raising willow… and dexter!

From this: Willow at one day old. To this: Willow yesterday: This time five years ago, my gorgeous girl was 16.5 hours – we were on a post-birth high, amazed with the beautiful creature we had made.

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A was sick, so he and Willow stayed at home today. Dexie was most unimpressed to be popped in the car to go to FDC. About half way there, he caught my eye in the rear view mirror and said ‘Mumma, Dadda Will, HOME!”

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Planning is is not one of my strong points. Although, I prefer to think of myself as spontaneous. This doesn’t always work so well since having children – trips have to be planned, routines have to be vaguely followed. Right now, I can’t even walk out my front door without checking the gate is closed, [...]

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Our backyard, has, quite literally, gone to the dogs. It is their domain, their realm. The kid’s play equipment is out the front. Today we did some work out there – we want to be able to send the kids out there without worrying. The problem is that our block slopes quite steeply, so there [...]

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Doing the grocery shopping with 3 other grumpy tired people after a long and intense day is not a good idea. Now we are fed and watered, the kids are watching Kiki’s Delivery Service and A is about to make me a Baileys milkshake.

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Willow is a very affectionate child; Dexie less so. This morning before A and Willow went to work, she ran up to me, gave mea cuddle and said “Love you!”. Dexie saw this and ran over for a cuddle too. As he did this he said “Lub oo!”

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Well, I opened up a window to write a post but I don’t really have much to write about. Today was my ‘day off’ so after an appointment in the city I picked up W from Vacation Care and we pottered around at home together. My gum is feeling better today, but I haven’t dared [...]

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This is my gorgeous daughter, Willow. She is at my Auntie’s, with her/my cousins after having gathered some eggs from their hens. We were on our way to Melbourne at this stage and she wanted to take some eggs with us, but my Auntie convinced her to take some hibiscus flowers instead. As I’ve explained [...]

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It’s back to work we go. On Monday, my first day back it was ridiculously hot. Thankfully the air conditioning worked as I heard that the AC in a friend’s building broke down. On second thoughts, she got to go home… On Monday night the cool change came through, so things were a bit more [...]

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Yesterday I did not want to spend another day sitting inside, albeit with airconditioning. I did not want to spend the day looking at the same four walls. So, we didn’t. A and I packed some bags for a day trip and we headed off. I figured that 3-4 hours in an air-conditioned car was [...]

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