My heart is overflowing with love and gratitude and all the good things a trip to Melbourne brings. We arrived home last night to a very excited Juilus and a very happy, albeit exhausted Gran & Grumpy. A HUGE shout-out to Mum and Dad for having Jules for four nights while we were away and…
Continue reading →Gosh I just cannot stop smiling. I submitted my final exam for my course yesterday, and my lecturer kindly marked it asap and I got my results back today…. and I have officially passed the whole course!! This was my workstation yesterday! The kids in iso have been a mixture of absolutely amazing (see above)…
Continue reading →As Grumpy would say, oh my good golly-gosh. It has been a bit of a wild month around here. Let’s get into it! First of all, many of you would have heard that Queensland and NSW had a whole lot of rain that caused a LOT of problems in late February. Although the downstairs level…
Continue reading →Okay so I’ve been a little slack with keeping my blog up-to-date with our adventures. But it’s Saturday night, the kids are (mostly) occupied, and I have enough motivation and creative energy to get this thing done. I hope… 🙂 As many of you know, we tried to get away to Stanthorpe last year, only…
Continue reading →After the Never Ending summer holidays of 2021/2022, the kids headed back to school today. There were mixed emotions in the household over the last few days; excitement (Julius), nervousness (Quinn), annoyance (Chance), ambivalence (Darby), anticipation (Mama). But we got there in the end!! For one year only, my four fire crackers will be at…
Continue reading →I was chatting to my friend the other day about spending some of my childhood in a little town west of Cairns called Dimbulah. I was saying that we had taken a trip back there last September, staying in Cairns and heading out to Dimbulah for a huge reunion with the folks we grew up…
Continue reading →And so ends this household’s birthday season, with Quinnderella turning nine years old. Quinn, you are firey and fierce and when you put your powers to good use, your determination serves you, and others around you, well. You are loved and adored and you are surrounded by wonderful friends who think you are funny and…
Continue reading →So I suppose my birthday week has now officially come to an end, and what an amazing week it was. It began on Tuesday morning with a surpise breakfast in bed, pancakes with ice cream no less, and a coffee on the side. Amazing!! I was thoroughly spoiled with gifts including Lego Flowers! I didn’t…
Continue reading →I busy myself packing snacks and water for our outing. My parents and I have decided to take the kids to a National Park 20 minutes drive away, for a walk and to swim in the rock pools. It promises to be a morning of fun and adventure. “I’m not going.” I hear the voice…
Continue reading →My view on Christmas morning at 6:01am. I mean, Chance was ready to give me my gifts at 5:00am so I can’t really complain! I had the privelege of hosting my extended family on Christmas day and boy was it a cracker! (Pun intended. Always.) I put my hand up to have it at our…
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