Not quite midnight and a half but a pretty decent effort for a 4 and a just turned 6 year old. Lani is still with us, at least in theory.

  10:00pm brought with it sparklers because we just couldn’t wait and we were getting sleepy and what better way to wake the body up than to hold fire on the end of a stick. Sabi has crashed and is snuggled up in her cot but if her sleep patterns tonight mirror how the rest [...]

  And this is how we are going at 9:00, do you think they’ll make it to midnight and a half?? Cute comments from tonight: Lillian: “I hope that tonight is going to be a one that is dark so that we can use the sprinklers” Elijah: (after Glenn had warned them that anyone who [...]

  I was going to put a photo up every hour till midnight because the children have assured me that they are all staying up till midnight and a half. But when I went to download them off the camera we realised we haven’t touched the thing since Christmas and had left the cord at [...]

Ever found yourself answering something like this "Um, yes of course I remembered the Christmas morning tea tomorrow and sure I’ll bring a plate of food." Then as you wave  goodbye with that fake smile plastered all over your face the internal you is having a heart attack. Ahh, how could I have forgotten, how [...]