Having two kids’ birthdays within a month before Christmas is always a bit of a wild time around here. Darby’s actual birthday was last Thursday and we started the day with presents and Coco Pops of course! Darby is always so incredibly grateful and thankful when he receives gifts and he (and all my kids)…
Continue reading →It’s official! Chance is a teenager. My goodness what a life this kid is living. He is funny and kind and looks after his siblings (mostly) and he loves his family so much. I said in last year’s birthday post that he would probably be taller than me by this birthday, but I think he’s…
Continue reading →After about 13 years of broken, interrupted sleep, I am pleased to report that I am finally through to the other side!! That’s right folks. All four of my kids are sleeping through (as much as can be expected), and always all in their own beds!!! The sleep deprivation, obviously started with Chance. Aaaah I…
Continue reading →So Saturday morning began with Quinn and I taking a tram into town to pick up the hire car. Note for future self: do not hire a car that you have to drive out of a tiny car park in the middle of Melbourne, onto a street that has trams and you have to do…
Continue reading →Ah Melbourne, how I love to visit. Back in April, when tickets to PAX Aus were released, I snapped up six tickets for the Friday and planned a trip around that. day. I chatted to Gran about making it our family holiday, and when I found cheap flights and reasonable accommodation, Gran was all in,…
Continue reading →Pizzeys = fishing shacks leased by my Mum and some of her cousins, on the Burrum River near Maryborough. Back in May, over a few glasses of Prosecco, Marian and I decided that we should all, including Gran and Grumpy, go to Pizzeys together, during the September school holidays. Now because my brain was so…
Continue reading →You know when you have those weeks that just keep on giving you all those little sparks of joy? Yeah. I just had one. So many of us spend our life chasing happiness, thinking that we will arrive somewhere, some day, and just be happy. I know I used to, but I now understand that…
Continue reading →I’m so proud of my Quinny. She participated in the Creative Generations showcase with her school this week, after months of rehearsals and preparations. She has shown so much resilience with all the long rehearsals and late nights and sugar highs and all the things! Quinn was in two dances this year, Jump and Higher…
Continue reading →Random edition. I was going to blog about something else but then I saw it was the 10th so decided to do a bit of a catch-up on all the things! This was my wonderful start to the day, and it just got better from there!
Continue reading →Aw my Julius. After Frith passed away, Mum and Dad and I would frequently say “thank God for Julius.” In those very dark days and weeks and months, he was our shining light who was, and still is, just full of joy and kindness and all things good. His birthday week is coming to a…
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