what, no more questions?

Well, mainly of the “can we paint? can we have train track, can we have food, what’s for tea, when will they be here” type.

‘They’ being Dino and Mimi from bonkers, who were over for the afternoon while Sarah was off out and about. Went pretty well – I kept on chucking them out in the garden, and they eventually gave up hassling me and went and played 🙂 After a while Big relented and removed her ‘no boys’ sign from her bedroom door and they all retreated there, and played remarkably amicably. There was no bloodshed anyway 🙂

I got housework done! Then I made pizza dough, at which point Sarah turned up, and was rapidly persuaded to stay for tea 🙂 All in all, a very pleasant afternoon – Big restrained herself for most of it, although we did get a few flouncey moments, and Sarah helped me excavate the table, and made lots of cups of tea.

Very very tired children – short bath for Big and I don’t think they did any story tonight. Small had managed to do a sneaky horrid poo and develop a very sore bottom – he cried when I carried him up the stairs 🙁 So I let him wallow for a while, then a very gentle dry that was still too much and he cried himself to sleep on me. He’s weaned now, or at least I assume that well over a week going by without a feed means that. So we made two years, and he sorted himself out – and I had warning that it was going. Miss it a little – does this mean I should go buy myself underwear now?


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12 responses to “what, no more questions?”

  1. and the pizza was lovely, the space was nice too – thanks.

  2. A shopping we go!

  3. Sounds like a lovely day 🙂

  4. “excavate the table” ROFLOL! What a cool way to put it. I do excavations a good few times a week! Hard work aren’t they.

  5. Back to the under-wireds for you now then 🙂

  6. Go buy yourself a new bra and he’ll want a feed the next day 😉

  7. Now there’s a question. I have always wondered why bras are underwired. I hate them, always have, always will. Why do people wear them? Am I missing something?

  8. Sarah, the thing you are missing is the thing that needs the underwires. Can’t manage without them 😉

  9. Well, I did wonder if that might be the problem!

  10. yes bu7t i hate underwires too – they dig in into all the wrong places!! maybe just not correctly fitted.

  11. They shouldn’t dig in Helen – probably too small in the cup, and too big in the back, if they are. Beleive me – this is my specialist subject 😉

  12. Have always loved underwires 🙂 If they fit properly, they should just sit flat against your chest, so shouldn’t be uncomfy. I think all women should go to a fancy bra shop (Rigby and Peller or somesuch) and get *properly* measured, and spend a *proper* amount of moneynon a bra, at least once in their lives 🙂

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