Evening, I am limping in and out again after getting home from a 4th birthday party with dd. Eurgh! I had forgotten how chaotic and noisy those all-class parties can be. I find myself in serious need of 
and chocolate in order to recover. 
Well done Little Bear, what an amazing Christmas present. 
Hazey, I remember when ds1 was using Talking Tom with his Ed Psych - to be honest there were times when I felt like hitting him in the face!
I am planning to take a serious hold of my diet and try to gradually start exercising again starting next Monday. The house is currently still full of post-Christmas and NYE goodies, so I think I'd be setting myself up to fail if I tried to start this week.
Things are still a real mess with both this year's schooling and the whole secondary transition debacle and we haven't been able to do a thing about it for a fortnight, as the world and their mother had the whole two weeks off. The LEA all had the whole two weeks, then have an all staff training day all day on Monday and our officer is only in for two days next week, both part-time. We did manage to speak to an admin assistant today, who warned us that we probably won't get to speak to her next week because she will be really backed up and busy after the two week break. 
It's bad enough for us, with the secondary admissions deadline looming, but I feel really sorry for all those people who will have received a proposed statement on Christmas eve, in the full knowledge that they would then be unable to meet their 15 day deadline.
On a more positive note - I am finally off my crutches and it's lovely to be able to hold my dc's hands on the way to and from school. Still hurts like hell, but at least I am finally able to walk and use my hands at the same time.