Evening all.
Just tried to read the thread and failed dismally, as I my head is killing me. Did notice the odd socks theme though - dh started this trend in our family. I bought him quite a few mad/bright matching pairs for Christmas, then mixed them all up and wrapped up lots of odd pairs 
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Dd has some tights made by a company called 'Oddsocks' which are brightly coloured spots on one leg and stripes on the other! 
Hi DJAngel, great to see you here, hope you have a good weekend and ds enjoys his party.
Speaking of parties, I am mid-birthday cake decorating at this very moment - having momentarily collapsed onto the sofa. Its dd's second birthday tomorrow and she wanted a Gaston the Ladybird cake (from Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom). I've finished the actual ladybird (used a 3d spherical pan and am quite pleased with it actually) but now have to ice all the grass and make a selection of icing bugs and flowers to dot around. The latter part is because I had to make a separate gluten free cake for ds1, so have baked a 12" gf madeira for the ladybird to sit on top of.
I am waaaay too tired for this. Why do I always end up decorating birthday cakes late at night?
Fortunately, she only wanted Mummy, Daddy, ds1 and ds2 to come to her party, so that got me off the hook. 
She did however want a picnic - in January! So I've bought some red and white polka dot fabric off ebay to act as a tablecloth and some matching party plates and cups and we're having a picnic in the sitting room. I've bought a sun-shaped helium balloon and some mini flower-shaped ones on sticks that I'm going to stand up along the window ledge to make it seem more summery. Grannies and grandads are just coming to do cake and presents after we've had the picnic - phew!
We've had an up and down week. Mostly down, but with a couple of hopeful moments. We've had the breakdown of ds's WISC, had a series of bullying incidents to deal with at school, found out our lovely EP can come to his Assessment next Monday and also that he has been allocated a 1-1 inclusion teacher to work on his social skills and help build a circle of friends.
I am soooo nervous about Monday, just want it to be over really - but then we have a TAC meeting on Thursday of the same week, so no time to sit back and deal with whatever Monday brings.