Today marks six years since I started my career as a mother. The Big Sister and I have come a long way since I carried her gingerly out of the hospital and, blinking, we stepped into the bright ...
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feeling lucky
Today is the Little Sister's third birthday. Both the girls are spending the day with the Little Sister’s day care mother. The Big Sister will be assisting (and I’m using that term very loosely) ...
how to make an elephant from a surgical glove
It's a well known fact that I suck at craft, so no doubt many of you will wake this morning to a craft tutorial from me and wondering if our recent house arrest was enough to let the kangaroos ...
the sound of my own voice + a thank you note from quarantine
Firstly, thank you for the outpouring of support for our family after yesterday's post. I'm touched and humbled by your messages. There's a lot of love out there on the inter web and we were lucky ...
my fully immunised daughters have whooping cough
I’m lying on a mattress on the floor, next to a fire engine bed. Above me are five glow-in-the-dark stars arranged in the shape of the Southern Cross. I’m having flashbacks to childhood ...
where babies come from
There's a particularly rough bit of track between Orchid Beach and the calm side of Fraser island. Coming home the other day, the rest of our crew pulled up on the other side to make sure we got ...