You've Got Your Hands Full

In response to:Bargain Basement

2009-10-10T12:56:26+02:00

(jokes aside) those are great ideas Esther! This summer, i bought strawberries and 10 different veg seedlings (I was late to start growing them from seeds)and did get quite a good harvest of tomatoes, strawberries, runner beans,potatoes, rhubarb and peas. It was a big battle with slugs and we lost the battle of growing carrots, luttice and pumpkins (all got eaten... and the are impossible to grow ). But tomatoes, runner beans, peas, potatoes, strawberries and Rhurbarb are so so easy to grow...(honestly)
p.s big families rock (there is never a boring day and they learn to share, to value things and to improvise)

In response to:Home Help

2009-09-28T08:24:11+02:00

Great post...

Perhaps you could get yourselves a job as a tester fora manufacturer.

In response to:Breaking News

2009-09-03T21:01:24+02:00

if u don't publish these, I shall print them, have them published and I shall be the next J.K Rowling ! x

In response to:Breaking News

2009-09-03T20:56:40+02:00

Re point 21: You could always try setting their feet in concrete...! or how about superglue?

In response to:A Typical Day

2009-08-04T21:20:06+02:00

it is me again ! Ooops ! Can't get rid of me. Forgot to say 'U MUST HAVE THESE PUBLISHED !'

In response to:A Typical Day

2009-08-04T20:58:11+02:00

You are an amazing mum !!!!!!!!!!!! love u to bits! x It is hard work having a big family but I would love to have at least 4 too. U give an insight what it is like. But am not put off. I love ur honesty. Ur boys are so beautiful. You are blessed ! Please don't stop writing. I am sure ur boys will enjoy reading this when they older. They will be so so proud of you.

In response to:How to Waste the Time of a Security Guard, Two Police Officers, Several Teachers and an Agricultural Engineer

2009-08-04T20:29:17+02:00

Oh Ester!!!!! Thank God for ur blog, i no longer beat myself up for having topsy-turvy days!And that it is o.k! See the funny side of things. Love ur honesty! Miss u and love u!

In response to:How to Waste the Time of a Security Guard, Two Police Officers, Several Teachers and an Agricultural Engineer

2009-06-23T21:05:26+02:00

wonderful :)

In response to:How to Waste the Time of a Security Guard, Two Police Officers, Several Teachers and an Agricultural Engineer

2009-06-18T09:17:11+02:00

I love your blog. x

In response to:A Typical Day

2009-06-04T14:24:15+02:00

what a great story :) it reminds me of many such 'ordinary days'.
Especially the plaintive call of 'Mummy can I come downstairs yet?' from the top of the stairs ... Oh no, I'd forgot about sending a small person to their room again, (or indeed WHY !)
"Yes darling, down you come, and remember to be a good girl/boy now" !!!!!!!!!

In response to:A Typical Day

2009-05-23T20:00:42+02:00

another wonderful episode, I can so relate to the key panic! Is there an episode to come of the baby arm breaking? hope he's doing ok x

In response to:A Typical Day

2009-05-22T16:04:23+02:00

I love it! Your boys are truely legends. They're each amazing in their own little way and YOU, my dear lady, made them! Be very proud :)

In response to:Random Fact About Me Number Five

2009-04-29T10:43:44+02:00

You are so right, clean kitchen... leave for 5 mins........ return to find a sandwich has been made and THERE ARE CRUMBS or a cuppa has been made and THERE IS A CUP RING BY THE KETTLE !!

soul destroying indeed, but still we go on, hoping that 'this time' it will be different!!

In response to:Advice on Dechunking Your Laundry

2009-04-29T10:10:52+02:00

my method = I walk away To the bathroom to heave) someone else cleans child, someone else cleans the contaminated zone and when all is done I reappear.
When no one else is available there is only one option, I deal with it, but it takes ages because of the frequent mum's-being-sick breaks!!
Hat's off to you cos you made me laugh at vomit related information!!!!! :D
ps -= how did she know that the poo was entire!!!!!!!!!

In response to:Random Fact About Me Number Five

2009-04-21T15:13:02+02:00

I just need to move in, don't I? You can do my ironing and I'll organise your house. Ooooohhhh sounds like bliss.

In response to:More Teatime Conversations for the Insane

2009-04-15T13:33:23+02:00

ooooh I like Turtle's wishess but I'd never get anywhere because I'd be too fat to leave my house of sausages.

I'm not at all convinced by the logic of Scooby's second wish, but I think his third wish sounds very comfortable and yummy.

Crash is just a genius! (And I really want to know what a teady bear sugar is!!)

In response to:Advice on Dechunking Your Laundry

2009-04-03T21:56:28+02:00

Priceless!!!!! I am laughing so much, I have just fallen off my crutches :)

In response to:Random Fact Number 2

2009-03-28T19:48:44+01:00

you wouldn't want to live with the masai people. They drink cow blood. But they are vegetarians and they don't kill or eat their cows. They spear the cows' jagular vein and let it bleed in a bowl. Mix the blood with milk and drink it straight.

Hey, when both our boys are all grown and fancy a break, we should go on safari I will be more than happy to show you beautiful africa. x

In response to:Random Fact About Me Number 3

2009-03-26T13:39:38+01:00

LOL thinking of him on the naughty step!!
I worry that something I've said may have offended/ been taken the wrong way, so I ring ppl up to make sure I haven't upset them!! They always say I haven't, I always worry that they are 'being nice' *sigh*
xxxx

In response to:25 Random Things About Me: Number One

2009-03-10T13:07:32+01:00

You are so right!! Another one I used to get, at the end of EVERY school holiday was
"I bet you can't wait for them to go back to school, it must be a nightmare!" I would always reply, with absolute truth,
"No, I love the holidays and hate it when they go back. I had lots of children because I wanted them. I love them and enjoy their company, they are lovely people and I miss them when they are at school."
This took the breath away from the questioners (usually cashiers in supermarkets!), who would then say that I was the first mum who had ever said that to them! How tragic and bitterly sad is that ?
I would also like to be the bringer of joy to you today, dear one...... (once past the blip that is 14-17 !!!) It just gets better. My 4 are now grown up and we consider them, and the 2 in-law ones as well, our best of friends. They are the joy and delight of our lives, and they've even started giving us little babies of their own :) Many, many, many more may they be, and long, long, long may it last. :) xxxxx

In response to:25 Random Things About Me: Number One

2009-03-02T17:10:08+01:00

I'm totally with you on this. People often comment about the Scholes' as if you're a huge massive clan. If I say I'm babysitting your boys people ask if I can really manage it on my own. They obviously don't know your wonderful somewhat-slightly-mischievious-but-in-a-cute-way little bunch of men the way we do! You have four of the most amazing affectionate boys I've ever known. You're very good at making them the best :)

In response to:Medical Trauma

2009-02-18T19:07:34+01:00

The ones at our surgery are way too scary to argue with, you're very brave.

In response to:Medical Trauma

2009-02-18T17:54:26+01:00

We definitely need to know the name and details of this member of 'the noble profession', just in case a CV or job application form from said person arrives at our surgery!! Of course, he/she could have been the happy recipient of a frontal lobotomy performed over the phone by one of the absent doctors as a sort of staff perk....

In response to:Head Bump Notes

2009-01-17T23:44:45+01:00

a perfect week then lovely mummy-v-4-boys :)
re the biting - My sister's tantrums consisted of standing in a doorway emitting a high pitched, unbroken scream accompanied by stamping from foot to foot whilst her wrist was held firmly between her teeth. Drawing blood was not unheard of! And some cousins were frightened to within an inch of their lives when witnessing the rage for the first time!
xx

In response to:Head Bump Notes

2009-01-17T01:00:03+01:00

He bit his own arm to get out of singing practice? Wondrous. Reminds me of Douglas Adams and Vogon Poetry...

http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/Vogon_Poetry

...the president of the Mid-Galactic Arts Nobbling Council survived by gnawing one of his own legs off.

In response to:Bleugh. Mornings.

2009-01-11T23:27:24+01:00

Yeah, but you've got 4 smalls!!!!! You are a 'better woman than I am, Gungadin' for being brave enough to make the plans in the first place! I never did when my 4 were tiny :) xxx

In response to:Such a Perfect Day

2009-01-04T17:49:45+01:00

Hey there, my breath is still bated !! whatever happened? I'd love to know, you reminded me of the joys of gingerbread house making. I always used to do one when the kids were little. (btw, i've joined you blogging. my facebook page has my url. I know you used to be my most avid reader!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Give I a birthday hug from me, i think his card will be late (sorry) xxxxx

In response to:Such a Perfect Day

2008-12-20T11:41:06+01:00

I'm looking forward to your next blog which details the task of constructing said gingerbread house. Will the atmosphere remain cool & calm with Richard as project manager? Watch this space! xx

In response to:Such a Perfect Day

2008-12-18T10:14:30+01:00

Sometimes simplicity is perfection.

In response to:Happy December!

2008-12-04T17:45:39+01:00

Aww, how nice that you got snow!! We were forcast snow but haven't had any :(
We can see it on the hills though!! :)Great story's by the way! x