Ready for school
Eek! Where did the last five years go? How is it that my baby boy is about to start school? I'm sure I only just gave birth to him!
View ArticleA wee problem
I wasn't going to post about this. But then I realised that I have already lost most of my dignity - during the birth of my second child, when I had feet up in stirrups and goodness knows who looking...
View ArticleWell, well, well
It's official: it's taken 44 days since the first of my children got sick, but we are finally well. Well, I say "well", but until hubby recovers from conjunctivitis, I'd better say "almost all well".
View ArticleJust think of the children
Disclaimer: I realise this is a complicated situation with lots of contributing factors, so don't yell at me for not being an expert.
View ArticleMusical carseats
Like many families, our decision to have a two-child family was in part influenced by the fact that we wouldn't need to get a bigger car. Unfortunately my ovaries had other ideas, and our family went...
View ArticleWeekends off
I love my kids, I really do, but after this horrible winter of illness I was desperate for a break. Playing tuba with Manukau Concert Band provides my weekly dose of sanity, music, and conversation not...
View ArticleIt's all about the cake
Four years ago, I welcomed my second son into the world. His arrival was heralded by words used by many mothers; I won't repeat them here, as at least one of them appears in the top 10 of the BSA's...
View ArticleGood and evil
During hubby's weekend off, I had a midnight deep-and-meaningful with our daughter.
View ArticleThe technology juggernaut
My wife and I looked around the living room the other day and counted 11 internet-capable devices, including the TV and games console. That's a lot of gadgets for three people, and as far as I can tell...
View ArticleHorrible ways to wake up
My kids take after me, in that we're all night owls. It's taken a long time to achieve mostly fuss-free bedtimes at a reasonable hour. Now hubby and I occasionally get to spend time together when our...
View ArticleThe Effing Fours
When my first child turned two, everyone warned us about the Terrible Twos. Nobody mentioned the Effing Fours. That was a joy we discovered for ourselves.
View ArticleChristmas – a time for receiving
Why hello blog. It's been a while. Life kind of got busy for a bit there - flu (my very first real actual flu, we all got it, including my husband but of course his was the more serious man version),...
View ArticleThe hideous home haircut
My boy twin was born with the murky, mysterious eyes of many newborns. One of the songs I regularly sang to him was Brown-Eyed Handsome Man, never imagining the blue eyes that eventually appeared...
View ArticleHow 'bout them apples?
Finn is my creatively, constructively chaotic four-year-old boy twin. He usually keeps hisbestefforts for home, but occasionally the ingenuity comes out at Playcentre.
View ArticleOctember holidays
Once upon a time, when I was a little girl, we had a school year with three terms. The two breaks during the year were reliable, to the point they assumed proper noun status in my head: The May...
View ArticleThe Family Portrait
I'm sad this blog is ending this week. I've really enjoyed blogging, and had hoped it could continue for a while yet. I still have a heap of ideas and half-written posts, so will try to fit a few posts...
View ArticlePG's top 10
As part of wrapping up PG, I thought I'd do a highlight of 10 posts that have been particularly memorable to me over the past four years.
View ArticleMonkeys and dragons and bags, oh my!
My kids have the occasional nightmare or night terror; it's part of growing up. Still, I was rather perplexed when all three of them had strange dreams on the same night.
View ArticleImagine that
I enjoy this blog. It distracts me from my housework, and is very different from my paid job. Engineer turned parenting blogger - who would have thought.
View ArticleLeaving home is hard to do
This post is tormenting me. I have stared at a blank screen for far too long. Occasionally I frantically type, then just as frantically use the delete key. The only thing I know for certain is that I...
View Article
