Hi girls!

first and foremost...i guess those fires are close (healesville?) cause we are in a blanket of smoke and have the eerie orange light thing happening.

rainy: are you guys on alert or anything?

MD: what kind of bunny rabbits do you have? LOL! scary ROARING ones....!!

ALSO: just wanted to send you loads of good luck vibes for today....

Arte: that is so cute with W sleeping with the tools! LOL! And look, a girl likes a boy who can fix stuff...so you are setting him up well! LOL!

Ange: i was just thinking about the famous corn-off this morning! i think laying down the challenge is exciting...maybe i'll join in the ranks...if DH will let go of his tomatoes that is...

MM: oh yeah we get the PT (public tanties) thick and heavy here. in fact, i think leila accrues all of them specifically for public. at home she is more pliable but not when we are out. and yep, we do the elbow in the groin to get into the car seat/pram/highchair...
leila tends to do the drop. she'll just collapse the legs and 'dramatically' spin herself in the air to land on her side. this is her fav tactic when i am holding her hand so she can do this rather theatrical hanging in the air trick...
i just dont pay it though. i usually look at her and keep on truckin'. my mum calls it my 'mother russia' move LOL!

AFM: well i am still not 100% and bummed about it. but i dosed up on nurofen last night as our mums group had a girls night out and there was no way that i was missing it. great night too. although walking through the streets of brunswick at midnight and slightly tipsy is not much fun when you are alone. saw one guy being carted off in the paddy wagon and 'chromer lady' was doing the rounds (she is a local institution...at an open for inspection last week she passed out at the front door so everyone had to step around her...the house didnt sell funnily enough).
also the smoke here is getting stronger. i can only imagine how it is for those further out like rainy. but we are inner-city here, so didnt expect it to travel that far.
the smell still gives me shivers of the time we were stuck under a concrete bridge for 4 or so hours in the gosford fires a few years back.