Day 164: These three peas

All is revealed. Thanks to all who played the 'guess the baby exile' game. Congratulations to Tammy, T,S & baby J, Jane, Hannah, Little Big Sis and one anonymous commenter for the six complete, correct guesses.

We did some furniture shopping today and bought a bed for Exile #3, so in theory we can move in to the house as and when we can organise it (Exile #4 was still in the cot (crib) when we left the UK and now E5N1 is using it). We made use of the versatile seating in our 'van', removing a second row seat and folding the third row down to get the new bed in and then managing to restore five seats but still with room for a flat-packed toddler-bed to fit in so that we could all go over to the new house together. Actually it's amazing to think that Exile #4 was sleeping in a cot and wearing nappies when we arrived - it seems so recent and yet she seems so grown up now.

The girls are currently using rented beds which will stay here at Exile Central Zero when we move on to our new pastures as will quite a lot of other furniture - so we have some more shopping to do, but most of the urgent stuff is done. A lawn-mower is still on the 'buy now' list so that we can keep the place from turning into a jungle. One of my colleagues informed me of an important distinction, in posh places they 'mow lawns' elsewhere they 'cut grass' - the implication being that one relates to 'gardening' whereas the other is a basically agricultural activity which takes place in your 'yard' or on your 'land' . I wonder which will be expected in our new neighborhood. Judging by the low concentration of actual grass in the yard I suspect that neither phrase is very appropriate.