A house of cardboard
byI’ve been watching old episodes of Friends with Miss16 most the day while Master5, Miss3 and Miss7 have been using old fruit cartons to…
I’ve been watching old episodes of Friends with Miss16 most the day while Master5, Miss3 and Miss7 have been using old fruit cartons to…
We rang The Dragonlady up this morning and sang at her – The occasion? Nanny’s birthday. The funny old bat is inching closer to triple…
Diary of a family in denial. We denied ourselves phones, computers, telly and all things electronically entertaining (fun).
I tell you, it’s a wonder anything gets done at our house because when it comes to electronic distractions our place is definitely on the map
“The only time you mustn’t fail is the last time you try.”Charles F Kettering
My good friend, CJ, was up for another visit this week. With so little time left we’re keen to spend as much as we…
To celebrate this auspicious occasion the family congregated at Uncle Jason & Auntie Bel’s for a sausage sizzle and swim. The snags Kathy &…
Our favourite butter came on special this week at $1 off – 25% saving – allowing us to basically pick up a free tub…
The Divine Miss3 had her first taste of pre-prep today at Alma Street. For one hour the little boys and girls (and their parents)…
We have a serial thumbsucker in the family and we’re in the midst of a battle to stop her. I went to high school…
My good friend Kathy, and her number one son Caleb, decided to join me for some sausage making today. We made one kilo of…
The kids and I made ourselves a yummy snack today – pikelets – which we smothered in butter with jams and honey. The recipe comes from Tracey’s schoolgirl cookbook, Day To Day Cookery by I M Downes.
Miss7 & Miss3 played with their animals today. Toys like these encourage kids to play together and use their imagination, unlike computer games which encourage…
How frustrating is tidying up the pantry and finding expired goods which predate the last three cleanups? It means, of course, we’ve purchased expired…
Us. Well, us and them.