Coming up for air now that it's almost stopped raining

1. Survived school holidays! Aspire to do even better than that someday
2. Nadia well and eating hugely
3. Alex well and eating hugely
4. Mummy well and eating hugely (doesn't sound so great on me)
5. Daddy well, eating hugely, and I'm sure my yummy dinner had nothing to do with last night's toilet embracing episode. At least there was no repeat performance tonight, because I would have taken that personally
6. Toys back to toy library, including all 258 pieces of building set
7. Made chocolate coconut muesli porridge ice with kids (recipe idea courtesy of Alex and successfully modified)
   
8. Fun trip to Kelly Tarleton's with friends
9. Got out some bigger clothes for Nadia - when sitting, her winter trousers were at knee level and I couldn't bear all that chilly baby skin. Spring, come back! All is forgiven!
   
10. Nadia doing some real toileting - mummy doing some real hosing down of one of those new bigger trousers
11. Dishwasher fixed! Properly hot water means clean dishes, clean soap dispenser and fresh smelling inside...but new circuit board fails on the Child Lock function. Sadly, we need it. Poor Andy the dishwasher guy can probably drive here while texting, and I wish we'd left this dishwasher at our Avondale house.
12. Brisk walk down to beach this afternoon. And back.
13. Mashed potatoes for dinner and even a few new baby potatoes dug from our very own garden under the fascinated eyes of our very own children
    

All systems GO!

1. Well-earned lie-in for all
2. Daddy and Alex off to climbing gym to leave Mummy and Nadia for quiet morning
3. Nadia quietly demands trampoline, sandpit, slide, and walk
4. Nadia skips lunch and has 3 hour nap
5. Yummy dinner at Chez Curran - compliments to the chefs

Sunday

1. I enjoy exciting grocery shopping sans kids - am marked in Pak N Save lot by an itinerant car salesman who apparently has people panting to buy my aging (and scraped, I really did park and drive better before children) Nissan Sunny. OK, but would a car salesman cruising a parking lot lie to me?
   
2. Great specials on Ricies and Cornflakes
3. Very nice party and catchup with Claire and family - your kids taller than I remember, ours, well, more in existence!
4. Discover it is still wise to be gentle with Nadia's tum
5. Alex is really nice and lovely to Nadia when she is sick - though very interested in the outputs and outputting process!
6. Lovely warm fire...
   

She didn't eat much...

1. Nadia didn't add much on the food bill today
2. We kept up with the laundry
3. We kept the bad messes on machine-washable items
4. We had lots of cosy cuddles - Daddy too!
5. Great having Alex home from his sleepover, and he was lovely to his sister
6. She wanted dinner and (so far) has retained it