Cally, your holiday sounds fantastic! I didn't realise it was kid-free, that would have been relaxing! Are you moving?

MP, the nanny/housekeeper sounds like a good idea, it will take a bit of the load off you and your DH. You do well to manage with your busy job and the boys. I also find there isn't much time for just A, but she seems to compensate on her own - she often stays up for an hour or so after W has gone to bed to play with DH and I.

MD, I was thinking of painting A's room pink, but I can't go through with it! I just can't! So eventually when I get around to doing it I think we will go with a neutral room colour and girl it up with some wall stickers etc.

Noni, glad that W is starting to eat for you. Must be tough with A getting into everything. W isn't too bad for that, he did pull over a chair and break into the cupboard the other day to look for goodies but found the vitamins first so I caught him sneaking one of them lol

Oz, your new deck/yard sounds exciting! Is that the same BIL that had the accident? Is he o.k now?

Clare, my kids have both hated the pram. W barely sits in it and I end up with a walking kid pushing an empty pram so when A came along I didn't bother getting a good double. I got an el-cheapo second (or forth) hand one for $60 for walking to the shop and when we are in the city I sling A and W walks. A will only last a few minutes in a pram so I am finding clothes shopping impossible. I was wondering for ages what you meant about W being able to see the movie - the seats are terraced so everyone can see and then I realised you probably meant people in front. LOL, that just isn't an issue in small towns.

He is doing really well with TT, hasn't had a nappy on for a month now. He has gone as long as a week with no accidents, he was getting lazy for a bit and I forced a nappy back on him which seems to have cured that lol He is very keen to stand up to pee now so I am trying to get him to use the real toilet rather than the potty for that.

In hindsight the dragon movie may have been a bit scary. He had slept though every night for a week until he saw it and since then he has woken every night. And the other day he came running out of the bathroom like a bat out of hell and shut the door behind him and looked at me with a very serious expression and said "There are dragons in there" lol