Far be it from me to be one of those mothers who boasts about how wonderful their children are (when you all already know how absolutely fan-fairy-tastic they are!) but here is Miss Imogen with the trophy she received on Saturday for the Most Outstanding Performance in her Tap Dancing performance at her dance concert [...]

The kids’ first day of holidays and we put up the Christmas Tree. I don’t go all out with Christmas Decorations. I remember as a child my father put paper chains up all over the house! I can remember as a teenager deocorating the tree (always a fresh one that lived in a tub on [...]

I am in Melbourne this week. Spending time with family and trying to relax. Spent yesterday at the Royal Melbourne Show. I know childhood memories are nothing like adult experiences, but the Showgrounds are smaller and don’t have the same exhibits. As a child I remember being taken through pavilion after pavilion seeing wierd gadget [...]

Yesterday was the dreaded Athletics Carnival for year 3-7 kids at Imogen’s school. When Imogen was a toddler she had quite severe asthma that necessitated several stays in hospital. When we moved up here her asthma basically disappeared. Until this year. I have been told by health professionals and parents of other asthmatic kids that [...]

We have a guest staying from New Zealand this week whilst he attends a conference. Yesterday, we took advantage of Jasper playing footy at Trinity Beach to visit the beach for a paddle. The stinger nets are still out so even paddling was a little risky, but the water was warmish and the kids had [...]

Sometimes I surprise myself in my technical abilities. I may claim to be a blonde mac user, but…
Yesterday I found the website I did for Imogen when she was a baby. Like a lot of things I start out, it didn’t eventuate to much, but it does have some photos of me weighing 20kg more [...]

I love numbers! Loved maths at school until year 10 when the teacher told me differential calculus was hard and I believed her. Can’t even remember her name to curse her!  Must go back and master it though one of these days…
Miss almost 10 has developed a love of maths too. Actually I think it [...]