BIG family life

The blog posts which probably mean more to us than you. Our day to day stuff which, one day, our kids will look back on and laugh at. Or use in court. Or talk about with their psychiatrists.

That’s The Magic Number

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Home-schooling is going so well some days it feels like we’re starring in our own Idiocracy film. 

Thank you to Westpac for supporting our family and sponsoring this post. On that, have you heard about the deal Westpac has brokered where they’re footing the bill for parents ($99) to enrol their kids in the Mathspace Essentials numeracy program? Worth taking a minute to check it out at the bottom of this post after you read about how good a teacher I am not.

My 13yr Old Daughter Got Stoned!

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Just to be clear, no, my daughter doesn’t do drugs. That being said, the title is totally legit.

I had this post written in the back of my mind for days, so when The NRMA approached me to sponsor a post I immediately said yes.

Eleven Points About Our Big Lap So Far

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So tonight I thought I might share a couple of things we’ve discovered so far. There are a heap of links in this post, but nothing’s sponsored here and we’re not receiving any kickbacks. This is just what we’ve found which we thought might be useful or interesting or just because my fingers decided you needed to know.

Words Fail Us

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To keep them amused on long car trips Tracey came up with a heap of activities for the kids, including what I suspect, perhaps worryingly, will become their number one go-to on our big lap.

Take Two

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It’s been suggested by a couple of people I looked a bit nervous on camera today. I was, but not for the reason you’d think…

Plumb In My Mouth

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We were supposed to be out and about on Sydney’s brilliant public transport system looking at all the stuff we missed last time we were here, but instead we’ve spent two days stuck in the caravan park.