Arcadie - at your DC's reaction to new sibling news! Sorry to hear about your friend though, it is heartbreaking to think of her poor DH and children, one of my biggest fears is leaving mine .
Clara, glad to hear you are safely abroad! DD also stood up in the bath the other day and announced she needed a wee, then did one - DH says he's never seen the boys move so fast (as they jumped out the bath so as not to be infected with 'girl wee')! She will often tell me before she does a poo and always afterwards. I still have absolutely no intention of starting her potty training yet though, I'm far too lazy to be bothered with the hit and miss of it all at this age. I'll start her in the spring I think, it was a good age for DS2 and he grasped it all very quickly so fingers crossed...
DrSkid at scan! Ouch at your friend's uniform fees though - I think I probably kitted both boys out (including the sodding stationery) for less than that (and I thought ours was steep!).
SQ, lovely pics of your hols, your DD is very beautiful and I'll agree with the others that she looks much older than she is, I think its all her hair that does it!
Cazzy, hope you are having a lovely time in Devon (although I may be behind enough that you are back now ). Sorry to hear of your Uncle, cancer is such a nasty disease, its how I lost my Mum and I know so many people who are/have been fighting it.
Buzzy, for the new car! You'll soon get used to having less boot space, it sounds like everything else makes up for that though! I'm glad to hear that the swine flu has not been too bad your way, perhaps that gives us hope here. I am terrified a little worried about the children going back to school next week as 'they' seem to think the number of cases will significantly rise and we'll get the dreaded 'second wave' - arghhhhhh! I am a bit of a worrier...
Clairey, I'm glad things are a bit better for you at home, it must be very hard for you. I hope things continue to improve. I am very impressed at DS's forward rolls! Evie has just mastered jumping with both feet so I'm hoping it'll be a while before she moves onto gymnastics - she's too much of a daredevil as it is - no fear! Thankfully she doesn't scream too often when frustrated, she can usually climb or bash things until she gets what she wants anyway - she's a sturdy little thing!
Suey, congrats on your DD's forward rolling too! She'll soon settle into her bed, I remember when DS1 went into a bed I ended up putting the chest of drawers to the side of it at the bottom and a bed rail at the top so he felt secure and couldn't roll out - made my nights a lot less disturbed! I need to get a rail for DD's bed although she is still happy in her cot - I asked her if she wanted to sleep in her bed the other night and she said "no, cot!". As for falling pg, I think sometimes our bodies know when we are ready for it (even if we want it sooner!), I am also very irregular but when I do fall pg it tends to be at times when everything is running smoothly in the rest of my life. I'm sure it'll happen for you once everything else is in place. (oh and at DD having her own ipod touch!)
Well I now have 3 ex-battery hens living in my garden They are fantastic and the children love them, I haven't let them out the run yet though so it'll be funny to see how DD reacts to them when they're wandering about! We have been lucky with eggs so far too, they've laid 9 since Sunday when we brought them home! We weren't expecting any for a few weeks due to the shock of rescue, the boys love fetching the still-warm eggs