Things are not super fabulous around here right now, but they are not terrible either. They are just average. The weather is cold and wet, but we need the rain to fill our water tanks. There is nothing exciting happening this month, but we love having time to just ‘hang out’ and do ‘stuff’. The […]
Enjoy Your Distractions
I was going to write a post about independent play today, or perhaps share my thoughts on helicopter parenting… But the words won’t come out right. My thoughts are all jumbled. I can’t think straight. I am distracted… I am distracted by my big boy cooking himself an omelet. I am distracted by a line […]
Six Odd Things I Googled for my Kids This Week.
How did anyone ever parent without having google in their pocket? How did my parents cope with the multitude of weird and wonderful questions my brother and I asked without being able to appear really smart while really getting google to do all the work for them? Or perhaps we just didn’t ask so many […]
Little Things That Make it Worthwhile…
The smile on her face when she nails the cartwheel. Spending a Sunday around a backyard campfire. Toasted marshmallows. The deep pink of our home grown rhubarb. The light on at 11pm as he devours the first Harry Potter book. A dinner that everyone eats. Learning his name. Winter sunshine. Talking with friends who share […]
My Dystopian Fiction Addiction.
I have a problem. I need to confess to an addiction. It’s not drugs, or alcohol, or chocolate, it’s books… a certain kind of book to be more specific. I am addicted to dystopian fiction. This post contains affiliate links to help me pay for my addiction! “dystopia” : An imaginary place or condition in […]
Best Mum Ever!
As I put Noah to bed tonight he hugged me and whispered in my ear… “You’re the best Mum ever!” I don’t often feel like ‘the best mum ever’, but I did then, in that moment, with his cheek smushed up against mine. And it made me think about other good things that have happened […]
Collecting Now.
I am tired, so tired. I just need to stop for a moment. I just need to lay down for a minute, to take the weight of everything off my tired body and mind. It is just for a little bit. Just a minute or two on the couch while I try to muster the […]
Just Keep Going
One foot in front of the other. Just keep going. Just keep trudging on, through the mundane, and the relentless, through the annoying and the horrible… just keep going. Drop your phone in a toilet full of wee? Just keep going. Get crappy news from a friend? Cry and then keep going. Dentist appointments? Just […]
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