Jan 09 Summer sun, peachy bums and... toddler tantrums..

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New thread here...

Ah now, with dd being number three I am a lot more laid back than I was with the boys about things like bumps and knocks. Still paranoid about things like breathing monitors with her though, don't think I'll ever get over that.

it's just that if i hit my head that much i'm sure i'd have had concussion by now...

Not really, Summer Fayre is the whole school playground and field of stalls, bouncy castles, hook a duck, roll the penny, tombola, football challenge, second hand books and toys, candy floss, popcorn, cake stand plus dance displays etc etc. Oh and the local firestation usually bring an engine down for the kids to climb all over as well.

There's not really anywhere to sit down and Ill have to walk hobble there first (although fortunately we only live just across the road).

Did think maybe I should stand on dh's old skateboard and get him to push/pull me along but decided that would probably be asking for another broken foot!

the only thing that springs to mind is painkillers... and a pause at the cake stand as a reward?

Ah yes, if I take enough co-codamol I won't care about a thing.

Definitely no cakes though - am being extra good, despite having a house full of excess fairy cakes.

Am actually feeling quite hard done by really, but working hard to rise above it by repeating to myself, "one day I will be thin/ner, one day I will be thin/ner" every time I think about cakes or chocolate.

doubly good if your house is full of cakes... should give it a try myself (not the house full of cakes, but the resisting all such items)

tea, if you have a car, a really nice holiday is up in norfolk. We take a cottage nearly every year. There is a range and plenty of different things to do along that coast from fruit picking, holkham hall, beaches, snettisham park, wiveton, seal spotting trips and lovely food.

We book through norfolk country cottages and they do anything from a 3 night break to full weeks. Cheaper from the end of august by £100pw so worth looking at the first week of Sept. You can get a 2 bed for around £400, then have a bit of cash for the fun stuff and food. Still warm then and sea paddling fine. Burnham market is great as they have a playground and lovely fish/bakers/veg/pub shops so you don't actually have to go anywhere if you don't want to.

L&D that is really sad. Very hard to find the right words.

Dog, please do come and moan at us. I've just come out of a two month patch where I didn't want to get up at all in the morning and DP was doing everything. Felt really guilty but couldn't bring myself to do anything at all.

Books and Tea, glad you have sorted out the posting mystery. Must say it was too much for me to work out yesterday!

Stripey, H is also one that is permanently bruising himself. He even crawled on concrete, ripped off half his toenail so was leaving a trail of blood behind him and didn't cry. I was cringing for him. They are just so hardy.

Moosey, very proud of you on the diet. Please chuck some self-control this way. I seem to have given up eating and started drinking instead. It's a time honoured way of losing weight for me, but not necessarily the healthiest! No fat in wine, after all.

Hi all

Have read and I think I know what's going on. I'm too sleepy to make words appear on screen so night night x

afternoon

my new glasses were so uncomfy!!
went in and have chosen new ones well chuffed

hi to all mm u r doing well

we r off to dhs work too with bouncy castles etc

Afternoon.

After a long debate about what time the fayre started and deciding is was 12 so we'd head across there about 12.30, we arrived a 12.45 to discover it had started at 11.00, half the stalls had gone and the other half had hardly anything left on them. Ds1 had a couple of games and won some sweets, then bought a second hand book and a cake and went on the bouncy castle. Ds2, bless him, was too shy to have a go at anything. He went on the bouncy castle, bought a cake and dh did the tombola for him (he won a weird card game called pit which he will never play properly but seems to like fiddling with).

So all a bit of a damp squib really, plus my foot really hurt after hobbling about with a walking stick and the pushchair, only to be told - twice - that at least it wasn't as bad as X's mum in ds2's year ,who went over on her ankle on the same day as me and broke it in two places so is now in a cast up to her knee. So obviously I'm not in any pain then, because hers is worse than mine.

Anyhoo, took the boys to Henley to get an ice-cream afterwards as that's their favourite treat and I felt they'd missed out on the fayre. Managed to resist having one and still haven't touched any of the cakes.

Am feeling decidedly grumpy though, my ankle/foot hurts, I can't eat any comfort food and dh is out with his mate tonight, so I'm in for a long night in front of the TV on my own. This is going to be a big test for me as I usually insist on a nice choccy treat when he goes out on the razz. I am twitching at the mere thought of it actually.

Only upside today was that I tried on an old dress I had forgotten I had as I bought it just before I found out I was pregnand with dd. It's a dark green, pure silk Monsoon maxi dress, quite boho looking - and it actually looks really nice. So am giving up my quest for a new dress and am going to spend my bravissimo vouchers on new undies to go with it and have a nice new pair of shoes, a new bag and some nice jewellery. Feel much happier now the pressure is off. Mind you, if the ASOS dress looks good as well I may find myself with a new dilemma ...

120, why didn't you tell us you were feeling so low? You always seem so positive and upbeat in your posts. Please don't feel you need to be cheerful all the time, we are here for each other in good times and in bad.

Order a take away delivery, or walk to a fish and chips? Or Omlette (you probably have eggs?) and chips from freezer? Is that an option if take out is too expensive.

I'd book an oline shopping delivery for as soon as possible and in the meantime buy milk etc from a local shop when feeling better?

So sorry life is pants and you're missing your H, I would too in your situation

Sorry things were rubbish Moose today. Monsoon dress sounds fab, agree with buying gorgeous accessories for it

120 - I have to agree I too thought you sounded upbeat. Let it all hang out in the future Dump your load on us. Or do you not want to elt the side down and need to cope? I feel like that, a lot

H came for the day and we went to a gorgeous park in Bushey with huge sand pit and paddling pool and fountains and a nice playground. Had a picnic (aka cheap things from fridge) and relaxed. Good time. I'm supposed to be cooking dinner, he's out with DCs right now going around the block with the ELC trike with them taking turns. But the lure of mumsnet was too much Sitting here with a Mojito in my hand instead!

Moose was that Henley on Thames you went to for the ice cream? I rowed there for many years, before I got fat and had kids

Sorry typos in my post. I should preview too. Mind you this Mojito is going to me head

Dog, I agree with Tea, can you fuddle something together for tea tonight and book an online shop for delivery asap? I think you won't get delivery until Monday now though, so maybe, dh could grab a couple of food staples on his way home later. Glad his worked has picked up - must be a load off your mind.

As for the washing and tidying etc leave it and put your feet up for half an hour - it will still be there and the world won't end because you don't do it right now. Be kinder to yourself m'love, just being pregnant is exhausting without having to look after three little ones on your own as well. ((hugs))

No Tea, Henley in Arden. We don't live anywhere near Henley on Thames - we're on the Warwickshire border.

evening

we all had a great time @ do

hi mm - shame about fayre and ankle but ye for dress sounds really nice especially h=the colour

Warwickshire is so lovely, very Moose.

Well tea (dinner, not me ) did get cooked and DS loved it. Roast chicken, butternut squash, fresh peas and new potatoes with gravy and bread sauce of course. Couldn't be bothered to do roast ones. I hate the Aunt Bessie's equivalents, I like the real thing. But he chomped the lot. DD was her usual fussy self but that's ok, no dessert and no alternative as usual

Glad the work do was good Tink

Thanks all. I don't think I realised I was down iyswim, I just felt tired and grumpy (a more frequent emotion these days, sadly). It's only really when I started spinning and lost a bit of weight that I seemed to snap out of it. Still tired, but starting to tidy the flat and plan again.

Dog, I really feel for you. Hope you've managed to sort something out.

Moose, yay for the dress! I love it when things like that work out.

I've managed to finish another portrait this afternoon, so am pleased with that (have posted it on FB). Time for a bit, fat glass of wine. Can't believe I'm drinking again after so soon after Friday.

120 I've just requested to be your friend on fb so I can see these lovely things.

Tea, have accepted!

Dog, glad you got (them) fed.

Tea, by the way DP reached open oar status rowing in the waters near Henley in a four before uni. He was well fit back then! Had muscles and everything.

ooh sounds goreous Dog! I have to cut off H's curls as I don't really like long hair on boys, but am dreading it.

must go to sleep now!

gorgeous even. soo tired. all this heat!

Oh yes rowers are rather fabulous aren't they

But I confess when I was at regatta's and competing, I found it terribly hard not to look downwards, with all these gorgeous men in nothing but skin tight Lycra's. My eyes were itching to see how big a bulge they had!

Good days.... I rowed at Kingston Uni, then Henley Rowing Club after uni (Not Leander where Steve Redgrave et al are) and then defected to Marlow, as they had a better coach and equipment. Good times and I was sooooo fit. My work got in the way in the end with training, once I worked in London, as I got home too late. I'm so unfit now