Wow!

We went to the zoo last week to celebrate Tricia the elephant's birthday. I bought a raffle ticket to support saving the elephants and we won!

We now have some lovely elephant art to hang up in the girls' room.

I also won weekend accommodation with breakfast for two in either the Goodearth hotel or the Perth Ambassador. This is not actually much use to me. If the kids won't sleep properly at home, they certainly won't sleep in town.

I was wondering if any of my friends would want to buy this? I have no idea where these hotels are - maybe Swancon accommodation?

Cash would be a lot more helpful to me than a weekend in Perth at the moment.

To do

Right, operation be more proactive in 2014 and don't just endure the blows of fate now in gear.

1, Pearl's anxiety - will investigate whether Omega 3 might help.

2, Ruby's sleep - continue with firmness (for me), get new mattress.

3, My exhaustion - book 11 half days off of leave so that I get a half day to myself once a month.

4, Food - continue offering new food. Hooray that Pearl will now eat the leaves of small, perfectly blemish free spinach. A source of iron! Also, she will now eat small, blemish free, finger nail pieces of turkey. More iron!

5, Pearl's nits - finally seem to be gone. Also, haircuts booked for girls.

Edited to add

Plan for gentle firmness at night has already degenerated into screaming that Ruby had done the naughtiest thing she has ever done. (Breaking bag of tiny, clinging styrofoam balls. In fact, naughtiest thing was the other day when she threw my computer on the ground.)