Something that I have learnt in the past year or so is that a slow morning can be a glorious thing. At Beetle’s kindy drop-off time, Billie immediately gravitated towards the painting easel, rolling up her sleeves and taking tiny baby steps while peeking back over her shoulder to see if the kindy teachers or [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Slow mornings
Posted in Uncategorized on July 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Empty nest
Posted in Uncategorized on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today, my Mum and Dad are moving into a new, smaller home, some 15 minutes up the track. They’ve moved out of the family home that they have been in for 25 years; where they lived when my sister was born, and where us kids all grew up and left home from. Since they were [...]
A heart for a housewarming
Posted in Kids on July 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Beetle is so generous with her artwork.
This afternoon she worked and worked on a crayon heart, which I thought was beautiful and wanted a frame. She then wanted to make a frame out of coloured paper, which we didn’t have (and also, I was trying to make dinner), and then wanted to fold up some [...]
Waking up
Posted in Uncategorized on July 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It’s been awhile, but Deb left me an encouraging comment so I thought I’d come back. This year has been tremendously…. interesting…. and between all the family ups and downs I have mostly been doing my best to just.hold.it.together while simultaneously being sleepily, 27 weeks, pregnant (with a boychild this time! we will have the [...]

