1. Steady Our lives continued as they had been travelling: peacefully, uneventfully. The financial markets recovered, and ordinary citizens rallied…
Browsing: Parenthood
I do like a good fête. What’s not to like? It entertains the kids, often in a familiar environment. Interesting…
Yesterday was the first day of the school holidays. Usually we leave town as soon as possible but we were…
It’s Book Week again. The girls dressed up as Tinkerbell (Lara) and a ballerina (Rhea) at school, and had a…
‘Mummy, why can’t you tell us who came out of your tummy first? I think it’s Lara because her tooth…
Approaching Lara and Rhea’s sixth birthday, we tossed around ideas about where to go in the cold weather – we have a…
I started a new job in the last month. Also we swapped over and redecorated the girls’ room with the…
I recently caught up with a friend from school who I hadn’t seen for many years. Our conversation included me…
I have a list of goals for 2016. Cleaning out the shed isn’t on it. But with the prospect of…
We bought the girls bikes for Christmas. I looked on Gumtree for weeks, but the kids’ bikes that were advertised…