MSE Parents Club Part 15

Becles

hammyhunter wrote: »

It is such a beautiful day here but it is absolutely freezing - we had to de-ice the car this morning :eek:

I noticed it was frosty this morning and it was 1°C in the garden when I got up around 7am.

Sunny when we walked the dogs this afternoon and it was really nice. That sort of nice crisp fresh air if you know what I mean.

Evansangel wrote: »

Does anyone know any good tips on how to cut a Mango?

Watch the videos and to the inside out and criss cross thing. It takes a while but you get better with practice.

When we were on honeymoon in Mexico, we did a tour which included a trip to a private beach that was perfect - golden sands, turquiose sea and palm trees. We'd had BBQ chicken and stuff for lunch and the tour guide asked if anyone would like some mango for dessert. A few said yes and he pulled some straight off a tree and cut them up. They tasted fabulous :cool:

If I had to pick the best mango I've eaten, I'd go for that one

Hello building with Lego. I'm a hair twiddler and I've never grown out of it My daughter twiddles with hers but doesn't bother as much when it's in a pony tail. Try fastening it back and see what he does. Even if it looks a bit girly for a boy, it doesn't matter if you're just in the house where nobody can see.

searching_me

:rotfl: tara ... ...

why is stuff second time around so expensive .. im on the hunt for polly pocket stuff .. the amount some people are putting them for is beyond a joke x

tarajayne

How much stuff do you buy for Xmas? Don't you dare tell my kids, they'll think I'm a right tight wad!

SugarSpun

Wee Beastie's getting:

a Fropper (I didn't give it to her for her birthday, which is what I bought it for but she was so overfaced with the play tent her grandparents sent I didn't)
a musical instruments set
a few bits for her stocking
a set of those Tomy eggs

I think that's it. I have a massive boxful of toys that we've picked up at car boots or been given that I really need to sort through as well so she might get loads of stuff and I'll put away some of the stuff she's growing out of.

searching_me

tara i get usually 2-3 big presents and a couple small and a stocking ... started doing a xmas eve hamper as well .. but i have zoes birthday 3 days before and she gets 1 big present or 2 med presents for that .. for her birthday shes getting a scooter and tri skates £32.50 for the both but shes not having a party as im taking her to see my niece instead ... xmas i think it works out as about £100 each which i save .. its all planned out .. i was stuck for a xmas present and i happened to be looking on ebay at the old style polly pockets she loved them so im creating a boxed filled with as many as my budget will allow ... i promise i wont say a word ..

edit: just to make clear all her £100 isnt going on PP though :rotfl: x

tarajayne

I get so fed up of stuff, and when you add up what they have you could have furnished the house with the money. We've spent £39ish on Maddy. She doesn't need any more. They'll be boxes and wrapping paper galore on Xmas day to play with. Ben £50 and couple of small things, £4 pj's and a £5 DS game. Then little bit more on Erin and £80-£100 on DS1.

tarajayne

What's a Xmas Eve hamper?

searching_me

tara im more of if i spend that amount on one i have to on the other ... i get this pang of guilt otherwise ... i think that was drum in to me as a kid .. if one got so did the others x

searching_me

tarajayne wrote: »

What's a Xmas Eve hamper?

you soooooooo have to check out the SO board for it .. i did them all one each (including philip ) ... and they went down a treat x

Tigsteroonie

I think I know why we're suddenly having mixed posts - Glad is obviously getting a little enthusiastic (no offence, Glad) and merging threads that are to do with parenting (ie chat but not money-saving), whether they are this general thread or more specific questions (ie the hair-twiddling). The hair-twiddling thread already had a couple of responses before it was merged; when the threads are merged, posts in appear in time order. So effectively we have:

parent thread post
parent thread post
hair-twiddling opener
parent thread post
hair-twiddle reply
parent thread post
parent thread post
hair-twiddle reply no.2
parent thread post
etc.

There endeth the lesson in MSE thread merger. It does make for very confusing reading!

I don't think you're being stalked (other than by myself & agscully ), the Arms peeps may have had a looksee last night when it got mentioned but we've got very short attention spans over there and have already moved onto other topics such as huge spiders and silly film titles.