[Image] You’ve no doubt heard of Lenore Skenazy of Free-Range Kids. I love her. You know how sometimes you’re absolutely sure of the rightness of something. When I heard about Lenore’s quest to give her kids some independent breathing space, I just knew she was right. She’s right that children deserve independence. She’s right that being…
Winter Joy
Flannelette pyjamas. Icy cold feet. Stacks and stacks of cushions. Look out!
What I learned* this week including the benefits of procrastination
In a week of redheads, sister-lovin’ and afternoon teas, here’s my top 10 things to know. 1. Some people just aren’t that nice, including (shock!) in etherspace. 2. Since “mede-tai” means happiness in Japanese, sea bream (“tai”) is traditionally served at weddings. (For more utterly fascinating things to know about Japan, contact Maxi-Taxi whose class went Japanese for…
Lemonade scones
The Badoo’s Birthday afternoon tea. I’ve never hosted an AT before but I highly recommend it. Yummy things to bake and yummy friends to bake them for. It was wet outside, but we were cosy and content by the fire (note artful picture of kindling above.) The Tsunamis and their friendly Cyclones went nuts in…
The Badoo is two
My little one is two today and she’s cheeky, mischievous, loving and mostly reasonable. She’s come a long way. Pregnant, she was breech and ‘stuck’. Constant worry gnawing away and extra ultrasounds to confirm that she was still okay in there. It was so uncomfortable with her enormous head (and it turned out that head…
In a tree far, far away…
Last night the Tsunamis and I finished reading ‘The Faraway Tree’. It’s the first ‘grown up’ book we’ve read the children from cover to cover and they absolutely loved it. I had searched far and wide for a vintage version but ended up with the new release. Fanny is now Frannie and Dick is now…
If the shoe fits… and even if it doesn’t.
The Badoo has adored shoes since birth. She was my only baby who wore shoes prior to walking, simply because even at 6 months it was obvious that she loved them. I bought her a little pair of ‘pre-walkers’ and they were never off her feet. She graduated to her sister’s shoes as soon as…
An aside…
I just had to add that yesterday I committed the number 1 school parent error: Maxi-Taxi went to school in school uniform on a mufti day. If it wasn’t bucketing down with rain. If it wasn’t 8.58am. If I didn’t have another boy in tow (the slowest boy in the world) to schlep into his…
The Dream
As a country-town raised city dweller, I always imagined that I’d return to country living once I had children. I couldn’t even imagine how I’d go about raising kids in the concrete jungle. What would we do all day? Then I mummed 2 under 2 in the inner-city of Sydney and loved it. Walking out the…
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