She is a funny little thing.She is independent and stubborn and fiery.She throws a mean tantrum.And she can almost always "do it easily by myself".She is kind.She idolises her sister.She loves completely and fully.She is joy.She is adored.She is my baby.And today, she is three.Happy Birthday … [Read more...]
The lazy co-sleeper: Week 8(!) update
October 15, 2012 by 48 Comments
So it's now been 8 long weeks since I started to retrain Harper into sleeping in her own bed. All night long. You can read some of the previous updates here (week 1) and here (week 2).So, how's it all going?Well, I'm still very, very tired. I'm not sore and stiff from sleeping next to a toddler all … [Read more...]
Around the grounds: Mid Spring
October 9, 2012 by 21 Comments
The garden is awash with colour at the moment: yellow, pink, light and dark green, purple, white - it's a picture. Thought you might fancy a walk around?The yellow banksia roses that grow all down the drive popping in and out of the hedge and front gate are in full bloom in the most delicious … [Read more...]
Two
October 7, 2012 by 44 Comments
It's two years ago today that we arrived here to this village, to this house, to this life. It seems like both yesterday, and like forever that we've been here, with our life in Sydney just a distant memory.During these two years I know that I've grown up a lot. I've gotten on with it and pushed … [Read more...]
Saturday perfection
October 7, 2012 by 21 Comments
Yesterday we ended our fabulous week in Melbourne celebrating my beautiful sister in law's 40th Birthday. It was held at Stones of the Yarra Valley and it was very grown up and FAB. 40th's sure beat 21st's that's for sure.The location was amazing and even though the day was miserable, wet, windy and … [Read more...]
Holiday postcard: Day Four
October 4, 2012 by 12 Comments
The days have been longer. And most definitely warmer. Afternoons and evenings spent poolside watching the kids bask in the pure joy that is swimming in a pool, with people that you love. The little ones on the sidelines, dabbling in and out. The bigger ones a little more adventurous. My world has … [Read more...]
Melbourne Zoo
October 2, 2012 by 16 Comments
Melbourne turned on a glorious day for us yesterday and what better way to enjoy it than with a trip to the Zoo. I was seriously impressed with their zoo - the great gardens, the open layout, the fact that it's free for kids during School holidays, weekends and public holidays. The (healthier) food … [Read more...]
On growing up and letting go
September 28, 2012 by 18 Comments
It's been a funny kind of week here at our place. It's been holidays and yet I haven't worked as hard in a long time. We should have be lounging around, and yet it's been 5.30am starts each day and out the door for swimming at 9am. There have been old issues rehashed, revisiting old wounds and … [Read more...]
Crafty Minx
September 25, 2012 by 20 Comments
Day one of the School Holidays combined with day one of my period, day one of a 9am swim school camp and after a weekend of not enough sleep. It wasn't pretty, not pretty at all.I was shouty. The girls were over tired and over wrought from a busy weekend, month, term, year. Oh and they were sick. My … [Read more...]
Outside
September 23, 2012 by 15 Comments
After months and months of being inside, it's been so nice to just be outside. To sit and feel sunshine getting into your bones, a little colour on your skin, have shoes off and feel the grass under foot.This weekend we've had a chance to be outside. A lot. And I like it. A lot.It's going to be a … [Read more...]
Making beds while the sun shines
September 19, 2012 by 32 Comments
Yesterday because everyone had had such a bad nights sleep before AND the sun was shining, I thought it best to pull together the trifecta.Clean sheets on all 3 of our beds. Because clean sheet day makes EVERYTHING better. It really does.The girls still have their flannelette sheets on because it's … [Read more...]
Order : Restored
September 11, 2012 by 17 Comments
Like an empty sink post wash up...Or a freshly mopped floor...Or windows letting in the fresh spring air and sunshine in...Or Harper with another piece of paper filled with a drawing or story...Order has been restored.Life is once again back to normal.Rob is home.Sure he's been working all day. But … [Read more...]
Oh my guzica!
September 10, 2012 by 83 Comments
Ever had one of those "Oh my GOD I am the worst parent ever" moments? Maybe you dropped your kid. Or didn't strap them in properly to the pram, or something, and they fell out? Or perhaps you just got cranky at them for whinging only to discover that they had a perforated ear drum and then you felt … [Read more...]
Great/perfect
September 10, 2012 by 19 Comments
I am feeling quite frazzled and busy today. And with a lack of caffeine headache. Why no coffee I hear you ask? Well, my barista has been absent of late and I am too lazy to make a coffee for myself in the morning, no matter the headache. In the PAST TWO WEEKS THAT HE HAS BEEN GONE I have made a … [Read more...]
Scribble
September 8, 2012 by 15 Comments
There's always a lot of scrawling going on around here. Harper with her little people and now that Daisy is getting the swing of it, writing her stories. So many stories. Late afternoon, pre dinner is a good time for this sort of business. Quiets the mind.A G & T usually does the trick for me. Quiet … [Read more...]
The lazy co-sleeper: Week 2 Update
September 5, 2012 by 18 Comments
Sleep training is quite sucky isn't it? I'm still trying to decide whether the hard yards I am putting in at the moment are worth the uncomfortable, but uninterrupted nights sleep I was having a few weeks ago.So, how's it all going?We're getting there. Slowly, but surely. In fact, she has slept in … [Read more...]
Saturday: Sunday
September 3, 2012 by 10 Comments
Saturday we: Tried to stay warm: Had a lazy morning: Watched Nemo in 3D : Cleaned up vomit in the car. And the movies: Cursed this sickness that Harper has at the moment: Welcomed Grandparents in for a visitSunday we: Celebrated Fathers Day: Went out for lunch: Sat in the late afternoon sun and … [Read more...]
Fathers Day
September 2, 2012 by 20 Comments
I wonder what it is that makes a good Father? Just what the exact requirements are that provides a girl with a strong role model to what a man can be. I'm lucky enough to have not one but three Father figures in my life. A Father, a Step Father and a Father in law. Each of them teach me different … [Read more...]
The Accountant Series
August 31, 2012 by 56 Comments
On Monday afternoon Harper, aged 2.75, worked out how to draw. Years of scribble suddenly pulled into focus and before she knew it - there was a person! Then a spider. Then a penguin. Daisy almost fell over when she saw it - suddenly Harper could do something too! She was impressed. For now. I'm … [Read more...]
The lazy co-sleeper: Week 1 update
August 28, 2012 by 40 Comments
It's been two weeks since I wrote a post about how badly we were all sleeping as a family. About how Harper was in our bed, each and every night, for almost a year. About how most of the time Rob was sleeping in the spare bed while I slept badly with a two year old spread eagled. About how each … [Read more...]
