ETA: whoops! Sorry Jess and Neeny... missed your posts... reading now


WooHoo IK's home safely! ah yes, all your stuff is about to embark on the upward migration as you begin to child-proof your home... stuff will have to be placed higher and higher and you'll soon run out of high places to store things and decluttering will become the bane of your existence. if you buy new storage cupboards I recommend that are lockable. Alternatively barracade areas of your home eg the kitchen so that you don't have to raise everything. Oh and check that your bookshelves can't tip forward easily because little ones tend to try to climb them... i live in fear of this happening here and there's not much we can do about it because I can't imagine the owners wouldn't be happy about us putting holes in the walls to brace them back. Yep, TupperWare is the best... never never never buy Willow brand food storage containers like I mistakenly did... I now scour Savers for secondhand TupperWare which I bring home and soak in Milton overnight then blast in the dishwasher.

Went to church this morning with Verity... gearing up for all the kids to be Christened this Easter. What I love about this church is that the reverend often includes information about other religons: "oh and Jewish/Catholic/Lutheran people do it this way..." etc. So it fits in with my "mere Christian" beliefs rather than narrowly following a set doctrine.... it's a Uniting Church offically... but very inclusive. There's a play space set up for kids too beside the pews... today this little girl, proably about 16 months old broke loose and toddled past the reverend over the dias as he gave his sermon, squealing with delight but there were no frowns... just understanding smiles at the mum who was a bit embarrassed. Also, Verity is going to have her own mentor, a lovely, perfectly 'normal' woman who will make herself available if Verity has any personal issues in her life of a spiritual nature. I know this might all sound a bit "full on" to some people. It's hard to talk about personal spirituality without sounding like a "religous nut" but I thought I might as well mention all this as it's going to be a bit of a focus for our family for the first 1/4 of the year. Don't worry, i'm not going to start writing sermons LOL

Karen: Icecream: vanilla and chocolate, two sccops in a waffle cone. I also made a Chrissy cake flavoured icecream recently which was a massive hit with everyone... I've toyed with the idea of owning an ice cream maker... but can't really justify the expense as usual... hand stirring isn't too arduous... going to try to make another flavour soon... got heaps of frangelico, might make some with that and some chopped hazelnuts.

DH and Wade napping... Niall sleeping too (Verity rocked him to sleep in the pram)... have dug out my French Women Don't get Fat book... going to make something from that... not sure what at this stage...

Oh and Yes! Much more comfortable weather-wise today... lovin' it!