Budding Thespians

Budding Thespians

I’m not even sure how we got to this but I guess this is what home Schooling is all about. We are putting on a play, maybe, if Eli wants to on the day. We have been looking at Aboriginal art and culture and as part of this unit I read Tales of My Grandmother’s [...]


Led up the garden path

Led up the garden path

This is a photo of our old, very narrow, constantly flooded and covered in rubble front path. It’s one of the things that has constantly bugged me about this house. When ever I pull up on the drive way a little sigh escapes me as I contemplate herding my gaggle of unruly children into the [...]


My place & Yours-things in your home that make you smile.

My place & Yours-things in your home that make you smile.

My place & yours hosted by Hello Owl was chosen this week by Our Unique Journey and the theme is: Something that makes you smile. Ha easy peasy, This lot! No matter what sort of day it’s been there is always something said or done by this quirky lot that will cause the corners of [...]


My place & Yours – pre loved/thrifted/inherited

My place & Yours - pre loved/thrifted/inherited

No the children aren’t pre loved or thrifted though you could say they were inherited as both Glenn and I used the genes we inherited from our parents to make them. The items that really actually do fit are: The bookshelf that used to live at my brothers house All the clothes (other than Lani’s [...]


How to induce nightmares

How to induce nightmares

We took the kids to see the Mythic Creatures exhibit at the National Maritime Museum, and scared the living daylights out of them. It was advertised as having Dragons, mermaids unicorns and fairies so I thought, cool we have some fans of those in this house and it might inspire this term’s visual arts unit. [...]


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