Posts under ‘mummy stuff’

I finally uploaded the photos, so you’ll know what I’m talking about - Calenday. Dexie had to be in the photo.

This is how we hang it up.

The proportions.

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.

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!”

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 […]

This is not what I want to see on my son’s back.

We had planned to do very little today - it was A’s turn for a sleep-in, so I had put a load of washing on and hung it out while the kids played outside. I’d asked them to water Dexie’s lemon tree, so they […]

Dexie was being ratty and threw some puzzle pieces at Willow, so I put him on her bed as a time out. We don’t really enforce time out here, it’s more of a removal from the situation - and the frustrated parent!
I had gone back down to the lounge room but he didn’t follow. […]

So yesterday when we went into the city we parked in one of the big concrete multi level car parks. You know the kind, low ceilings, dark and dank. Willow hopped out of the car and said “Look at the sparkles, Mummy!” She had noticed the sparkles - possibly caused by iron […]

I’m so disappointed - I was looking for a movie to take Willow to, but the ones showing at the moment are all a bit scary for our precious petal. Then I saw Ponyo and fell in love. I adore Hayao Miyazaki’s films, especially Spirited Away. It was showing last Wednesday, then […]

After yesterday’s depressing post, I thought I’d post an inspiring quote that I saw on a parenting forum that I visit.
“Thinking that baby formula is as good as breast milk
is believing that thirty years of technology is superior
to three million years of nature’s evolution.
It is an act of female power, and I think […]

This morning we went to the Norwood Christmas Parade - there are a few that take place around the city, but this was the most convenient to us in terms of location and time. In contrast to the Adelaide Christmas Parade, it was cold and raining. We got there at about 9.20am and […]