Greatfun4kids blog is running a fun weekly photo challenge, ‘Kids Click‘, for children who love to snap photographs. This week’s theme is ‘I LOVE…’ And I love my baby sister, Alice. by me (Charlotte) age 6 going on 7 year’s old. For rules, and how to join in the fun, click here… UPDATE: Results are […]
Alice
Three month’s sweet :)
Alice, oh Alice, you have us all hook, line and sinker. Still holding on to your baby blues and happily tagging along wherever your big sisters need to be. We adore watching you explore and grab at life around you to smother in your love. Such a beautiful age of coos, giggles, smiles and twinkling […]
Orcas to start the day
Think of the perfect start to your day. A coffee and pain au chocolat perhaps? A beautiful sunrise or birdsong at your window? Happy children that eagerly cooperate in everything that is asked of them? Tuesday morning we couldn’t have asked for anything better than seeing a family of Orcas just metres from shore. FIN-TASTIC: […]
Baby yoga with Alice & Sophie
With Alice being awake for longer stretches during the day I am finding time to do more exercise. Today, Sophie led me in a yoga workout. Alice joined in with a few baby stretches and thought the sight of Sophie and Mummy standing on their heads was hilarious…
Every day has its highs and lows…
but when the lows are met with humour and acceptance, rather than resistance and annoyance, they are much easier to deal with and quickly forgotten. I have a saying that is frequently used in our home, ‘It’s in the past, put it behind you and move on’. I use this a lot when the children […]
Tummy Time
Alice is 10 week’s old and has been so much more wakeful and active in the past week. She’s getting stronger by the day and reaching out to grab things (Daddy’s chest hairs and any hair in general is her speciality!). Here she is doing the good ‘ole turtle impression… Thought I’d look back at […]
Who wears the pants in your house?
In our house this week…. This is what happens when I leave Charlotte, Alice, my iPhone and the laundry basket alone for 5 minutes!
The way we sleep
Winter’s approaching, though you’d barely notice. Sophie was out in the paddling pool on Tuesday morning, helping me to clean all the bath toys that had found their way outside during summer and stayed there gathering dirt and cobwebs. She was home from Kindi with a little virus that reared its head Monday night with […]
Alice’s Coos!
First week of term 2
It’s been a great first week of term 2. I’m always sad on the first day of the new term, as I really do love having the girls home over the holidays. However, it doesn’t take long (all of a day!) for me to quickly get used to having my morning’s quiet with Alice. The […]
The day Alice arrived
11pm: ‘I think we should go now,’ I said, not really wanting to leave the comfort of my bed. The hospital was only a short distance away but I didn’t want to be in the car when the contractions got to the crawling on the floor stage. They had been coming all day. Not painful, […]
Back to the ‘ole routines
I sat at Oriental Parade enjoying the warm Autumn sunshine with Alice snuggled up in the sling fast asleep thinking, ‘It’s way too quiet, I want my big girls here with me!’. They went back to school and kindy this morning and I really did miss them. They were both happy to be back, but […]
Those boots were made for walking…
The girls got new boots for winter yesterday and I was green with envy! I can still remember the annual excitement of getting new shoes before heading back to school. But in ‘my day’ (I’m SO old!) we had to wear black shoes and didn’t have nearly as much choice as they do now. The […]
Alice at 7 weeks: Sharing the love (and the milk!)
The badge of honour – baby sick on the shoulder – is one Mummy is wearing frequently of late. Alice is seven week’s old today and looking plumptiously scrumptious. She’s feeding like a champ and has a big appetite. Mummy has been completely soaked to the skin several times due to her over-feeding (cheers Alice)! […]