All this talk about school makes me sad. L is loving pre-prep and is one of the more out going kids and a real leader (according to his teachers). I think he will love school. Not sure where he will go yet, just one of the local ones though. Z started daycare one day a week 3 weeks ago, we had a few tears in the morning last week but doesn't want to come home at pick up. She is toilet trained now (day time) which is great, she was even accident free at CC last week and it was the first time I sent her in undies.
Arte we reduced sugar when L was having lots of meltdowns and it seemed to help.
Oz! Nah, we're here...and prolly will be til the cows come home LOL. That's fantastic that L is thriving, I'm sure he'll do well settling into school as well. Yay for TTing Miss Z , and I'm glad she's taking to CC ok.
MP, yes of course we still love you! Sounds like you as just every bit as busy as usual. Any news on the "developments" front?
Arte, it will be interesting to see what happens when you cut down on the sugar. Chocolate can be very stimulating by itself, nice combo of food chemicals, caffeine and then add sugar too. LOL at the Bureaucrat.
Cally how did the bridal shower go? How exciting! When's the actual wedding?
Cass, I'm a bit confused about your mention of school? I thought you were heading to bella Italia for the remainder of the year(?) so how does school orientation etc fit into that? LOL at the girls' routine.
There is an open day up at the school in a couple of weeks, but that's the only one for the year. The teachers go down to the kindy to observe the kids before they settle on the class placement (ie they take what they observe into account in the class design). The kids do 2 x half a day orientations in the class with the teacher who will be their teacher next year, and there's an option for another day as well if she needs it. The lady I saw suggested doing a social story book (with pictures of the school uniform, bag, details about what will happen at school, etc) so that's a good idea. I'm sure she'll come around to the idea after I wear her down over a whole year LOL.
Yep I was wondering about school for miss l too - how will that work cass??? Is your house rented out? I am having dilemmas re our house ATM
On ten developments front...we are still thinking about a move oseas - to Singapore or hong kong. Depends on an opp for dh which we are Persuing. Timing depends on my work too - not loving what I am doing but in the running for a great role and If tat hAppens I will do that for a year at least...sorry nkt being more specific.. Lots of balls in the Air will let you know as soon as anything eier way firms up
Dh should be landing soon - was meant to be this morning but he was delayed...not happy about that
MP, I would be very unimpressed if DH was more than a minute late after two weeks away! Good luck with the job and everything - hope it all turns out well.
Oz, WTG on the toilet training! That is awesome! Still a mile away with A.
MD, the schema book is a good idea. Perhaps I should make one for W to take some of the uncertainty out of the whole thing.
Busy day painting and gardening. My brother and his girlfriend came up and helped which was great
MP: we have sorta rented the place out. but to friends who are paying a small amount to cover rates and insurance only as our dog and 2 cats were part of the deal lol. bit of bummer about that as we could get good rent for the place. ah well!
MD: we are heading back earlier (leaving italia september). only because we are finding LA boring as bat poo (overall...some things are cool, but not enough to carry us much further...i guess it is good in a way in that we are no longer viewing it as an option to live...even if we could get a lovely house in beverly hills lol).
Bridal shower yesterday, wedding on 2 March. The motivation to eat well and do lots of exercise went out the window with DH getting back to work and having minimal time to myself so I think a pair of suck me in undies will be on the cards! Have been doing lots of practice of my heels at work - 8cm high, a bit different to my usual steel caps.....
Oz and G - what's happening on the moving fronts?
Arte - will have to keep an eye on sugar intake versus behaviour for Miss K. Might explain some of the strange meltdowns we get.
K had her ENT appt today - she still has very red and swollen ears. She's on antibiotics and is having another hearing test in a month. If there isn't a big improvement, we'll have to do the grommets. Annoyingly, the specialist we saw today can't actually operate down the coast (issues with the private hospital and a number of specialists) so we'd have to go to Sydney or see someone else in Canberra. So I'll try and get a Canberra appointment for a couple of weeks after her hearing test - at least we have somewhere to stay there and it's not as far away as Sydney!
, and I'm glad she's taking to CC ok. 
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