Tag Archives: Family life

People ask me how I manage it, but evidently, I don’t…

Posted on April 5, 2013 by

Yesterday, I sat at the table and I cried through lunch. Not one of those snotty, bellowing, heart-wrenching cries. No. Silent tears dribbled down my face and plopped into my lap – I was tissue-less. Yesterday, one child after another … Continue reading →

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Things aren’t going swimmingly at the moment…

Posted on February 22, 2013 by

Things aren’t going swimmingly at the moment. The house looks like a bomb went off in it. Yesterday, I was away the whole day. Doctors in the morning. Pick up the littlest kid from Kindergarten and then take said kid, … Continue reading →

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A couple of recent corkers

Posted on February 15, 2013 by

My husband and I attempted to usher Akasha, our six year old, off to bed. She, as usual, came up with several excuses as to why she should stay up but we didn’t give in and insisted that we, as … Continue reading →

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Let’s start the year with a little bedroom talk

Posted on February 6, 2013 by

Apparently my son’s remote control is broken. Joni decided, in her loveliness and wisdom that this morning, as she is doing work experience at Aden’s school this week, she would take on the responsibility of getting her younger brother up … Continue reading →

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Something Terrible Happened Today

Posted on November 6, 2012 by

I wrote a complete story today for my NaNoWriMo book of short stories. I did a quick read through and stuck to my bare minimal correction (as Tilly tells me: I have to write 50,000 words in 30 days, if … Continue reading →

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Six today – Hip Hip Hooray!

Posted on November 2, 2012 by

Dearest Akasha, There’s no one like you! You bring joy to all our hearts and tears of laughter to our eyes. So I thought I’d give you a little surprise: You when you were born. I couldn’t have been more … Continue reading →

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I’ve made the decision, now it’s just the sticking to it

Posted on October 31, 2012 by

Friday, really was a truly hilarious day. One of those days in fact, when you just think: It doesn’t get better than this. It went along something like this: I thought I had it covered. I had a list and … Continue reading →

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Excitement of the day

Posted on October 28, 2012 by

Last weekend my husband celebrated his birthday. Some of you may also know that I turned 40 in the summer. A very generous, angelic, amazing, crazy friend presented me with a voucher: To Take All Four Kids Overnight. I combined … Continue reading →

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I must have wished upon a star

Posted on May 1, 2012 by

“Please, can you budge a bit? I roll the words of a five-year old around in my head for a few seconds. It takes me a while to make sense of them. Then it clicks. “Ah. Can you budge a … Continue reading →

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Pigeon English

Posted on April 27, 2012 by

Let me tell you, it’s hard growing up as a bilingual when you are only five years old. You have double the amount of words to remember and the grown ups need to suspect expect that there will be mix … Continue reading →

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