Gala Glee

Today we visited a school gala.... big mistake, HUGE! We headed out there to meet up with Ruth who had some sleepsuits we wanted to buy, also some milk and the chance to have a catchup... we did not set eyes on Ruth while we were there, but we were treated to seeing Kieran go ape sh*t crazy. He ran around, scarfed down a bag of Lil Orbitz doughnuts and cavorted mightily....before seeing the GIGANTIC 18 foot tall bouncy castle. He was halfway up it before I caught up to him, and the operator demanded $4 from me. $4!!! And then, he got to the top, looked across the field from the immese height ....... and panicked. And what poor sod had to climb up there, in the drizzle, and talk him down.... yeah, muggins. And then I got to slide down with a gentle splashing motion, the rain lending impetis to my descent along the damp canvas.

Last night was Night 1 of sleep training, or as I like to call it - Sleeping without snackin's. C gets to have the sleepytime snack then off to bed. When he wakes he gets no snackings until midnight or later (this will eventually be removed), then has his snackin's and sleeps until morning. I set up a mattress in the spare room....Ie the one that used to be Kieran's and has a truckload of junk and boxes in it. The mattress was set up so Chris and Kieran could sleep without being woken through the night.... and there were a few squeaks.... I tidied it today and there are a mere 2 boxes left for Chris to go through. So I lay in there with C and saw K sprint past the door at 6:30am towards the bedroom, some moments later he paced back past looking very thoughtful, gasped, peered through the doorway and said " What are you DOING, in THIS bedroom?!" and came and had a cuddle with C and me. It was a lovely way to start the day, although Bandit huffily departed to warm his father's backside..... can't think why.