Rainy - big big big hun. How scary. Sending you some shiny happy sticky vibes .

AAAAW so cute reading all the cute things our babies are doing! I found a FP walker at the op shop yesterday and E toddled around the shop on it behind me. Also she's right into cuddles and kisses and says "AaaaaaaaH" when she's giving a cuddle or when she wants one. Gorgeous girl!

AFM - feeling a bit tense, E just squished her index finger in the bathroom cupboard, it must've really hurt cos she got it stuck right in there and then leant on the door so it was extra squished. She cried for ages and then had a feed and fell asleep so I'm just waiting until she wakes up now to see how much it's bothering her before I decide to take her to the drs or not.

Hey has anyone saved copies of all our thread recipes that they can send me or do I need to go back thru and find them all? I actually thought it would be a good idea to compile them into our own thread in the recipes section so we can look back for them when we want them, kwim?

Clare, I think I'd be having a hissy fit and waving the exclusion document around. You should be able to find your states exclusion policy online somewhere (via either health dept or children's services dept websites), it will tell you exactly what is excludable and for how long. Have a chat to your dr if there's been chicken pox around cos you might still be able to get in with an immunisation first.

Leanne, my sympathies to your husband...NOT! Just remind him it's not a bar on what you went thru giving him your gorgeous kiddies, won't you LOL.

MM - I hear you on the constant picking up, it's like a tide that just washes in all day and only goes out again once E has gone to bed! LOL She's worked out how to get the CDs out of the CD rack now. Fortunately she hasn't twigged that the cases open yet.

Trill- Poor sick chookies at your house, hope everyone feeling better in time for the weekend or it makes for a bit of a glum time.

Noni, I bet you're getting soooo excited about the grand final, will be sending you winning vibes!! We're supposed to be getting hail and snow later today so I've kept all my washing inside JIC. I think Queenie wins for being the last one last time! LOL Though technically since I went to 42.5 weeks with my first that would make ME the official elephant of the group LOL. You sound very happy with your decision.

Cally sounds like K is really off with the walking, there will be no stopping her now - how exciting! I'm hoping E holds off until DH gets home but that's a couple of months off yet so it's looking pretty slim.

Had my first haircut in over 2 mths yesterday, feel like I can finally go out in public without ppl pointing and screaming. Waiting to see what this afternoon brings as there was a class conference yesterday to deal with the "H problem" in DD1's class, they have been excluding and being nasty to her all year and finally the executive teacher got involved. She was happy yesterday as the girls were being nice and including her but I'm not sure how long this will last...*sigh* She is such a lovely kid and I'm so proud of her cos she has risen above it all year and I sooo hope it works out now. But they've been so consistently capricious I just don't know...