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The Year of the Snake
Happy Chinese New Year! Gong Xi Fa Cai!No, I'm not late in the greeting because Chinese New Year lasts for 15 days. Some people refer to the event as the Lunar New Year but I'm accustomed to saying and...
View ArticleThoughts on Grade 1
Aaron is in Grade 1 this year. Or rather, he is of Grade 1 age this year. His school doesn't go by 'grades' and it confuses everybody. He's in what they call 'Cycle 2', a class of 6-9 year olds, but I...
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An A+ Week
I don't think its a good idea to be rating each week but if I did, the past week would definitely be an A+. I know its not sustainable and I'm not expecting straight As but I'm giving myself a pat on...
View ArticleMothers Have Sons On Their Mind
Sure, all parents have their children on their minds. Right? You think about them a lot. Thoughts of their mis-deeds haunt you. Memories of something funny they said make you smile all of a sudden. Up...
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Dominoes
We have been having some fun with dominoes this weekend. Just between us, I thought that buying 100 dominoes was going to be heaps but it turned out to be a really small pack. I think we'll need 1000...
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Maria Von Trapp's No.1 Fan ?
I couldn't resist taking a photo of this. I love "The Sound of Music" and I thought a lot of the dresses in the movie were sweet but this guy obviously loves it a lot more than me. Either that or he...
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Whats blogging again?
Yes, I have become a slack blogger. On the upside, I think I've been a more hard working mother this term. The blogging ideas always come when I'm driving but by the time I sit down at 9pm, they are...
View ArticleI've Had Enough of Half Sized Finger Nails
Aaron has the horrible habit of chewing his nails. It all started when he got the hand, foot, mouth disease nearly three years ago. I have tried sticking bits of tape on his nails, gloves and also the...
View ArticleNight Time Break In By Two Year Old
Have you all seen this video yet? Its so funny! And, the parents picked a great piece of accompanying music too, In the Hall of the Mountain King by Grieg.Adrian has been a bit of a night time 'thief'...
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Balloon Twisting
This Easter long weekend has turned out to be very enjoyable for everybody. We took Aaron and Adrian to to the Festival of Sails on Friday. This was a sort of carnival that coincides with the Brisbane...
View ArticleIrrational Fears
I've mentioned before that my days are very hectic and I'm usually on the go from morning to night. You would think that I wouldn't have any time left over to worry about trivial things right? Wrong. I...
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Things We Get Up To During The Holidays
Aaron has been on school holidays this week. This means that I've been on holidays too. I've been sleeping in past 8am on a few mornings, letting the house get messier than usual and we've been having...
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Spy-O-Scope
We're only at the start of autumn over here so the weather in 'sunny' Queensland is still warm on most days. There have been a few sunny days this week but we've also had thunderstorms in the evenings....
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First School Camp
I wonder what Aaron is doing? Did he like his lunch? Did he get room mates that were close friends? Will he know how to keep his stuff organised? Has he thought of me? Or any other member of his...
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The 'Boxing Day' of Mothers' Day
I listen to the radio whenever I'm in the car and today, it was all about Mothers' Day. Almost every program from the breakfast one to the 10pm one had something to say about it. The phrase 'Boxing...
View ArticleLabour pains for men!
I've just watched, and re-watched, this very amusing video.VIDEO: Men in labourI think it would be great if all fathers could experience that, y'know, just to make it fair. But, I can't decide if they...
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A New Grin
I'm feeling a little nostalgic this weekend and have gone through some of Aaron's baby photos.I looked through a lot of them but the specific photo I was looking for is this one of Aaron's two front...
View ArticleEndorphins...
You know what I'd like? Well, I think I would like a life that didn't swing from super packed weeks of highs to weeks of never ending lows. Yes, when I had a very routine and predictable life where one...
View ArticleI've Got Some Of The Answers
I started reading Bilbo's wonderful Mothers' Day posts a few years ago but this particular part, which he includes each year, about how we think of our mothers often floats to the forefront of my...
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Permanent Home Pre-Schooler?
We're into June and Adrian is nearly three and a half years old. Most of his peers have started Cycle 1. By 'peers', I mean the toddlers that he went to the once a week,mother and child, Montessori...
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Accidental One Direction Styling
I'm the hair stylist in this house and I actually have a lot of fun with it. I use the clippers for Aaron but haven't tried them on Adrian yet. The scissors make me feel more.....professional.OK. So, I...
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Heat, Humidity and THE HAZE
After a few days in Singapore last week, we're back in Malaysia again. I was ready for the heat and humidity and was prepared for that. Unfortunately, our visit also coincided with the annual haze...
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Family Photos in Penang
I don't know about the rest of the family but I found the family photo session very interesting. The last time Richard's family was together was seven years ago and there were no grandchildren yet....
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Interesting Signs
Its always fun to collect funny signs and noticeboards and I haven't really had much chance to since we moved to Brisbane. Here are a few that I've come across on this trip to Malaysia :The local...
View ArticleThe Need To Rethink
As you can see, I've taken a break from blogging. Its not so much that I find my days crushingly exhausting but more because I am no longer clear about what this blog is for. When I first started it,...
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