Some things are hard to explain to children, like death, it’s difficult to find the balance between explaining life to them and making them scared. They can fixate on the slightest detail. The father of a friend (my age) of ours recently died and we were trying to tell Wrigglebot about it. Here’s how some [...]
My life is so completely different now to when I was starting uni ten years ago it’s hard to think that any of the skills would be transferable, but some of the things I learned have set me up for this stage of my life. No I’m not talking about the influence of Nietzsche on [...]
There is no better sound in the world than your child’s laughter and now I have two children that play and laugh and laugh together. I have no idea what they are laughing about and it almost seems like they have no idea either. Or maybe they do…I’m starting to suspect that these two cheeky [...]
I don’t know when kids start dreaming, or maybe they do all along, but I think they get to a stage where they remember their dreams and dream more vividly. Wrigglebot started waking up probably at about two and a half with stories of dinosaur monsters that were strangely similar to the ones Husband let [...]
Wrigglebot started kinder and as excited as I am for him I’m also really scared, not for him but for me. I’m beginning to realise that this time with my kids at home is drawing to a close. Wrigglebot will be at school next year, Squirm at kinder and I’ll only have ‘The Little One’ [...]
I have been so proud of my ability to stay on top of almost everything lately. The business, the housework, keeping my children alive, healthy and educated…I put it down to my incredible ability to multi-task, a skill every woman is born with. Okay, some do it better than others, but we all do it [...]