So, I’m having a little ‘alone’ time with Jessica and Sophie. Marianne is having a well-deserved and – if I’m honest – far too brief break this weekend and I’m ‘on deck’. This always seems to fill my mother with the belief that I’ll be overrun by the little beggars. Instead, one minor conflict so far, it’s been fine (though another is playing out as I type).

I took the darlings to Sizzler, which really isn’t fit for human consumption, but seemed to fit the bill. Had them home in bed and asleep by 7.45pm, and didn’t hear another peep until Sat. AM. That would have been perfect, except girliejones dropped over for a chat. We yacked away and had a fine old time and I finally kicked her out the door as the clock was pushing 1.00am. I got six hours sleep :)

Today has been pretty smooth. We headed out for breakfast, then picked up movies for tonight, bought shoes, picked up framed pictures, bought a DVD and a book, had lunch, went to a park, walked by a river, and headed home.

As I type, dinner is in the oven (I have the only kids in Australia who are unimpressed by ‘roast’), and the girls are playing happily. Tonight, “Honey I Shrunk the Kids” and then an early night. Tomorrow, football and dim sum. It’s all not too bad.