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

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Here we go!

God, we haven't done penises for ages. What has gone wrong with this thread?

Felix has also discovered his manhood (or perhaps that's boyhood). He grabbed hold of it, yanked it about a bit, and had a half grin on his face and narrowed eyes which moved rapidly from side to side as he tried to work out what he was doing.

However I am very relieved he did not attempt to mate with a bath toy though. I get disturbed enough over zip trappage incidents and so on, so I could not cope with bath toy insertions. Not having one of these organs myself I find them somewhat daunting and alien when they go wrong.

BTW my mother is pretty awful at the whole appreciation of children thing. I took her to a ball recently with some of my friends, and one of them had just got married, and was thinking of starting a family. This is how the conversation went in the queue for the fortune teller.

"So, Boff's Mum, what do you think about the whole children thing?"

"Oh well, you know what, if I had my time again I probably wouldn't bother".

What can I say?

Oh Tigga

LOL at BoffMum though, I know where she's coming from.

Auld that's funny about speaking normal, I can just imagine DD1 saying the same thing. Growing up with two languages must confuse them quite a bit.

DH is out shooting ducks, or not shooting them as it were because he always misses. It would be awful if he did come home with a dead duck today because we have people coming round to view our house - what would they think if there was a dead duck hanging in the kitchen?

Or should that have been BoffinMumMum?

Sorry if people didn't appreciate my links, I'd had a beer

Oh dear, the lovely person who's baby was 1 and had the party sent a text message to everyone who went to the party. I have this thing about 1st birthdays, everyone makes a mahoosive fuss over the birthday person, as it should be, but forget for the last year the mother has been:

At the begining was in mucho pain and bricking herself with fear
Has been riddled with guilt she isn't doing the right thing for a year
Worried about everything from not sleeping enough to too much etc.
Worked her arse off for little pay or recognition
Done the hardest job possible

So I always take a bottle of fizz for mum. She text everyone (including The Centres) that she was very grateful for me sending the fizz and it was soooo thoughtful. This will not go down well with The Centres and I shall definately probably have snide jabs aimed at me. Ah well, whilst they're digging at me they are leaving somebody else alone who might not be able to cope with it.

Can'tDoNuffinkRightTiggaxx

Tigga do you want to come to H's birthday party?

I agree, it's a big day for the parents as much as for the baby! Time to sit back and congratulate yourself on having done a great job as a mum. I enjoyed DD1's second year a lot, she only got hard work again when she turned 2!

I don't do birthday parties at that age. The only one we did was a big family barbeque for DDS first to celebrate the fact that she had made it was and catching up with her peers fast. She didn't have a clue though it was for us as adults to acknowledge we had survived the stress.

Yep Tigs - you've just got yourself an invite to all the April babies' birthdays

Fei loved your links - especially the muffin one. So much so that a little bit of puke came up.

Oscar has diarrohea (is that how you spell it? I really need to learn how to spell that damn word) again

I went out last night to the cinema with a friend to watch Avatar (OMIGOD) and didn't get back til 00.30 . Sadly Oscar was awake when I got in and didn't go to sleep until around 02.00 so I'm not feeling particularly fabulous today.

WFH - did you manage to get your mum out of hospital for the weekend? Lovely sunny day here so hope it is where you are.

Tigs - I know exactly what you mean about the Centres. We called them the beautiful people. I was not one of them.

Feeling a bit scared as my Grandma has been taken into hospital with fluid on her lungs . She's 92 and a tough as old boots so I'm sure she'll be ok. Going to go and see her today after car purchasing completed.

Fei - Thanks for all the links. I wonder if DH which let me recreate the jungle scene?

Here's a link to something that made me smile yesterday. Charlie bit my finger..again

WFH - @ DS1.

Bicnod - Sorry to hear about your grandmother.

hope your grandmothers ok

DH has just got back from taking ds2 to the cinema to see Alvin
him -" do you think its wrong for me to fancy a chipmonk?"

I'm still laughing

Bicnod, any news on your grandmother?

Now, on a highly inappropriate and flippant note, can I applaud Feier on having a beer and posting penis pictures, and invite you all to look at this thread because it is Saturday night.

Hi ladies - thanks for asking after my Grandma. I went to see her this afternoon and she seems ok in herself. Apparently she has a pulmonary embolism and they are trying to determine the cause. If it's due to the chest infection then the antibiotics should sort that out and unless she gets another chest infection it won't necessarily happen again. If, on the other hand, it's something to do with her heart then I don't know what will happen. Operating is one option if that's the case but heart surgery on a 92 year old?? I feel so sad and helpless We're very good friends and I see her often. She's so narked off about being in hospital and is convinced she'll be going home on Monday which I don't think will happen

Anyway, sorry for all the sad faces, here's a happy one

I'm off to watch 24 and drink cammommile tea in bed. Rock on.

Hi all

Bicnod, sorry to hear about your grandma. I really hope she'll be okay! xxx

DH has not been a good DH today, Hazel had lots of accidents while he was supposed to look after her, her whole forehead is covered in bruises and the piano stool fell onto her . All because he thinks 'looking after the girls' means 'playing on the computer and leaving them to their own devices'. And then he told me that I was spoiling everyone's day by being grumpy! Well I think I had good reason to be grumpy! Grrrrrrrrrrrrr.

On a slightly more exciting note, we may put an offer in on that house with the massive garden. Woo hoo.

Bicnod - thinking of you, its very hard when someones in hospital. About a year after my mum passed away (at 43!) my nanny was taken in to hospital and I spent every day for 6 weeks going from work to hospital and back. It was horrid and people didn't really get my upset because it was my nan not my mum. Needless to say she is another old boot and still going strong 5 years later!!

Fei - I've also had a bad day with DH. He's usually so good but was so engrossed in football yesterday that poor Aoife - who has suddenly started standing on her own - stood in front of him clapping to show him and he didn't notice her falling slap bang on her face. the twit.

Aaaargh Aoifesmama I would have been furious!

And it is just the kind of thing my DH does

My DH is very good, I have to say, but his main crime is multitasking like a driven man and only doing 50% of everything he sets out to do, at best. Today, for example, he started getting Felix out of the highchair and mid-operation went off to put something away, fiddle about in the study and fix something else, all simultaneously of course. I had to call him back to remind him to finish getting Felix down because he had forgotten what he was doing to start with.

Hello all. My now customary apology for getting behind and losing the thread - half term and general post-travel knackeredness this time.

Bicnod hope they can sort your Grandma's embolism

Kingbeat good luck with the move

Fei good luck with the house offer

Tigs so to hear your descriptions of how you were treated as a child. Massive hugs - and arses to anyone who's arsey over the bubbly (such a nice thing to do for the mum - I totally agree it should be a tradition). Actually all new mothers should have a housework fairy for the first eighteen years.

CantPutOffLoadingDishwasherAnyLongerMrsG

[wearily marking, inhumanly tired]

Puzzle you okay?

chocolate for Puzzle

Yep, just pouring coffee in my eyes.

The girls took it in turns to wake between 8pm and 10.30pm. Holly then fed twice between 11pm and 3.30pm before deciding she was up for the day.
DH also very kindly managed to snore in the most irritating fashion during those very brief interludes when both children were asleep.

I feel completely run down, I have horrible spotty skin and I can't stop eating chocolate. I bit DH's head off on Friday for daring to come home without any.

I can't wait for the better weather when I can just lay in the garden and let them play in mud.

I have just read that back and sound like a right whinger. Sorry. More coffee and then time to get on with stuff.

Oooh dear Puzzle. Here, have a cupcake. DD1 made them yesterday. I hope the girls are good for you today!

Anyone else reading Healthy Sleep, Healthy Child? It says you should read it before having a baby but can help afterwards.

Passes Puzzle some matchsticks to keep her eyes open!

Wish me look I'm taking my reduced hours letter in now!

BuggerIAlwaysDoThingsLateTiggaxx