We like to make bread. Sure we could go into town and pick up a loaf for around $2 but somehow it is not the same thing. Maybe it is the fact that we never have bread when we want it? Or that getting three kids dressed and in the car and then out and […]
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Crafty Holiday Goodness!
Today officially marks the end of the the Kinder holidays for the Twinadoes. They are back at kinder this afternoon, epi pens and allergy plans in hand, all going well, hopefully I’ve had a bit of a love-hate relationship with having the girls home full time again, after only just getting everyone used to the […]
How The Princesses Stole my Daughters’ Futures…
Last year, if you asked the Twinadoes what they wanted to be when they grew up Izzy would tell you she wanted to be ‘in a show at night and an architect in the day’ and Zoe wanted to work in a ‘computer lab’. Now if you ask them what they want to be they […]
Who needs friends when you have relatives like these…
The Twinadoes got a trampoline for Christmas. Ah heck, who am I kidding.. The Baldy Boy and I bought the biggest trampoline we could get because we really wanted one! Both of us have since admitted that as kids we always wanted a trampoline, a really big one, and since we aren’t lacking on space […]
One Last Day of Change….
Determined not to be left out from our 2007 ‘Year of Change’ New Years Eve sprung one final surprise on us. The Baldy Boy’s Nan passed away yesterday afternoon, peacefully at the age of 93. We all knew her as ‘Mickey’, though I can’t say I knew her very well. It wasn’t long after I […]
“When can we open our vent box that is hanging on the christmas sticks on top of the cham-pano?” Yes if you live in our house you have to know how to talk ‘twinado’. To translate – we made an ‘advent tree’ made out of sticks (the ‘christmas sticks) with little boxes to open with […]
Finally, my skills are recognised!
I was chopping up the chicken for dinner last night when Zoe popped up at my elbow. She watched for a moment or two then said, in a very earnest voice;“Mummy, you are good at chopping that chicken!” I was eating dinner last night, finishing up the last of my drink when Izzy remarked;“Mama, you’re […]
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This is ‘Bindi’s Zoo’ – Sorry Trace it is no longer ‘Tracey’s Zoo’, that is unless they are asking if you will take them back when we visit next year.. then it is definitely Tracey’s Zoo! And this is part of our dinner from the other night! We had ‘super tacos’ with the lettuce and […]