This Life

second week of school is done. grier and I are getting into a new groove, we’ve had our first homework to do and brodie was star of the week in his class:) baby number 3 we have new bottles and doidy cups for you. absolutely nothing else organised for you yet, but please don’t despair. […]

(Not) getting stuff done

Hey delivery man, would you like to not ring the doorbell AFTER bedtime to deliver rollerskates for a nearly three year old who lives here? Because the nearly birthday girl needs no excuse to get her booty out of bed to investigate a ‘noisy noise’. Why thank you. Without further ado, the next in my […]

Inside

need a pee, need a pee, need a pee Our 20 week scan yesterday prompted me to write this post. I have a weird relationship with sonograms. It’s hard for me to explain, but here goes. Back in 2008 when I was first pregnant with Brodie I was offered a 12 week dating scan which […]

This Life

we made it to the end of the week, although brodie was so exhausted this evening there were inevitable tears. not a week we will forget in a hurry but for now a few pictures. i think the kids do believe us that daddy writes stories in the newspaper, but a big ole photo helps […]

School day number 1

So it’s likely Brodie will spend 2470 days in school. One down, 2469 to go B Boy. We’ve been building up to this day for, let’s see, about 5 and a half years? It seems like such a big step. From small boy to school boy. From teeny, tiny newborn babe to this. Of course […]

This Life

I feel like this week’s post should be brought to you in conjunction with Grier’s big girl bed sponsored by Aunties V and K. If you follow me on Instagram you’ll have seen the girl tucked up in her new bed clothes, fully clothed in the middle of the day. Thankfully come bedtime she was […]

Light

When we were moving furniture around in Grier’s bedroom at the weekend I wasn’t consciously thinking about how nice it would be to have her bed near the window so I could take photographs there with lots of lovely light, or was I? So because it was just the girl and I this mornng asked […]

6th May 2014

Today we found out you were on the way. Today I took your big brother to his audiologist appointment and we found out he will likely have grommets fitted to improve his hearing before he starts school in August. By August you will be half way here. Today I did all the ordinary things I […]

This Life

it was easier to just let her help. doesn’t everyone paint furniture in wellies and pants? you should. lazy lunches grier made a pancake fruity face. daddy’s birthday cake. i think buddy would be impressed with my pyrotechnics. the kids certainly were. dolly holding pen i made brodie a bag for his p.e. stuff. he’s […]