Babies born~September 2007 #61

lol i'm having images of your MIL sitting in a baby pool ;)
that sounds like what i'm looking for....i'm just not sure what to get cos there seems to be millions of them around and a huge price difference too so i'm a bit confused

LOL, not images I want to have either. She just got if from BigW for $50

sounds good, i might have to head over there tomorrow morning. i seem to always walk out of big w with a stack of diego and buzz lightyear crap that i definitely don't need or want though LOL

Check out BigW online - they have two pools - one like I said and another round one, both well under $50, but if the ad comes up on the homepage for the remote control Buzz Lightyear, just close your eyes till it passes :lol:

I think I'll leave S at home with Dh and just bring L. Then J won't have to be scared fur his life!!! ;) park is fine.


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NO!!!! bring S too

going to check out big w online now thanks trill :)

eta- are the ones with the hard sides better or the soft blow up sides?

all i can say is: birth pool. strong as mate :rofl:

Hiya everyone! How is everyone (besides excited about the get together that most of us aren't coming to :().

Friday!!! yayayayayay! I have spent half the morning outside with a can of spray taking care of the spiders that shouldn't even have been there if DH had done the job right last year when I asked him to...:rolleyes:. It's redback central out there. I'm going to be cracking my whip this weekend, I'm sick of the yard looking 'povvo' just because DH never tidies up after his gardening efforts. Like he'll mow the lawn, but then he leaves clumps of chopped grass all over the paths. Poor man isn't going to know what's hit him :lol:.

Is anyone else getting in the summery-christmas-is-coming kind of mood? We've got carols by candlelight tonight at DD1's school, should be nice, fulfil the carol itch before the Christmas rush begins LOL. I haven't even thought about christmas shopping yet. I can remember the frenzy I was in this time last year, to get everything sorted before I had my op. Can't believe that's nearly a year ago already!!!

Ginger, we just have one of those clam things. One half is the sand pit and the other half gets dragged off for the wadey pool. Although we'll be allowed to use SPRINKLERS again in 4 more sleeps!

OMG i have to get a sprinkler - Noah will LOVE it!

Yeah, nothing better than running under the sprinkler in your undies on a hot summer day just after your Nanna has told you not to :lol:

YAY for sprinklers! the aussie dream yippeeeee! Leila will go off like a frog in a sock when we get that cranking!

we have totally started our christmas shopping!

got some cool stocking fillers today: leila is getting some funky animal soaps, probably some matchbox cars etc.

and the big one: A CUBBY HOUSE!! with verandah and flowerboxes the whole works lol!

MD: it would be way amazing if you could be there on wednesday :hug:

Cass, the cubby house sounds adorable, I know L is gonna love it!! Ours is getting heaps more use since DH moved it the other weekend, it must be superior feng shui in the new spot.

Oh yes, I had a little dream about driving to the airport and jumping on a plane for the day...however sadly our finances are totally up the fooffer right now, it would be a stretch to pay for the long day parking let alone anything else :rofl:. ah well, a girl can dream can't she?

awww i really wish you could come MD....it would be lovely

i think i'm going to order the pool you suggested from big w trill, and get it delivered. it's a $7 delivery fee but i'm sure i would go through much more than $7 in junk just trying to get out of the shop! LOL i saw the buzz lightyear pop up too and i think i might suggest that as a present idea for MIL as she has been asking what to get L.

cass- which cubby house are you getting?

L has been asking for a Handy Manny toolset for xmas, but i just get so annoyed at how junky and expensive some of these 'name brand' type items are iykwim? like i think he would get much more value for money if we got him just a generic tool box rather than a charachter one. so annoying.

i'm having a major sand pit battle with dh. he hates all the sand getting dragged through the house.........

LOL G, $7 would be a sound investment indeed. I use bigw online too because it beats the hell out of driving to Wagga for the day. IKWYM about the junky branded toys. Years ago when L was only 3 she brought this bob the builder tool bench and tools and OMG the bench itself was crap with a capital C. The tools were good but the bench was the dodgiest, most poorly designed toy I have ever seen. And she paid nearly $70 for the flipping thing. So from then on we've largely steered clear of merchandised toys unless they are really good quality. E got a barbie laptop spelling thing from Mum 2 years ago now and it's been great. you just have to pick over them iwth a fine toothed comb to find the quality stuff. The only ones that are without doubt the best around is the wooden thomas stuff.

With the sandpit, just get in the habit of making the boys brush themselves off before they come inside, unless they are actually carting handfuls of the stuff indoors LOL

G, point him in the direction of the vacuum cleaner lol. Can you get a normal tool box and then stick a few Handy Manny stickers on it? I don't really like to get the character brands and luckily W doesn't seem to notice if it is brand or not (yet!!), if I tell him it is then it is.

We have done most of the Xmas shopping already. We get paid monthly, so the next pay isn't until a couple of days before Xmas and there is no way I am going to town then! W is getting a bike, a body board, a fishing rod and a bean bag. A is getting a little keyboard, a plastic trike and a bean bag too. DH is making her a little wooden oven. I will get her a doll if I can find one that isn't freaky looking - wtf is up with the giant eyes on the dolls now?? I might pick up a couple of other things but really they don't need it and I was trying to pick things that I won't be constantly picking up off the floor.

X-factor finally screened last night. Happy that Altyian won, he is a very talented man but seems a bit....weird in personality and he forgets the words to every second song lol Sally was probably a more consistent good performer. I think she will get some sort of contract though won't she? I am sure that Guy was second the year that he was in Idol?

I am sitting here procrastinating, I am doing an assignment but I am down to the last couple of questions that I skipped because I couldn't be bothered with them. Not due for a couple of weeks but my weekends are booked pretty solidly for the next while - boating tomorrow, away next weekend (beach and zoo), then xmas parade and DH's work kid's xmas party the following weekend. Somehow W has absorbed all sorts of info about Christmas/santa - he promises to be good all year so Santa will bring him a red bike lol

Arte, a tip with the dollies - at this age getting a soft-bodied one is nice, so they are more 'cuddley'. I have my reservations about Altiyan too - more with the consistency factor - I think he will need more support around him to succeed in the industry and as far as I can tell it's not an industry that's known for its supportiveness. No Guy won outright, Shannon Noll came 2nd that year, but others from that round like Paulini have also been able to make careers for themselves - just not international superstars. I soooo think INXS should get Altiyan on board, permanently.

MD, I am really after a Cabbage Patch Doll, for my own satisfaction really. But there aren't any in the entire country!!

You need to shake down Ginger's (?) friend with the toy contacts. Plenty of time to mail over.