MSE Parents Club Part 14

SugarSpun

Mine too Ladybird and I will be :mad: if I do not get to buy my lovely husband a man toy because of them.

bexta

CAFC, look at you! That's very speedy work.

Weirdly I just got a book out of the library about making stuff for Christmas. Normally I'm like the grinch - too many years of working in retail. I want to make a bit of effort this year, as it's the first Christmas/ New Years I haven't had to work since I was 16!!!!!

Eta: no probs to your pm!

CAFCGirl

bexta wrote: »

CAFC, look at you! That's very speedy work.

Weirdly I just got a book out of the library about making stuff for Christmas. Normally I'm like the grinch - too many years of working in retail. I want to make a bit of effort this year, as it's the first Christmas/ New Years I haven't had to work since I was 16!!!!!

Eta: no probs to your pm!

me too.....as in since i was 16 and evil retail at xmas!!!

if anything kills xmas spirit its the debenhams xmas playlist from 1st october!!! :eek:

redmel1621

Hi

Sorry I dashed off after posting, I had to take full advantage of two sleeping children and grab a nap:)

The party ideas all sound fab, and I have considered a joint party many, many times, but their birthdays are nearly 4wks apart so a bit too far imo to do a joint one. Now, if ds2 had arrived when he was supposed to there would only have been a week between them;)

DS1 wants a Lazer/Quasar party, which they do down at the local bowling place and ds2 want a halloween themed party!! Lazer is easy to sort and only min 6 kids so shouldn't be tooo dear? But how on earth do I do a halloween party. I have been pondering booking tickets for this and letting him take his best mates, but it isn't really a party, is it? Or maybe booking a party at the local indoor play area, but then it isn't halloween themed!! Hmmmmm I really should have sorted this out a while ago:cool:

Mel x

ladybirdintheuk

Mel I'm sure you could do something haloween themed at home (and keep it to a minimum of however many you can fit!). They can all dress up, and they're not too old for apple bobbing and things.

Krystaltips

Mfd, there's a jewellers in Walsall that does Pandora, if you wanted to avoid Merry Hell...

SugarSpun

Mel, a Halloween party is super simple! Set up tables in your garden, have them turn up in fancy dress/old clothes and have games like apple bobbing, tasting horrible things, putting their hands into covered boxes and trying to see what's in there... and food wise, spaghetti with food colouring in the water and tomato sauce.

jillie1974

Haloween theme at home is realatively easy.
was in home bargains/quality save earlier and they had kids costumes for £3.99 and loads of decorations. Poundland is also great for the decorations and you can get quite a lot for a few pounds.
we did apple bobbing, cherry mountain, conkers etc at the last halloween party we had (all adults) and it was great fun

MichelleM

Hello all,

Well, another el crapiola night for me. After CAFC's comments the other day I actually realised that I have done all night feeds since A was born and when she wakes up at stupid o clock in the morning 5am today! I take her down so DH can get a lie in. Result? Im f&*%ing knackered. She went to bed at 9 last night then was up for full feeds at 1, 3 and awake at 5! I dont think I can take it anymore- I am very close to either giving her a f bottle before bedtime or a spoonful of babyrice to see if it makes her go a bit longer between night feeds. What have others done? Shes 15 weeks now. I took her back to bed at 9:30am for her morning nap and she managed a few hours as I just let her latch on whilst I tried to sleep. My nipples are hurting a lot too.

I am up for TC although it would be nice to know the day before. As ive said before, the monkeys WILL steal your new shiny pram Gill.

ETA: peeled lychees make great eyeballs too.

Redmel- what ladybird said.

got-it-spend-it

There may now be a topic on the newbie forum on BP about problems redeeming :whistle:.