Category Archives: Family

Budding Photographer

Eli has become very interested in creating artworks recently. I think his style is Surrealism mixed with a dash of Fauvism with a little bit of kitsch thrown in for … Continue reading

Home away from home

We seem to be living at the doctors at the moment. I’ve decided I’m going to have to stop thinking about things like, I wonder where we should go for … Continue reading

Alanah YAY!!!!!!

Most peoples first reaction after discovering I have a toddler and am home schooling three older ones, well to be honest, is popped out eye balls and a gaping wide … Continue reading

My boy from a galaxy far away

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 … Continue reading

Why gardening is dangerous and iPhones are cool

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 … Continue reading

A Conversation with Eli and Lilly

We are still stuck at home the chorus of phlegmy choughs preventing us from going near real people. And because my constant command of “no more coughing” is going totally … Continue reading

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. … Continue reading

And for the trifecta

As if my week wasn’t bad enough, this is Sabrina with a hole in her head. The worst part was it happened in my room while she was in my … Continue reading

Oh Yeah and then

The baby flushed my mobile phone down the toilet. Sabrina has an unnatural fascination with the old water closet and lies in wait for any opportunity to dive in. Whenever … Continue reading

How to steal sympathy from strangers

This actually happened last week and I meant to write it down but I barely have a functioning brain cell left and I simply forgot. Whenever we go to a … Continue reading