Fri 22nd SW meet up... details

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Ok, rooms booked.

So far I have the list below as coming. (but there is room for more )

Taggiecampbell
Zzzz
NaHaudinMaWheest
JJWmummy
EllenJane
Starlight
Poltergoose
Hazyjane
Possibly redhappy

and me of course

Can I check who is bringing kids, also who wants lunch...

there are pre-school/infants level toys in the room, and lots of room for running around.

There is also a small seperate room if anyone needs 'chill out' space.

Please feel free to pm me if it is easier,

That's cos we are all odd! And who wasn't as mild as you expected, then lougle? Hmmm?

Probably best not to ask that ellen?

I am exhausted though. It was FREEZING in the platforms and the waiting rooms were overcrowded which did not bring out the best in either ds or dd. My parenting went downhill rapidly until I was threatening them every 10 seconds or so because they were disturbing other people.

If you had a 10 second break between threats, you were doing ok, Star.

Welll.....Ellen, you are much less reserved in RL than online

I must admit, I felt a moment of trepidation when I walked in - none of you matched my mental images and I suddenly thought 'I don't know these people'

...Then you opened your mouths and I realised that I did

'...Then you opened your mouths and I realised that I did '

rofl. Yes, actually after a short time, it all made sense all of a sudden.....

Oh, and I was more than a little embarrassed at the end when DD1 and DD3 were running rings around me. I should have had something to lure them with.

On the way home I got to the point where I was saying 'DD1, DD2...do you want me to have a crash???' DD1, oblivious to my stress replied 'Yea, DD3, let's you be deaded first, then I be deaded, then DD2 be deaded...we can take it in turns'

Thanks Sign for organizing it all and for the yummy chilli.
Polter thanks for the lift and the equally yummy cake.
Thanks to everyone for coming especially those who brought multiple children - very brave. And whatever it was like when they got home they were all beautifully behaved (and beautiful) there.
Definitely need to do another one.

zzzzz you'd think there would have been at least threat of war...but no

I think my DD1 may have been concerned about the finger - She came to me and said 'that girl, yeah, that one, that girl, she BROKE HER FINGER.

Oh she takes it all very seriously.

Injury is my one bargaining chip with her. She hates needles and tubes, since having periorbital cellulitis last year, needing IV antibiotics. Now, if I'm desperate (as in, you're about to kill yourself, not 'that's mildly annoying') I say 'DD1, you'll need needles and tubes if you do that!' Somehow, 'DD1 you could die' doesn't have anyway near the same effect.

I think I chatted to everyone except you, zzzzz! Except to say how beautiful your DC were. Your DS did a fine job of opening the door for me and didn't seem to mind being called 'young man!'

And I loved all the food. Why is it that someone else's cooking is always better than your own? or maybe I'm just not a very good cook?

That chilli was lovely, especially with the yoghurt.

I also enjoyed the tape-measure experiments. I think the novelty of having a conversation that actually progresses!

Glad you guys had such a good time! So jealous not to have met you all. Maybe next time.

Definitely next time, IE. Hope you had a lovely day for DS's birthday.

oh this was a good read! sounds like a great day was had by all including the DCs :) great stuff!