocking new year planned then. Exciting
Tils thats just 4 weeks or so away isn't it? OMG, time flies.

but sex is so boring and grown up...

Talking of sewing, I cutomised a plain black shirt last weekend, was the first bit of sewing I'd done in years and I really enjoyed it, perfect relaxing Sat afternoon chill. The shirt is pretty fab for a soirée of boots and hats now too.

I know, JB, my only hope is to get out on NYE. Or to go into labour before the 29th.

Cbeebies all the way in our house, although we do occasionally stumble onto Peppa on Nick Jnr. L is still watching the bloody Santa Who movie with Leslie Nielsen and is a big Chitty Chitty Bang Bang fan too. I can forgive her anything when she sings "You're my little choochi face" to me whilst pinching my cheeks.

She is looking forward to her baby brother's arrival, but is steadfast in her belief that I am not his mummy, because I am her mummy.

I really should learn to include everything in one post, I know!

Timothy goes to school and Milly Molly are the favorites here.

Behind the bikesheds might be quite exciting actually.

I suggest you definitely stick with one SOH. So much easier. You can take all the abuse attention on your own then.

Tiny Pop? Moto? What's this weird language you all speak of? In my house it's 'Destroyed in Seconds' or '21st Century Shark' and yes before you all ask, we do have coffee table books and fgs, even a visitors book.

No TV for 3 days was hellish fun. I made sure we had after school tennis, a playdate and extra rounders at school. We all three went to each one. I nearly slipped up when I realised it meant I couldn't watch Eastenders.

Oh yes Pink, we love Chitty too. Awwww at A singing, too cute. We like Toot Sweets. They make me fast forward the slushy bit in the garden when she is on the swing.

Ohhhhh you are going to have such fun with A when L arrives.

I get that argument, normaly ended swiftly by H's reasoning, "she was my Mummy before yours so there!"

Cute PJ, very cute. DD likes the Polar Express and the original 1933 cartoon of The Night Before Christmas. In fact she just loves Christmas. Or the idea of it. We've made reindeer food already.

I'm customising a long black coat atm. Twas a charity shop find and have cut it and sewn in panels and am currently embroidering flowers on the cuffs and hems. Think technicolour dreamcoat.

What is this NYE of which you speak?

Ha ha TMAM - that is declared too boring to listen to in our house as well!! A is also a fan of You Two.

JB - it is certainly becoming a very alarming prospect. She is very good with babies, to a point, then she asks me to give them back to their mummy. So although she is on board with the 'little brother' concept, I fear she thinks he is arriving with his mummy.

TMAM, you don't watch Eastenders do you? I think my whole opinion of you just coloured slightly. Tell me it isn't true.

Never seen Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Is it good?

I love having just one but I know PJ's going to say I told you so when she grows up lonely and unhappy.

I'm not lonely or unhappy. Not any more or any less than someone who has grown up with gaggles of brothers and sisters.

Are you a fan of Mary Poppins-type movies? If so, you must watch Chitty.

Sometimes It's my guilty secret.

Chitty is fantastic, the two kids are so damn cute, we have endless conversations about whether it is/was real, why the baddies want Chitty, why the children have no mummy, how come the king is so stupid that he doesn't realise Dick and Pretty Lady are real when they are being marionettes.

Jasper just wants to watch RAF Waddington Airshow 2008, featuring The Return of The Vulcan, a Lancaster Bomber and endless Spitfires. The likes of which only us Lincolnshire folk can really appreciate, eh Sky?

Pink, I predict A will be totally enamoured of baby Kai and will love to help you change his nappies and thrust toys in his face for him to play with.

NYE.... AKA as your Birthday..

Coat sounds really funky. Well, I wanted a black slightly country/sparkly shirt for our non demo soirées. I saw a nice one but it was 65 euros! I went into the cheaper shop next door boutgh a plain shirt for 12 euros and then went into the mercerie next door to that to buy diamanté edging and a iron on patch... basic & easy but it looks great and cost me a smigen of the posh shop next door.

No, no, I don't think you are lonely and unhappy. I think you're sociable and happy.

I think dd is very much like me. I am close to my brother but have never been very good with people and small talk. I worry M will go the same way. I also don't want M feeling solely responsible for me when she's older. It's nice to share the having to have Mum over with a sibling.

Yes gaggles is a word.

Not seen Mary Poppins either but I know the sort of film. I like The Railway Children for example.

Daddy, my Daddy.

TSM, you seen The Notebook yet?

Mary Poppins is my all time favorite, closely followed by chitty. The kids and A won't let me watch Mary anymore as I know all the words all the way through and have a habit of reciting the lines before they do.

I think you should check it out, Guido. And Tils won't have seen The Notebook because I left the house with a small child screaming at my ankles on Sunday morning and in all the drama, I forgot to take it with me

I wouldn't say that I feel solely responsible for my parents. As you know, our relationship is very intense, and I could have been encouraged to spread my wings a little further, I think. I only live 0.4 miles away from them. M and I lived in Leeds for a while, and being so far away from them is what kickstarted my anxiety. But, aside from my mum and dad, we have a very, very close extended family, and I think it makes a difference. If it was literally just the three of us, I would definitely feel the weight on my shoulders for them.

I was always encouraged to make friends, and I never, ever saw my parents as my friends when I was a child. And I think that this was a conscious effort on their part. Having said that, M is who she is, and no amount of worrying from you will push her to be anything she's not. And I happen to think that you're both pretty great. From what I saw of M at the meet up, you have nothing to worry about.

One or both of those films have that bloke in don't they? White haired doctor, solves crimes with his rl son. Bit Jessica Fletcheresque, always there when somebody's murdered, never under suspicion. Went to Australia to learn a cockney accent?

The fabulous Dick Van Dyke. Both of them. Man's a leg.

Or a ledge?

He's a damn fine singer and nimble on his toes.

Yes TMAM - I am sure we get to say more than most people - oh look its a plane! Over and over again! We gets lots of nice displays, more so at my mums on the other side of town (nearer Cranwell!).

I have been grinning quite a bit reading your posts also. I have been DD1s mummy for the longest and doesn't everyone else know it! DD2 is currently trying to persuade C that I am her mummy, and DD1s and Ls but C won't have it! I am his mummy and that is that - he also likes to sit on both knees which can be fun when L wants one and so does DD2!

New suite just arrived and has a couple of scrapes! FGS why! Apparently it is natural leather and will have . Have someone coming to look at it on 11 November.

I also love chitty chitty bang bang but no one else does sadly. Haven't shown anything like that to C yet but he does love TV so you never know he may be a convert.

True arm leg.

He has the most expressive nose when he's acting.

Right, has been really lovely chatting (is that coffee barish?) today, I have to go and sort some clothes and probably do my nut about the state of their bedrooms but at least they've been out from under my feet. H has his country class at 5pm and then it's a mad rush to get him back, tea/ bed done before I head out to Aerobics and dancing.

Adios amigos..

Right - have just ordered The Notebook (its only £4 on Amazon). Don't worry PJ - I'd completely forgot about it as well.

I don't like Chitty - Childcatcher scared the hell out of me as a child and I haven't been able to watch it since (ditto Incredible Hulk). Love Mary Poppins though ... and Railway Children but My Fair Lady is my absolute favourite.

Better go - Tlls has coughed herself awake again. She;s had this cough/cold now for about 4 or 5 weeks. I need to take her to the docs don't I ?? I hate going to GP - always feel like I'm wasting their time and it is only a cold and she seems ok in herself (apart from being tired because she's coughing all night) but its been dragging on for ages...

Have just sat down...

It is hellish when they argue, dt and dd2 are horrid to each other. B absolutely can not be left alone in the room with Bluebell atm, he plays a little too hard for her If i go for a wee i have to take one with me, likewise if i go up or down the stairs.

The others are pretty good though, the usual jibes and inevitable "Muuuuuuuuuuuuuuum".

Mostly i answer every "Mum" with a "No"

If i am feeling stressed i tell them. The twins pay a bit more attention then, not always. DD2 is high maintenance, she kicks off a lot and needs constant calming and watching. The two small boys are very good.

Probably because they are not yet heard over the din that is B He is a bit whingy. Driving me crackers with it, i think it may be teeth? Dunno. That and the fact he barely sleeps.

I do shout. Too much probably, My throat hurts some evenings

Mine all sit on the stair as punishment and if it is really serious i take toys away, don't let them out to play. TV bans do not happen. It is not fair on the masses

No magic involved, i just ignore lot's of the behaviour rightly or wrongly. If i jumped up and down about everything i would have a very sad life...

It is the relentlessness of it all that brings me down sometimes, a break from the drudgery is great. Sometimes you get stuck though, vicious circle.

7lbs doable then? I am being very good. Trying to eat breakfast, sandwich and salad for lunch, salad for tea, maybe some rice noodles or a stir fry (vege only).

No cake or treats at all. Skinny cappucinos when i am out! All good right?

I have WW Tills, after i had dc4. The last stone would not shift. I am vaguely thinking about it, it is very good. I was BF him and had something like 22 points, i struggled to eat them all!

Man up blimp ladies, you are on the home stretch now! Newborns cradled soon. It will be worth it I can't wait to meet them.