boomba - yesterday i called into the home of one of my mums group on the way to the park (not something i would ever normally do, but one of the kids was at the window and my boys wanted to say hi). I ended up taking all four (2 x 4yo and 2 x 2.5yo) to the park. What a breeze! They basically looked after themselves, aside from a bit of swing pushing and help with the firemans pole. They rode their bikes around in circles and played hide and seek (with bright coloured bike helmets on! LOL). 4 was way easier than just my two, who would have pushed and fought the whole time.

If somone offers to mind you kids for a bit - they mean it! Take them up on it. You just never know, they might put on their angel wings and everyone will have a ball!