'buh buh... buh buh' and clap handies from the Little Toot 
sleepy little boys waking up all around me... 
and it's nearly half eight!


Dontcha just love 'otel curtains?!

why i love days like today

no school, no racing, no rushing, no shouting, no spoiling, no whining...

just us, really us, not tired, shell-shocked us

drawing, make-and-do-ing, squidging,

and (a line of ) washing too!

Not many words from our baby yet,

but 'goh gaa' encompasses many things

from 'yes' to 'thank you'

Eldest son singing his Christmas Show songs to help himself go to sleep.

Don't normally welcome signs of Christmas in October,

but can certainly make an exception for this :)

....have discovered a very lovely substitute for rosary beads when you're just not in a position to reach for them right now: little sleeping baby fingers. So sweet.

...very handy, you might say. (wincing, sorry)

the caravan of my dreams... actually available for non-Sylvanian creatures!

anyone know where I can get a real-life version of this?

And it accommodates a family of rabbits and a sheep. So it could definitely fit our little family.