For five days every year the three eldest kids’ ages run consecutively. This year they are seven, eight and nine.

I tried to take a Christmas morning photo of all of the kids, but Eli doesn’t do photos and Lilly doesn’t do standing still. We didn’t start opening gifts this year until quite late as Lani and Eli didn’t wake up. We had gone to our church’s family service the night before, then had a [...]

Mum and Dad’s backyard is a wonderland of nooks and crannies of hidden corners and jungle like growth. Adventure beckons blossoming imaginations in the rubble of old building projects, the fractured remnants of structures long ago moved, altered or torn down.  Even in the ordinary plod along days the kids adore going there but Easter [...]

This is where we found Eli Easter morning I guess he was keen to start the lounge room egg hunt. We have never encouraged our children to believe in the Easter bunny or Santa for that matter, I feel it’s lying and as a Christian I can’t justify it in my mind.  The bible clearly [...]

Oh the excitement! Sabrina loves the little bonnet that Tabitha at Small Things made for her. I am in love with this little hat, it is soo sweet and it’s the first hat that I can actually keep on her head. I think the softness of the fabric doesn’t irritate her as much as other [...]

If you would like to hear in Glenn’s own words why he wanted to do the World’s Greatest Shave click here to read the article

I have to start this by saying I am so proud of my Glenn he has raised $902 for cancer research. I also want to thank everyone who gave so generously. When we all work together we can do great things. The money raised will go towards making the lives and treatment plan of people [...]

We have been looking at contractions today, it did not run soothly. Me: “I am going to read a word to you and I want you to tell me what words it is a contraction of. The word is Aren’t” Lillian: “Aunty!”   Me: Can you please say your contractions to me before you go [...]

Back in October Elijah was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome. I wanted to write about it then but it was the day before we flew out to visit my sister, so this post got put off. Then when we got back there were the November birthdays and then Christmas and there never seemed enough time to [...]

I thought a day in the sun breathing air that doesn’t consist of wall rebounded virus spittle would be good for us. I may have been wrong. I really want to bring these kids up with a healthy respect for nature, understanding where their food comes from and having the know-how to produce a fair [...]