Mel, sounds like a shocker of a weekend. Hope things improve this week, sounds like they are on the way up already I'm pretty sure that the pushing the limits thing is an age thing. Ben has been getting on my nerves lately too, and the fights between him and Jared are going up a notch. They don't even really fight, one will just hit the other for no reason! The joy of boys I guess. I actually think Jared is the instigator a lot of times and really hate telling Ben "You should know better". Sometimes I forget that he's still only three. He's also had a big adjustment with Josh arriving on the scene.

Kris, sounds like a fun day out. I know what you mean about 'homework' I'm the vice president at the pre school so between notes for Ben and the few things they ask me to do, I have my homework to do

Kaz, how's your newest little man going? Does Pip adore him? I'm finding Ben to be a BIG help at times with Josh, although I rarely ask him for help. He volunteers a lot so I let him help, but I don't want to put pressure on him to help too much.

Us: Well we just had my 6 week check and Josh's first vax. Neither of us were particularily thrilled with it all, but we survived. I'm taking the two little boys the clinic tomorrow, we're overdue for Jared's 2 year check and I want to see how much Josh weighs now. I'm guessing around 5.5 - 6kgs already. My boys tend to chunk up quickly since they are mega pigs, although Josh doesn't feed as frequently as the other two did.

Ben is doing okay. He's learning to write at school and sounds out some three letter words which continues to amaze me. Montessori is just perfect for him and he's really thriving. We're discussing what to do about school though, whether to send him private or public. He'll do kindy at Montessori (I think you call it Prep in Vic, it's the year before 1st grade) and then go straight into 1st grade. The primary school near us isn't too bad, but the attached High School is pretty awful. We're considering sending him to an Anglican K-12 school instead, but we just don't know at this stage. We have to decide soon so we can make sure we're on the waiting lists - it freaks me out that we have to do all this already!