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April 2009 - Episode 12 - 'I'm wearing mine pink one Princess Tutu'

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Feierabend · 15/02/2010 12:20

Here we go!

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Feierabend · 01/03/2010 11:21

Yay for school!

Busy writing birthday invitations here and sorting out baby stuff...

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mrsgboring · 01/03/2010 13:24

I'm sorting out baby stuff too, for a nearly new sale - have done my back in slightly ironing.

bebemoohatessnot · 01/03/2010 15:59

Birthdays...dunno what to do about a party for Moo...I feel everyone expects me to have one, but honestly I'm not sure I want to have one especially with the neighbor kids. I was thinking of making cupcakes and having Moo toddle them over to each of the neighbor kids instead of having an actual party for her. I don't know how to entertain kids well enough to have a party!

mrsgboring · 01/03/2010 19:19

Hmm birthdays. Round our way there are two approaches to first birthdays

  1. have family round / go out and have a small celebration, largely of the fact the baby is here and has survived first year with both parents roughly intact.

  2. have a massive party, inviting everyone you know. Child gets lots and lots of presents (far too many IMO of that sort of one year old toy and I'm perhaps the most pro-toy person I know), and is a lot of work.

Needless to say I'm a fan of option 1.

Bebe you absolutely don't have to feel obliged to include neighbour kids in a party if you don't want to. I really don't think anyone would expect it, though of course they'd be delighted with the cupcake idea.

Feierabend · 01/03/2010 19:39

Well for H's first birthday DH will take the day off and we'll take her and DD1 to the London aquarium and then Pizza Express. Or something similar. She'll have a balloon or two, a cake with a candle and one present from us. And then once the girls are in bed DH and I will celebrate that we've survived the first year with a bottle of champagne!

But taking cup cakes round to the neighbours sounds like a lovely idea.

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Feierabend · 01/03/2010 19:40

Aaaaahhhhh... getting quite tearful at the thought that Hazel's birthday is coming up fast now...

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ZuluWarrior · 01/03/2010 20:49

Definitely option 1 mrsg! We'll have my parents round (but only because my Mum threatened tears if she wasn't invited - grrr) and we still have the top tier of our wedding cake which I'll re-ice. I'm not even sure if we'll get him a present - we didn't at Christmas . And we have a bottle of wedding champagne chilling too Fei!!

I've been to 2 first birthday big parties this year and they were both ridiculous. A one year old does not need that many people or that many presents. (IMO )

dawntigga · 02/03/2010 08:04

As for 1st b'days, we will be having a bbq if the weather is pleasant or a family meal (spag bol/home made bread that kind of thing) if it isn't.

DoesRusticRatherWellTiggaxx

Feierabend · 02/03/2010 09:24

BA has just replied to one of my threads - I feel honoured

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bebemoohatessnot · 02/03/2010 09:48

Meg's B-day is Easter Saturday. Not sure if that's going to cause problems for people... I should perhaps mention it to the gp's and see what they think.

Did not get my creative done. Someone must have told Moo my intentions...

gingersarah · 02/03/2010 09:54

Hello!

Hi BB!
Gui, great to see you. So sorry to hear about the period and D&V. But don?t worry about the nursery ? he will be fine. And so will work. Honestly. When you get there and everyone makes a fuss of you and you can just do grown up things all day without having to wipe banana or snot off anything, you will love it. And I bet you look fab in your trousers, they probably just look very fitted. So DON?T WORRY.

And Bicnod, the guilt is unasseptable [supernanny frown into your eyes, ?at your level?, which in our case is me standing on a chair]. You are doing a great job. Your little chap is one of the most cuddled and adored ever ? a blip is nothing. Completely nothing.

MrsG ? hurray about the school! What happened for your ds to be EXPELLED? (prurient face ? hope this is not upsetting, and I am not in bad taste, I am just dying to know)

Fei ? totally with you on your approach to first birthdays. Some of my rl baby friends have different ideas and I am so fond of them all, and all their babies, after all the time we have spent together and they have been great friends to me. But now I am struggling with, well, cultural differences I suppose, and how to express them. I love it here but in some ways I am not a London girl at heart, really.
Feeling your pain about the swine flu jab. Struggling to emote about the ?cleaner broke the lampshade? trauma tho. I suppose I just have a heart of stone ;) Sorry!
Oh! Oh! Where is BA speaking to you?! Did you get your nails done before you posted?

Well things have been up and down chez gingersarah, last week was rough but that was partly a horrible hormonal reaction to my first period and partly some other interpersonal problems that were totally my fault and I seem to be thankfully forgiven for. Lovely weekend my parents visited, so V was showing off all her crawling and staggering about and other tricks. They find it adorable how she eats most of her own food herself and I was feeling unbearably smug about how pretty she is and how charming and sociable she is and how tres tres cute it is when she is eating her twee little sandwiches etc etc AAAAAAARGH shoot me now. And she was quiet all night the evening DP and I went out to dinner with my parents babysitting, so we had a lovely time together in a French restaurant and I wore a Fwock.

And today! ? the sun has come out! ? for the second day running!!!!!!!!!! My cup overfloweth.

PuzzleRocks · 02/03/2010 16:25

"Did you get your nails done before you posted?"

mrsgboring · 02/03/2010 20:39

Sarah lovely to hear from you - you write so well, it is always a joy to read.

The story with DS1 being expelled from nursery was simply that he didn't settle - was very very determined, including spending 6 hours screaming non-stop. After that the nursery manager suggested we try a childminder (which was a huge relief to me because I really wanted to leave but didn't know how to get out of it).

I did feel like some kind of closet Continuum Concept mum though really. The second they suggested it wasn't going to work out, I took my tie-dyed wrap out of my bag and swathed us both in it. And we both felt much better for it, I have to say.

As a postscript to that, he also got dumped by the childminder. He did a week of being relatively settled, then had a day of crying all day and the CM chucked in the towel. I think my DS1 is quite intense

Feierabend · 03/03/2010 09:11

MrsG remind me, did you then become a SAHM?

DD1, looking out of the window this morning: 'I am going to see if it's morning and time to wake up. Oh. The birds are flying away. Maybe they are going for a nice cup of tea in a cafe somewhere.' Where does she get these things from?

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Feierabend · 03/03/2010 09:16

Hmmmm. Hazel is supposed to have her morning nap but DD1 has gone to chat with her and they are both giggling. I'd better check what's going on...

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PuzzleRocks · 03/03/2010 09:16

She is right

Feierabend · 03/03/2010 10:29

Nice one

Now, has anyone seen the missing piece of DD's farmyard puzzle?

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WhatFreshHellIsThis · 03/03/2010 10:35

No, but if you come across a wooden sailor please let me know. And also the sixth Squeeze and Squeak Egg, which is still MIA.

AuldAlliance · 03/03/2010 13:25

hello!
How nice to see you all, especially the long lost ones.

I am in a small but rather deep slough of despond, will post more when I am not so depressed about life.

AuldAlliance · 03/03/2010 13:25

hello!
How nice to see you all, especially the long lost ones.

I am in a small but rather deep slough of despond, will post more when I am not so depressed about life.

AuldAlliance · 03/03/2010 13:26

oh ffs.
Can't even post properly.
Sums it up, really.

Feierabend · 03/03/2010 13:47

Auld my love, are you okay? Here, have a biscuit.

It's not right to be so grumpy about a missing puzzle piece, is it? Thing is things go missing all the time and I seem to spend my life retrieving toys from under the armchair, behind the sofa, between the cushions... etc. It's never ending.

I suspect the real reason I am so grumpy is my period though

Will take the girls into town and dump DD1 in the shopping centre creche there, I think.

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BoffinMum · 03/03/2010 16:33

We all love you even if the world doesn't.

dawntigga · 03/03/2010 20:02

Waves to all.

MightBeBeingMadeRedundantAndFreakingHappyTiggaxx

ZuluWarrior · 03/03/2010 20:20

Feiera, how cute. You must remember how lovely your kids are the next time they're driving you mad. It's what gets us all through, I guess.

Hello WFH. Did you find any of the things, and how's your Mum/house/anything else stressful you're always doing?

Auld - come back here! Tell us all about it.

Hi Boff and Tigga (redundant? is that good or bad? )

Gui? How is work going? Come and tell us!

I've had a satisfying day at work. And last night I presented DH with a spreadsheet detailing the months I want to be pregnant and the pros and cons of each. Did anyone else's other half get a spreadsheet?

BroodyZuluWarrior xx

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