Whole lotta not blogging going on

Not a lot going down lately, so no urge to blog. Stuff that's happened:

• A. is toilet training. Argh! the horror!
• D. performed at Town Hall in his junior choir. They were exceedingly cute.
• E. has taken to howling blue murder when she doesn't get her way. Such as when she gets put to bed. She's howling now, because her brutal and cruel parents have put her to bed.
• Empty staff positions filled. Yay! Don't have to do no personnel stuff for a while. Note to self: glue staff to chair to avoid having to re-hire.
• Taking two weeks off work for school holidays. I intend to indulge in some sitting, and maybe some hangin' around.

That's all for now. Catch you in a few weeks' time.

Learning to talk

A. is at that most entertaining time when he's starting to talk a lot, and starting to become understandable, but still at an entertainingly low level of verbal accuracy. Some recent gems:

• "Bibby Bec! Bibby Bec!" when looking for auntie Bec
• Cucumbers have been variously referred to as "Doobadabbas" and "Cubacubbas" as he gets more of the consonants in line
• There is a crane yard near our house that we occasionally drive by. It's very exciting for boys who are fans of Cranky the Crane. Thus, the cries of "Ganky Gane! Ganky Gane!" when we drove by yesterday. Poor old Ganky has been a popular toy lately with A., leading to some water damage when he was played with outside in the rain.
  
• D is becoming a fan of Guitar Hero now that he can actually play it a bit. So both boys were singing along to Cherry Pie. A.'s rendition of the lyrics "She's my cherry pie": "Cheers my beppy bye"
  

Long long weekend

Took an extra day off for the APEC long weekend. Memorable highlights:

• bought a 24" monitor that was on sale for $599. Now we've got to get the Mac Mini to go with it.
  
• D. quote (while playing with his soccer medals and awarding them to people): "Baby E. wins the Nobel Prize for Kickboxing!" (further research indicates it is a simpsons quote, but I found it hilarious when he said it anyway).
• A. being discovered riding his bike around in the rain, wearing only socks (his galoshes had fallen off). He was thoroughly soaked.
• D's writing has massively improved - he was writing a lot this weekend.
• Saw Ratatouille with the kids. Quite entertaining, and while it lacked some of the substance of previous Pixar movies, it was entertaining, and beautifully animated.
• Tomb Raider Anniversary edition gave me vertigo and sleep deprivation.
  

Off to Canberra for a conference later in the week, to be joined by J and kids at the weekend for Exciting Times In Sunny Canberra.