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A little perspective goes a long way!
Do you sometimes feel that life is flying by you? The kids are growing too quickly? Half the year has flown by and what have you actually achieved? I often think of these things and ponder what I would do in an ideal world? My ideal would definitely consist of more free time and more money. I get that its not all about money, but if we had more, we could give our kids so many more experiences. We want the kids to experience opportunities and opportunities cost money. More money = more choices. I would love a housekeeper so that I can spend more quality…
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The mid year holidays are flying…
At the start of every holiday I have all these grandeous plans. We are going to do this and that and have a ball. While the first week got rained out, and filled with appointments, the second week seems to be flying by ever so quickly. Today is Wednesday, and we have not accomplished all the things that we wanted to do. Today we went to Kmart and put a razor wing scooter on layby for Amy and Bethany, and we bought a couple of things we needed. While we were at Stockland we dealt with a medicare issue that needed to be dealt with. Then…
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A Day in Brisbane City for Jaden
This morning we had an appointment on Wickham Tce in Brisbane for our little boy. He had an appointment at Attune hearing services, because it seems that he may have an issue with his hearing. We had noticed that his language development is behind for his age – he says appoximately 5 words, maybe 6, and we had also realised that sounds and noises that should make him question what is happening around him, weren’t even causing him to check out what was going on. We are not quite sure how damaged his hearing is, but I have this feeling that we are on another journey. I…
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Playdates for Kids and Mums…
Bethy and I had a playdate today, and it was a lot of fun. Over the holidays, Bethy and I have started watching the Anne of Green Gables story and it has really resonated with her. As we drove home today from our playdate with her friend Aryanna, Bethy was telling me how Aryanna really is a true friend. One of the concepts in the movie Anne of Green Gables is the concept of having a kindred spirit friend, and while Dianna Barry is Annes first real friend, Aryanna is Bethy’s kindred spirit friend. This photo was taken in April of the girls. Aryanna’s mum is a designer…
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Pregnancy baby and children’s expo Brisbane 2012
It was bumpa to bumpa pregnant women, strollers, children, and dads with kids on shoulders, but last weekend was a very successful weekend for the PBC expo. What is this PBC expo – it is the Pregnancy, Baby and Children Expo that comes to the Brisbane Convention Centre every June. I have been to the expo quite a few times now and every year I am blown away by the magnitude of the expo. This year my eldest child was 9 and a half, and my youngest is 17 1/2 months. We weren’t on the look out for anything specific as we really went for the fun of it.…
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Childhood Issues…
I feel like each one of my kids have issues at the moment. Amy, has issues with CRMO, and because of the medication, she struggles with feeling unwell and has pain in her legs. Bethy has sprained her foot. Not her ankle – the top of her foot! I am still trying to work out how on earth she sprained the top of her foot? Chanel has been feeling sick and pain in her tummy, and has just had tests done to see whats going on. Our little boy Jaden has a cold, but he seems to have issues with his hearing. Thankfully I have a GP who I…
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Is friendship hard at any age?
Recently I have started to look at my life in terms of the people I see on a regular basis. I have realised that the mums at school who I see on a regular basis really do form my immediate friendship group. Don’t get me wrong I have some very close friends, but I find that I don’t get to socialise often. Here is my issue. I have four kids, a house with all the chores that need to happen in it, my eldest child has an medical condition called CRMO, Bethy has some learning issues at school and Chanel is going well at the moment, and my…
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When’s the baby due?
This is the worse question any woman has to face when they aren’t actually pregnant! I have to say that I have experienced this a number of times, and its not fun. I have a problem with my tummy – its a problem that started when I started my family. I wish I was told up front about what ‘could’ happen when a woman starts her family, because whatever I wasn’t told – it happened! I think it was also exacerbated some by the fact that I have needed to have c-sections to deliver my babies. Four c-sections and five pregnancies have not been kind to my…
