The Twindaoes

The Girl Can Run!

April 23, 2010

So they are in ‘red house’ in case you couldn’t guess from the above photo… Which necessitated a grumpy trip over the hill yesterday to buy two red shirts for them to wear in House Cross Country today. And who’d have thunk it, but I have one that can run! Run a whole kilometre at [...]

Green Dots and Fairness

April 16, 2010

Zoe met me in the courtyard after school yesterday, bursting with news. “I’m reading green dots now Mum!!!” She’d gone up a level in reading and was practically oozing pride and joy at the prospect. Izzy was already close to tears when she told me she was still reading ‘orange dots’. “Miss B said I [...]

Position Vacant – Tooth Fairy.

April 13, 2010

The teeth are falling out in rapid succession around here and it’s gross! I’m not sure what it is about these tiny white wobbly bits of child that I find so off putting. There is just something about the constant ‘look my tooth is wobbly’ and the insistent wiggling and jiggling until the darn thing [...]

So this is what it’s like?

April 5, 2010

I have only one child at the moment. One getting-closer-to-three-than two-year old boy and that is it. So this is what it’s like to only have one child? Dinner and bed time are over and done with so quickly. And it’s quiet… really quiet. Tonight I think I finally, really really, understand when people say [...]

School Holiday Sleep Out!

March 29, 2010

The school holidays are upon us, and while my girls are still trying to wrap their heads around the idea that they don’t go to school for two whole weeks… they have been quick to start making plans and begin filling up their days! The first big school holiday event was a ‘sleep out’. The [...]

Help a Hero.

March 24, 2010

Have you ever spent the night in a hospital with your child? Have you ever slept on one of those fold out chair beds? I remember when Zoe was in hospital with chronic asthma. Muski was around 6 weeks old and the three of us stayed for a few days… and nights. I’m willing to [...]

Never Alone.

March 4, 2010

Every now and then I get to thinking about the whole ‘twin thing’. Out of the blue it struck me the other day… our girls are very rarely alone. They spend probably 90% or more of their time together. They share a bedroom. They are in the same class at school. They play together. Often [...]

Ducky Love

February 23, 2010

Izzy loves him so, despite the fact that this duck is well and truly insane. Infected with a mental duck illness that makes him attack and nip at exposed flesh. He grabs on and just won’t let go. Despite some really nasty bruises Izzy still loves him… and he still loves her, letting her cuddle [...]

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Wordless Wednesday – Printable Christmas Cheer
December 14, 2011

We are in need of a little brightness around here, and some Christmas decorations that Noah can’t pull down and destroy… Click on any of the above images to download an A4 (letter sized) printable poster to add some Christmas cheer. Or shrink them down and print them onto cards and share the joy. Check [...]

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2011 Christmas Printable Series – Print and Fold Gift Boxes.
December 12, 2011

I think I am done with my Christmas shopping…. hopefully… maybe. We still have a few hand made gifts to finish off but I don’t think I need to go near another shopping centre (well except for food) till after Christmas. So now that the gift are all organised I need to wrap them. This [...]

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2011 Christmas Printable Series – Jar Labels and a Strawberry Jam Recipe.
December 5, 2011

Lots of rain + some sunshine = bucket loads of strawberries! Over the past few weeks we have had strawberries coming out of our ears. We have made muffins, and smoothies and cupcakes, and pie and we’ve eaten so many fresh strawberries I am actually kinda over them (I never thought that would happen), but [...]

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