Hi everyone, sorry it's so hard to find a moment to write these days. I have a massive pile of boxes to unpack and I feel guilty sitting down at the computer, where I also have about 12 emails waiting for replies....
Congratulations Suey! How exciting to have another pregnancy, I won't be having any more but can live vicariously (spelling???) through all of you. Without the pain!
Skid - sorry to hear about your dd crying - was she like that at nursery too? If it's any consolation, my dd1 still cries most mornings (she didn't this morning as she has a swimming lesson which she is looking forward to). She did the same in Pakistan but after 2 or 3 weeks was fine. Here I think she does actually enjoy it but hates her uniform and is still getting used to the "activities" they do instead of playing with toys, as it is a Montessori school. At least I know she is making friends. They are also pushing her a bit more than they did at her pre-school in the UK and she came home yesterday with a piece of paper on which she has written her name in full, including surname, so she is really coming on with her writing and is just starting to read too.
We took her away to an all-inclusive hotel for her birthday weekend, which was fab. Waterslides, a lazy river, huge pools, a children's play area and Margaritas on tap! Plus no cooking or shopping or thinking about what I am going to cook for me! What more could a girl ask for? The only downside is that dd2 is very very willful and kept refusing to put on her sunsuit so despite lashings of factor 50 got a bit burnt.
Otherwise we're doing ok. It doesn't feel like home yet but we're getting into a good routine. Dd1 is learning to swim without armbands and dd2 kicks her way round the pool just using one of those noodle floats. I reckon she'll be swimming before she is three.
Hope everyone is ok, sorry I can't reply individually to all your messages but I do read them all!