Kate, the cake is something I would never do again and trust me when I say my patience was more than tested at times LMAO. So very fiddly, but it did look great. Alister would be lucky to be 9.5kg I reckon - he has to weigh nearly 14kg to have trebled his birth weight, and I can't see tht happening anytime soon. She sounds absolutely perfect.

Clare, what other language are you teaching L? I did hear once that bi-lingual children can speak their languages like a true native if they learn it before the age of 7 because they still have a reasonably soft palate and that allows them to form the sounds properly.

Jaz, are you going to have a themed party for the girls?