Arte: woah! that is some epic driving man hahaha! we so cannot manage more than 2.5 hours before a break. but i think that if we had a DVD player or video game the older girls would be ok...but Miss E would still go cray cray on us.

I reckon that there is no worries with him going to a small school. it is a very rare occurrence in life to be thrown into a large, contained crowd of people and told to spend all week exposed to them in a uniform way ITMS. At least when you are in the workforce you have a bit more autonomy and can choose to socialise with some people and politely not have much to do with others...whereas at school you are required in most situations to all work it out together. this is what Miss L is really struggling with in the new school. i think it has a lot to do with the classroom structure but it is getting better and her teacher is working really well with us to achieve as harmonious space as possible. it helps that he knows the school she came from and the approach they had, that's for sure.

MD: work from home?! wow! how is that? I guess with your Miss E being at school there is actually a chance of getting work done lol....in my house i have buckleys chance haha. ahhh the joys of small people!

I had a mate that swore by his tai chi training. still does it almost 15 years later. he found it really centering and grounded him as a teen.

AFM: not much new here. just enjoying the awesomeness that this season is throwing at us and enjoying the changes in the colours of the trees. the two youngest have taken to collecting all the leaves for craft projects which usually just means that they get crushed up on my new rug.