Chuff Chuff, Cough Cough

[lathany]

Ryan was bought a train set for Xmas. This set included some little engines and carriages that had magnets on each end so that they could be stuck together in a long line. This seemed straightforward enough. Occasionally, when I had the energy, I would build a circle of track and encourage the duo to run little lines of train around it.

However, I got back into the kitchen yesterday afternoon to discover a line of engines and carriages all hanging from the metal child gate. They looked like a long, metal fringe. Ryan may not talk much, but he can dangle engines with the best of them.

This week was also the first birthday party for the twins. The third they'd been invited to and the first they could actually make. There was a soft play area (with a slide!) and a bouncy castle (all indoors) and then a big birthday tea and little party bags to take home. The mother who held the party has something of a reputation for doing a good job of such things and certainly the whole event was slickly organised, timed and executed.

Health-wise, we're all ill. I'm fed up with being ill. I've got a sniff, a cough and a temperature. Worst still, I'm having to run around after two smaller, grumpier things also with sniffs, coughs and temperatures. Having kids can really suck.

Comments

[adamsmithjr.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. Intimidating parents - don't let them get to you! I offer virtual tea and real sympathy.

(Fran did a photo-shoot for a stripper yesterday. The photos were for the stripper's book, 'G-Strings and Sympathy', and she kept her clothes on. Sounds like an interesting afternoon.)

[lathany.livejournal.com]

I offer virtual tea and real sympathy.

Appreciated.

Fran did a photo-shoot for a stripper yesterday.

I know next to nothing about photo shoots. How long do they usually take and how many photos tend to be accepted/published/etc afterwards?

[adamsmithjr.livejournal.com]

The shoot takes about 60-90 minutes, during which time Fran seems to bang off 300 shots or so, of which she'll choose 50-70.

What happens then depends on the client - Fran is being commissioned by people to take portraits for their own use, not to publish in a magazine.

Usually people are pleased and buy quite a lot.

[cuthbertcross.livejournal.com]

Hey, at least your kids don't make you feel sick anymore (well, not often)
Though I appreciate being coldy is no fun either.
You could always seal them off a-la twins -in-a-bubble, then they wouldn't give you bugs, but you'd also miss those cuddles..

[condign.livejournal.com]

Having had flu all week, you have my sympathy and admiration. I have no idea how I could have followed two sick kids around.

Ryan's engineering feats seem impressive, though.

[lathany.livejournal.com]

Having had flu all week, you have my sympathy and admiration. I have no idea how I could have followed two sick kids around.

It wasn't as bad as flu, or I wouldn't have managed! I'm still more than happy to accepted the sympathy, though.

Sorry to hear you've had such a horrible week yourself.

Ryan's engineering feats seem impressive, though.

It was. Not to mention, visually spectacular.