Oh Leanne, big big hugs, I know what a shock it is to find out the grisly detail of how neglected some children really are. I'm sure their lives are going to be a million times better now that they are having contact with normal caring adults like your cousin and of course your gorgeous caring family. They really need to know they are important enough for adults to want to make the effort, kwim?

Kate, far out for the hair cut! E's still pretty bald at the front, her hair's mostly grown in around the back where she has curls so it still looks short (but a lot more hair than when DH left)!

Arte, LOL at Baap baap in the ute! That cracked me right up. Glad you got a result with the sippy cup.

E is talking chat chat chat all day long and she now points and says something that sounds like 'whatthat' so that you tell her what it's called. She's started repeating words you say and every so often she says somethign that's clear as a bell (just parroting, you don't hear it again) but it's a crackup every time. She also says 'teddy' all the time now too and I'm pretty sure we're getting 'drink' as well. This morning she patted her nappy to tell me she had a poo, then toddled off to her bedroom (turning around to make sure I was following) to the change mat ready to get it changed! Clever lil sausage.

Trill, I'm really not sure. While I have the skills to step up for a promotion (there are 2 levels advertised) I think it might come down to the fact that they are FT positions but I want to negotiate PT...so it might rest on me convincing them the extent to which they will get value for money by hiring me for the number of hours that I want, and where a PTer will fit in the team. Plus it's not clear to me whether there's someone who's already acting in that position (tried to weasel it out of the contact person but no joy). But mostly I just feel like the universe is gonna land the perfect job right at my feet (like it did last time). So while it's a pain in the tedious butt to have to write the application I'm just totally not stressed about getting a job. Because I know how damn good I am at what I do. BTW I'm PMSL about A doing a cartman, that's hilarious.