I'm learning lots about older children from those of you who have them. Should be helpful when these two get older if I manage to remember it all.
Hello MummySharn! I'm newish too and finding the thread really helpful and motivating.
We3Kings, DS1 threw up neatly under his pillow once and none of us knew until that night when we put him to bed and found it. He seemed very surprised. I check under his pillow every morning now! He seemed fine that day and even went to preschool, which I felt terrible about in case it was contagious, although it was probably just reflux related.
Soundproof wool, Willow! 
Don't forget a small patch pocket in front of the mouth area stuffed with acoustic wadding! Fingers crossed for your car repairs to be completed well and quickly too.
What did you get for play food breakfast, KT? DS2 made me strawberry and fried egg sandwiches yesterday. I shall remember that he considers this an appropriate breakfast if ever he is annoyingly hungover! Hope yours was better.
A control wall sounds fantastic, Lane. Clever idea to adapt it to your family's different ways of working and to build it slowly. Hope today's appointment leads to something useful for your husband. Did you see Emma with your mum?
Your veggie meals are very inspiring, Zoo. Congratulations on the new washing machine too! Being vegetarian is a good limiter on handbag spending for me Bowerbird. I'd probably be stuck if I wanted a fancy one, really, as most are leather. Pre-children, when I was more carefree with money, I did look for a really special one in a year that I had several dressing up occasions to attend and bought a very pretty fabric and metal Lulu Guinness one that was in the sale at about a third of the original price and I don't know that I'd spend even that now.
I feel like I have had a busy couple of days but not done much housework. Meals, dishwasher, Swish and Swipe, bed making etc got done both days Yesterday, I also did all the ironing and putting away clothes and household linens for the week plus putting away online food shopping. Walking DS to and from school eats a couple of hours on Tuesdays. Nappy washing, drying and putting away ready to use was done today, plus cleaned downstairs floors but DM was visiting for the day so not much else. Saying that, she brought homemade cake with her and took DS1 for a walk with her dog while DS2 was napping, so I probably should have had the energy and time to do more!
After she went, I cleaned down the backs of the sofas; found hairpins, much Lego and two magnetic pens for Poundland knockoff mini Magnadoodles amongst the fluff and tissues. Thought one pen had been binned with wrapping paper at Christmas!
Went to put nappies away, leaving DC playing nicely with Magnadoodles. Returned a few minutes later to find them playing a car racing game on the television having set up the console and controllers themselves. DS2 even came first, beating his brother and the ten other computer players! May actually get to use thread info on managing teenagers before I forget it!