Morning Junies... just catching up on the weekend posts... congratulations Nic on your anniversary sounds like you had a lovely, relaxing day. Rory: I've just noticed you've become a Platinum member... good work! Can't wait to see your avatar! IK: We must have had some kind of psychic connection on the weekend: I felt my phone vibrate with your incoming sms just as I was finishing writing mine... once again, sorry we couldn't make it but try to come in the Friday if you can... great to hear the CFA meeting went smoothly

Just briefly: Wade's party was a wonderful success; everyone came, weather perfect, games went well except for the pinata which didn't break properly and all the parents said they'd never seen one work so big hint guys: don't bother with them! Wade dealt with it all much better than anticipated... he sat serenely at the head of the table like a king with all his subjects whereas I thought he'd be dropping his bundle every 5 minutes with all the noise and chaos! The best aspect of the party was that we were able to introduce all our neighbours to each other who nearly all said to each other: "oh I recognise your face... didn't realise you lived so close" etc. Verity was EXCELLENT at helping me co-ordinate events too. Also we worried needlessly that we had under catered regarding food: the kids hardly ate anything and the adults mainly required mineral water top ups. Also the best thing we did was have Wade's Duplo train set set up... it seemed to really calm the kids down as a quiet activity option.

back later...