Friday Night Thread - come and share your news (and yer chocolate ;)

[moosemama]

Never started one before - barring a mistake once when I started one on a Thursday during the holidays.

Hoping I haven't crossed with someone else now.

Roll up, roll up ... share yer woes, celebrations, congratulations and/or commiserations - but don't forget the chocolate.

[signandsmile]

thanks guys... I know he is struggling with it, altho as he groaned with pain over dinner ds said 'i get you a glass of water daddy', and then later when dh was led on the floor after another fall said 'i pray for you daddy, Lord make daddy pain go away, amen' (had both dh and I all teary eyed...

[EllenJaneisstillnotmyname]

Oh dear, Taggie. Thank goodness it was a mock? Hoping it wasn't a module...

[SallyBear]

Taggie that sounds like my twins! Drives me demented!

Sign sorry about your DH. That's tough.

Hazey enjoy the wine, after having four kids at home its a prerequisite.

[hazeyjane]

Sign, that is so lovely. Very hard for all of you.

[BaggyKnickers]

Ellenjane I've been fighting a lot iykwim
I'll stop name-changing soon and stick with one but just have to get a few more 'difficulties' out of the way.

[TaggieCampbellBlack]

Just a mock.

I sudpect it might be deliberate so she has to do the science diploma rather than the 3 separate ones.

I am ver cross.

[hazeyjane]

Sallybear - taking all of them to Waitrose cafe for babycinos (how mumsnet do I sound!) has aged me by about 10 years, one woman asked me if they were triplets!!!

[SallyBear]

Hahaha! Hazey - Brave woman. I find McDs bad enough for ice cream! And I am used to four!!

[NoHaudinMaWheest]

Moose and Ellen good news about schools.

Sign sorry about DH that's hard. Well done on the assignments.

Polter glad the nature thing is working out. Good luck with the SA.

Hazey good that Ds is a bit better. Three six year olds ouch.

Sally that sounds a really difficult decision to make.

Nothing major here. Ds got his interview date for 6th form. I'm not sure how important it is or if it is a formality and getting in really depends on GCSE results. It is a month away but I am quite nervous as it is the first time he will have to do anything like this on his own.
Dd has been in the school production this week. She surprised everyone but being a very effective grumpy housekeeper (Mabel in Fantastic Mr Fox). She is normally very quite and restrained.

Taggie the mock result might be a wake up call. My Ds's bad results at the end of yr 10 convinced that he did need to use the scribe after all.

[StarlightMcKenzie]

Good luck with the SA Polter

Sign sorry about DH. Hope you get a workable plan.

Ah great news about schools for lots of us.

[StarlightMcKenzie]

Moose Hope you get to the bottom of the illness quickly.

Good luck with the redidential baggie

Taggie I expect your dd will end up okay tbh. She sounds like when she applies herself she can pull it off.

[marchduck]

Hello everyone, I'm glad it's Friday, and the first day of spring as well - over here anyway!
DD seems to be initiating speech a bit more, which is great. She was watching TV earlier, and an advert came on featuring a cute baby. She said "Mummy buy a baby please". Not a chance of another baby in this house though!
Hope you all have a good weekend.

[BeeMom]

By the time I can actually sit down and recap the week, you have all tucked into your warm beds and started snoring (I know - I am a comedian).

Long week - next week will be long too. I am holding a stall at a crafts show for the next 2 days, so I will likely be up all night tonight getting things ready. On the bright side - this means that I am going to have 2 6 hour periods without children OR DH. Even if I don't earn a cent, it'll be SO worth it

[LollipopViolet]

Hi everyone :)

My news is that I've been accepted onto the Prince's Trust Team programme in my area, and have had the induction week this past week.

I am making friends! Which for me is a big, big thing. I have very low self esteem and confidence but everyone is so lovely and the friendships are happening :)

Also, we did a blindfolded walk on our one night residential, (I hate being blindfolded - makes me think "what if, for some reason, I lose all my sight?") and this included being guided in a big line as a group, and individually round an obstacle course that included 2 rope bridges, of various types.

I normally fall off rope bridges, I didn't that time :) My balance isn't a shocking as I thought, then :)

Got a one WEEK residential next week, where I'll have to deal with my fear of heights as we'll be doing climbing, abseiling etc.

[EllenJaneisstillnotmyname]

Ooh, can I buy a baby?

Nohaudin, 6th form interview on his own!

BeeMom, family free time by choice sounds great.

Hi Lollipop! Prince's Trust thing sounds great. Hope you make some lovely friends.

[NoHaudinMaWheest]

Sounds like a good if challenging programme Lollipop.

BeeMom any excuse eh? But seriously I hope you do make some profit too.

[moosemama]

Wow Lollipop, you are one brave lady! Well done!

Bee, enjoy your child and dh free days and here's hoping you sell loads of your lovely crafts as well. (My ds is still telling everyone about your Minecraft cake! )

[lougle]

Glad to hear everyone's news.

I wanted to share something lovely that DD1's school did

One of the boys in DD1's class had his birthday today. He has ASD. His Mum and Dad approached the school and said that they felt it was very important that X celebrated his birthday on the day. They offered to pay for his class to go bowling and have lunch.

The school wrote to us to ask permission to take the children out, stressing that risk assessments and dietary needs would be met and that it would be staffed like any other school trip.

So, DD1's class went on the minibus to the next town, went bowling, had lunch and party games and then returned to school.

Isn't that fabulous? Truly 'getting' that the whole class would benefit from the experience, but most of all that this young man would understand that today was his birthday.

[Ellenora5]

Hi all can I join in, all the good news I'm reading here is brill, and I'm sorry to read to some not good news, hope you are all holding up ok....now about this sharing chocolate business, I have none, but I can do you a few caramel and strawberry bonbons, liquorice allsorts, and jelly beans, or!!!!!!!!!!!! a beer, ah well it is friday :), my news is ds somehow managed to join the school choir, seriously not a note in his head, but hey who cares, school has agreed for ed physc to see him again as it's been a few years and after 11 operations a new consultant has agreed to take him on after his own consutltant mysteriously disappeard.

[Ellenora5]

oh dear, sorry for the bad spelling

[moosemama]

Lougle, that is amazing. What a fantastic school!

Hello Ellenora5,