Independence, it’s good right?

[peanutter]

yay for independence, no to complete disregard for your authority, however:-

I was already caught short because I didn’t think he’d actually do it (just up and leave). (and DH had just got home and I was drinking champagne and eating a double brie, so there was also a major no-way-can-I-be bothered-winning-this-one factor going on).

mumma, nutter hears you

[Epacris]

Thanks guys. Yeah, we’re really lucky, it’s a lovely street. We appreciate it so much now that we have kids of our own. It is just so nice that the kids are all so free. People are sometimes surprised that they don’t wander off, but they all know to stay up near the houses and they never do (wander off). Our neighbours are people we wouldn’t normally be friends with and we’re not friends as such, just friendly neighbours. We’ve thought about moving so many times because our house has a few things that we really don’t like (on a south facing slope, no vehicle access to the house, no large garage/workshop), but we just can’t move ‘cos we don’t want to split up the gang! Where would we find another house with built in playmates.

As for champagne and double brie, I think it’s like putting on your oxygen mask before your child’s isn’t it?