Today it is exactly one year since =wazabees arrived in the UK. It's been one hell of a year, but the best fun ever. I'm still as mad about him as I ever was. Maybe more, in fact.

You may have noticed that Raturday didn't happen on 3rd October like I said it would. That's because I didn't receive any submissions for it. I think that's a sign that it's not really a viable feature, so I'm going to stop it. I will occasionally post a "small animal thumbnail journal" though, when I feel I've found enough to make it worthwhile.

Orion is doing brilliantly as usual. He's reached what I lovingly call the Fuck You Fours. For the most part he's just the sweetest, politest, most eerily well-behaved child in the world. Occasionally he melts down, and that's the fuck-you part. He's starting to define himself and become an independent human being all of his own, and the occasional tantrum is part of that, I think. We do lots of fun things together these days - in fact we just baked a banana loaf today and then ate the whole thing! Brilliant.

I've been blogging lately, you might be interested:

• The Adult Privilege Checklist


• Seventh Feminist Carnival


• Fifth Carnival of Feminist Parenting


• Sixth Carnival of Feminist Parenting

And I think that's all I have to talk about right now. It's all I can be bothered to write, anyway. I'm very tired and I should be in bed already (I know, I know, I'm old). Still can't believe he's been here a whole year.