Babies Born June 2006 #32

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Mel - mmmm, crepes! I'm inviting myself over for dinner! Honestly, though, sounds like your cooking is like your home decorating - I need a dose of both from you
Jess - Glad your aunt can be home instead of a loveless hospital, and that you can be there for her. All my aunts are overseas. The ones who would be here in a heartbeat would never be able to afford to come even half way to Australia. The ones who can afford it don't - one came once, for my sister's wedding, and I'm going to be uncharacteristically pessimistic and say that I don't think she'd come over for my wedding if I were to ever have one (I'll save her the anguish and just not have one, eh?). I love them all and they are fond of me, but I don't think it quite adds up. Maybe it's not my place to judge them. Anyway, you've got loving family nearby and they have you
I finally moved the clothes off the rug...and culled more clothes than I thought I'd have the heart to! DP didn't help at all. I had to wait for my cousin to come over for dinner and get her opinion. Unfortunately, that meant she walked into a mess, but she helped me clear it up by frowning, or shrugging (shrugged clothes stayed, frowns went into the bag). She loves Oscar, so it's nice for Oscar to have some member of my extended family be involved with him. I hope she never moves back to Ireland! She's the one getting married next January and we are so there!
Oscar is still awake - woke up from his sleep and hasn't gone back down. Little monkey. To be fair, I haven't tried to put him back, but neither has DP...
Nic - fingers crossed!
Heaven - I read about the schoolgirl hit by a 4WD today and immediately thought of your kids' school! I hope something can be resolved.
CC - great to read from you again! Ally just comes in a compact package...not like my bruiser..
OK, tomorrow is swimming and I have dishes to do before I go to bed...
ETA: Nic, LOL at growing out of it! If they join a fire brigade then they're not the ones who grow out of it...hee hee! Oscar has grabbed his bits a couple of times...and I'M the one who thinks it's funny, cos it reminds me of the other brigade kids and their proud fathers (hmmmm, my friends sound savoury, don't they?). I would just let him play with his bits cos I'd be afraid of creating an issue in his head for him. He will learn social norms (well, here's hoping!) and so will Nixon. It may even take a while, but somewhere along the line he will learn that grabbing bits for the fun of it has a time and place. I mean, it's unlikely he'll do this for the pleasure of it at age 10, put it that way. But that's just what I think of the situation. Others may take a polarised view!