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It has been a very full on 7 weeks for Kieran (and Mummy!). 7 whole weeks of fulltime school for the first time. He has loved it but as with most of his class – is now exhausted and ready for this half term! True to form the weather is shocking so we have been looking for entertaining but not too expensive activities and fun to keep us occupied! (Sorry but I just don’t DO soft play during half-term, pregnancy or um during any lucid moments!).

Orchard Toys – Old Macdonald Lotto

When this arrived I was over the moon! We love Orchard Toys and are yet to find a jigsaw or game that hasn’t provided hours of family fun with the additional bonus of being educational.

This game is a fun farmyard lotto game aimed at younger players (ages 2-6years) and encourages memory skills and observation. It also encourages multiple versions of “Old Macdonald Had A Farm” in various different keys and hilarious animal noises and impressions (in fairness Daddy’s cow impression is yet unbeaten in the Cawood house for pure hilarity!!).

As a Mum what I appreciate is the sturdy box, well made pieces (I hate games with flimsy pieces!) and how attractive the game is colour and picture wise. The bold colours and design is engaging and keeps Kieran’s interest. I’m also impressed with the lack of plastic packaging. Nothing annoys me more than ripping through loads of plastic that is completely unnecessary and wasteful!

Fab family fun you can stay in your PJ’s for!

We have spent hours playing both traditionally (via the easy to read instructions) and our own ridiculous versions and have had lots of fun! A top product that I wouldn’t hesitate to buy for our family or for someone as a gift.

Old Macdonald is available to purchase direct for £9.00 – where you can view the rest of the range. There really is something for everyone.

Thanks OT for giving up the opportunity to test this!

After a Twitter chat with fellow pregnant lovely, it brought to mind some of the symptoms and lovely other physical and emotional trials you go through, which of course no-one sees fit to warn you of in advance!

Today’s gory rememberance involves……. a THROMBOSED PILE.
I went to the GP at 37 weeks with a thrombosed pile! Seriously, think a excrutiating third bumcheek. My GP asked me to get up on the trolley and show him. First off, I was a very heavy 37wk-er so getting up on the trolley via a stepstool was well, lets just say, it took ages! One peek and his comment was “My word, that is massive!”. My reply was “I’m assuming you mean the pile, not my rear end!“.
Cue trip to A&E, and the on-call insisted on first calling Maternity to tell them I was here and what was wrong etc before doing anything. On the phone he bellowed “Yes, Mrs Cawood, lives at ****, yes Mrs Cawood, 2 ****** Close, Yes, thrombosed piles, yes piles, very large, anal yes, Mrs Cawood…..“.
The sniggers from everyone in cubicles, was only slightly more obvious than my husband’s who was desperately trying to mask it!
Then he decided we needed a consultant to deal with the problem, so back on the phone, again very loudly “Mrs Cawood, (reeled off my address, full name, DOB), HUGE, thrombosed bile, yes Sir, too large for me to deal with, I would appreciate your input, bigger than anything I’ve seen before” (Seriously – I’m sure at this point I heard someone sobbing in glee down the corridor).

Yes, I made other people in cubicles very very happy!

On the upside once the Consultant came for his “viewing” it was dealt with very quickly and I shuffled off home able to sit straight (almost) for the first time in days. This is quite a funny account (and completely true!) but was anyone else warned about thrombosed piles at Antenatal Class? Damn sure I don’t remember if I was! I suppose between piles, cramp, indigestion and the other unmentionables that come along with pregnancy, we are best kept somewhat in the dark, otherwise no-one would dare get pregnant!!

Does anyone else have any hideous (faintly amusing) tales to share?

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