Welcome to the Seventh Heaven Tea Room (BYOB. Biscuits, crisps and cake provided)

[Catitainahatita]

Hello and welcome to the seventh incarnation of the tearoom.

If you have found us by chance and/or curiousity you must know that the tearoom is a virtual safe haven for all those seeking a friendly word, a good cuppa and plenty to snack on. By virtue of its magic nature, no food can cause any physical damage, so chocolate, alcohol, transfat and all such can be consumed guilt- (and magically calorie-) free.

We have a wide range of soft-furnishing to relax on; a lovely garden with a swing and a ha ha; a variety of animals; a spa and (for some unknown reason) an apidistra.

Everyone is welcome, if you have one child, ten or none at all. We are a tolerant and fisticuffs-free zone. Instead we employ our energies swooning at Mellors the Gardner cum handiman thinking a silly things to get up to.

Please come in and say hello. You never know, you may end up joining us ...

[Catitainahatita]

I knew I should have reread my post more carefully, damn it. It should read "Mellors the Gardner cum handiman AND thinking OF silly things to get up to".

Right, job done. I shall just nap here until you all get up in the morning.

ZZZZZzzz

[amber32002]

Ooo, a new tea room! Thanks, Catita

Right, what needs to go where?

Found the box with the kettle in it, so that's on ready for tea and biscuits...

[mistlethrush]

I've found the tray with roses on and a few mugs - Oh look, there's the tea caddy... Cuppa Amber?

[CMOTdibbler]

Lovely cuppa tea MT

Do I dare to take DS to buy some sandals this weekend ? Or do I leave him in either his boots or crocs for a few more weeks ? Or indeed, until I have a day off in the week and don't have to suffer the hordes of people doing the same

DH dressed DS in turquoise t shirt, grey shorts and boots this morning. DS decided to add rainbow striped legwarmers, which went from boot to above knee (and therefore under shorts). He looked very funky

[UniS]

CMOT junior sounds like VERY funky dude this morning. I'm impressed.

Boys shorts are all rather dull at the mo, he does have some nice stripey Ts and socks tho. Left to his own divices boy would wear - every day- cycle shorts and a nylon sports Top,( his hockey shirt, just like dadies).

[mistlethrush]

Sounds great CMot! I find that 9am on a Saturday really isn't too bad in shoe shops - most parents don't seem to be able to get there for then - but thanks to being woken up at 6, we have plenty of time! We're having to go back to the shoe shop on Thursday afternoon after school - went in on Saturday, the 11G was too long - fitter thought it was rather wide too, so bought the 10.5F -surprise surprise it was too narrow - so have ordered the G fitting... So ds is in his school shoes that have gone through the leather, through the hard layer under that and just have the soft lining bit between the outside world and his toes

Ds has some lovely orange shorts - Sainsburys had them last year, and I managed to buy multiple sizes in the sale - but any rather dull shorts can soon get brightened up with a nice Tshirt anyway, so we're not too worried.

Ds was car sick on the way to school this morning - too much traffic. However, we had his bowl, he asked for it and I handed it over - then he managed to hold it still until I managed to pull over (fairly near a drain) and deal with it - so didn't have to go back home and get the hose out! Left teacher getting him a cracker and some water as all his breakfast bounced... (apologies to anyone with a less than strong constitution - I wouldn't have related, but thought that he managed really well given he's only 4 - he was quite chuffed!)

[CMOTdibbler]

Problem is that it's a bit of a jaunt to the nearest supplier of 'shoes for the awkward foot' so 9am is a bit of a push

Well done MJ on contained vomiting. I used to be well skilled at vomiting neatly into a plastic bag (I had cyclic vomiting syndrome).

[mistlethrush]

His teacher recommended putting him in the centre of the back seat, rather than the side. However, thinking about it, it really wouldn't have helped with the 'flickering' in peripheral vision that she was talking about - we were going so slowly that there was no flicker at all!

Don't envy them taking ds on school trips in years to come - Joyrides sometimes help - although recently he has just been bringing these back up 10 mins into the journye

[CMOTdibbler]

Have you tried the accupressure bands ? Or sunglasses ? I don't know why sunglasses help, but that and looking into the far distance seem to help things ime

[mistlethrush]

Pressure bands didn't help last time we tried them. Sunglasses - will give it a go. Looking into the distance - you try telling ds that! I keep on encouraging him to look at far away things, glance back and he is studying the remains of the rinsing water swishing round his bowl or something equally inappropriate! Dh and I both suffered really badly from travel sickness - for me its not just motion, its vibration - I can start to feel sick on a ferry when its tied up in port when the engines go on

[teafortwo]

Mmmm - interested to hear the mention of crocs.... My Mum has them for gardening shoes. I borrowed them.... to go to the shed.... and then to go nextdoor and then (gasp) to go for not one walk but three. In my defence I did only have my Yummy Mummy boots or my high heeled shoes with me - so what is a girl to do???

The comfort and of course funky colour factor has made me think I should buy a pair for Milk (aged 2yrs 11months) - BUT -

Is she too young to enter the World of Crocdom or just right,

CMOTdibbler, mine experte offe Crocsville pray tell???

[mistlethrush]

Tea - I'm afraid that I'm a stickler for 'proper' shoes for ds - although he now has a pair of sandals that he can use in the garden or on the beach - I would prefer him at this age to be in shoes that are correctly fitting and supportive, or in bare feet - and he spends most of the time in the garden in bare feet.

[CMOTdibbler]

DS had his last year - so just 2. He only wears them in the garden or other equally messy, and particularly wet activities like the beach, and they are perfect for that, as I resent his hard to get sandals being soaked every evening as he waters the garden.

They are lovely and wide, and DS adores them - would rather wear them than real shoes, but I don't think that climbing at nursery is safe in them.

So, my opinion is that they are fab for the beach etc, but personally, prefer fitted sandals otherwise.

Am tempted to buy some for myself though

[mistlethrush]

CMot - similar stance then!

I find that bare feet cope with getting watered quite well too though

Anyone for soup and a lewd roll?

[CMOTdibbler]

Yes, it's just that our lawn is a little stony still, and there are bits that are prickly, so not wholly barefoot friendly, and thats before the cats little presents

[teafortwo]

Bloooooomin' heck - no no noooooo - I never meant for everyday!!!! We buy proper 'Till' fitted shoes (approx 55 - 65 euros a pop) [cries for Clarks and thanks God all relations seem to have a slight weakness for shoe shopping for Milk]

But for 'play shoes' - I thought crocs might rock!?!

[mistlethrush]

I think we're all agreed then (pleased that the positive, harmonius nature of the tearoom has struk again Crocs are fine for appropriate occasions - in garden, on beach etc, but we all think that we need to take out second mortgages to keep them in properly fitted shoes

Tea - a realatively unpainful visit to a shoeshop here for ds is probably around 40euros - which is lower than you've put - but that is the bottom of the cost range - can easily end up paying more. However, the benefit of having a boy is that he can have one pair of home shoes and one pair of school shoes, a pair of wellies and, if he is really lucky, a pair of sandals - he doesn't need different things to go with different dresses or for different occasions!

Tea - have you got any of that lovely French patisserie that we could have after our soup?

[CMOTdibbler]

DS's latest shoes were originally 44 pounds (fortunatly 40% off as end of season). Hence he has two pairs of shoes per season, plus a pair of crocs and a pair of wellies. I wish he had normal feet, and I wasn't an expert on european wide shoe brands

Mmmm patisserie. Not going to be good for my diet ! Am trying to tone up and trim down a bit

[mistlethrush]

CMot - same here - which is why the tearoom's so good - I can at least have things here!

Unfortunately Ds seems to be getting through (literally) shoes faster than that - both in terms of wear and sizes. We got him 9s before he started school in Sept. He went into 10s at the end of the Christmas hols, and he is about to go into 10.5s. Luckily his 'home' shoes still fit - I'll need to keep an eye on them though as they are theoretically a smaller size - will almost certainly end up with a pair of sandaly geox (with toes) for heavy-wear use during the summer - don't think that he can yet just have sandals as I fear for his toes, particularly when he's on his bicycle...

Oh - and yes, he is a G so quite wide too...

Lovely day here - I wish I was out in the garden rather than stuck in the office.

[UniS]

Boy is a K width fitting ! Clarks don;t do K so he has proper shoes made a boot maker at £46 for the last pair. Other shoes he owns are wellies, ballet shoes both extra large to cope with his wide feet. cheap trainers handed down from another wide footed child for garden etc abd beach shoes in an 8 that are very wide any way, gave him teh chose of crocs or

[teafortwo]

It is fun talking in Euros and eating soup with English people - I feel like I am on The Mighty Boosh.... especially with the clothes you have all chosen to wear today...!!!

Here are some very unhealthy French cake - eat as many as you like French women don't get fat!!!! (Well so THAT book says anyway...)

[mistlethrush]

MIght they have a glass of red wine whilst sitting in the sun, or would that be going too far?

[amber32002]

If there's a small glass of white going, then that would be good with the soup and lewd roll??

[Jacksmama]

Ohhh (yawn), it's a bit too early here for soup and wine and lewd rolls... is there any of that tea still around? Or coffee?


Good morning all!

[Jacksmama]

Catita, I meant to tell you congratulations on good scan results, that's lovely. And if you're supposed to have your section at 37 weeks, you only have 26 weeks left to go - exactly 6 months so at the end of October we will be expecting pictures of Catitababy! DH's birthday is Oct 29th, a very good day, I highly recommend it (he is a stellar person).
By the way, have you tried the other ginger biscuits I sent - they're probably quite different from McVities, but are they ok?