ok - going to try and attempt personals, should be doing the new term diary stuff but will be later now...
and on that subject vjay - pencil cases, kids need to have a pencil case for school full of lots of pencils 
and other such stuff. They bring it home at the end of each term and I then refill what needs and as I am such a caring mum/ anal/ guilty as I work ( delete as applicable 
), I spend ages making sure they have a nice range of colours, decent sized pencils and then sharpen them all. They don't appreciate it but it makes me happy ! I also smiled at the thank u cards pain - we too do them and it's normally a nightmare - DD1 only finished her birthday ones in early december and her birthday is Sept 
. So for Christmas, I did a tick list with their own text at the bottom - ie, i had a lovely christmas and got ( long list of presents). Then their choice of christmas was lovely, my fav present, hope you got lots etc. They then put the name at the top, ticked what they gave them and signed the letter. I then put said letters into a card with their photos on and a note to thank for BB's present - as neeko says, not so personal but done in one hour ( their part at least :))
Potty training also made me smile - ds was over 3 before he really got it. Untill that point, he would happily sit in a puddle of wee on the sofa and say nothing - needless to say, he kept going back to nappies.
And I don't think it's heartless forgeting edds - it's just life. Sometimes it just gets too busy and you miss them. For me, I only have one and I don't mark it - i am just very grateful that the baby was there for even that short amout of time, as without them, I wouldn't have BB and she is just too lovely for words
buddha - I'm with blue on this. E is just two and even my really placid 6 yr old gets frustrated and kicks out occasionally. Telling nursery you are happy for them to discipline him properly is a really good step and consistent with what you are doing - really don't worry, life is wayyyy tooo short ! As you know - really sorry to hear about your friend and the evil witch - not in the same bracket I know but still
cupcake I wish I knew what series of Greys I got up to - think it was series 5. Lost the plot when it stopped being on 5 or rather, it came on so late. Shame as I just love it and it was the only programme I really watched. I also love the name Jesse for a boy - very much wanted to use it myself ( went well with our theme 
) but DH dismissed it. Benefit of using same initial is that you only need one set of name tapes for school and the kids don't know when they get handme downs as the name tag is their too - you also only need to do it once. In your situation, it seems so far away, but trust me , it isn't - in just 2 years time, we will have decided which school we want our babies to go to and registered them. Lovely to hear everything is going well with the growing baby
neeko Lovely to see you - hope life isn't too windy or busy ?
MLSwhohasjust gotto20weeks Hurrah, missus - how did that happen? cute pictures on facebook
LovelyBlue I agree - I love the ball scene, isn't that the one followed by the interesting reunuion and choice scenes ( trying not to spoil the end of the finale for any new viewers ) I am a bit 
that your work was quiet - I was right back into the thick, this week is major sales briefing and so more of the same this week, but at least it's fun and exciting, which beats boring anyday
4everlovely Hope Tuesday is bearable. Love the 999 story - at dmil's in early dec, BB did something similar - she was playing with the phone as she loves it and we then heard the older dc's saying Stop playing with grandma's phone. The phone then rings and we miss the call. dmil then rings back - cue major confusion. She didn't know the caller and they didn't know her and had only called her as she had called them and they had heard a little boys voice. Ds then gets blamed untill we work out that BB must have dialed the number, DS then took the phone off her and the caller heard his voice! But at least it wasn't the police 
barbie Hope the bleeding has stopped ? Not long before you are a mum of two now, lovely lady. How exciting is that and the lovely Dolly gets to be a big sister -have you got her a Big sister T-shirt yet?
MrsKate Tips re potty training - the best big I read was to only do it when they were ready is try for a day, putting them on the potty every hour or when they say . Chart what happens - if you get more misses than hits, they are not ready and so try again another time. With both older dc's, when they were ready, they were done in a week, for DD day and night. DS had no accidents when out and about - it was really quite painless tbh. She was 2.5 and he was over 3 - we tried with him twice before and got no where - he just didn't seem to understand what was happening. So advice is that if you ae having problems, give yourselves all a break. He is only tiny and so might be worth waiting a while?
And now I really need to go - got to find DD1's goggles for swimming tomorrow, sort diary and weekly calender and just get things sorted for the week. Have a lovely week all !