12/11/12 – 18/11/12:
18/11/12: definitely the highlight of my day was spending quality time with my boy. We played chasey outside, played fruit salad, jumped on the trampoline together and did lots of hugging and chatting. 17/11/12: I love where we live. Weekends feel like holidays. We did jobs around the house, together, and then we toasted marshmallows […]
5-11/12 – 11/11/12:
11/11/12: what a glorious day! An amazing, beautiful day in the garden. 10/11/12: out and about with the family. 9/11/12: family movie might. Remember this beautiful film? 8/11/12: I have been so impressed with how Matthew’s reading has progressed this year. Tonight he read me a couple of his picture books before bed, not even […]
29/10/12 – 4/11/12
4/11/12: another day in the garden. Everybody in the family got involved. 3/11/12: nurturing my garden 2/11/12: watching Georgie represent her school in the catholic interschool athletics carnival. 1/11/12: all my children were sitting at the kitchen bench for afternoon tea; I noticed they were all wearing pants that I had sewn for them! It […]
22/10/12 – 29/10/12
28/10/12: what an awesome day! The weather has been fantastic and we enjoyed a productive family day. I’m so happy! 27/10/12: him 26/10/12: Georgie’s sleepover to celebrate her ninth birthday! 25/10/12: today is the Hobart royal show public holiday. I cuddled Elora as we watched Cinderella. 24/10/12: Georgie won a guess-the-number-of-lollypops-in-the-jar competition. She won movie […]
15/10/12 – 21/10/12
21/10/12: for the first time in maybe 9 years, Monte and I had a quiet day, just chillaxing and reading and eating freshly baked choc chip cookies. The children played happily and quietly, or slept, and it was peaceful and lovely. 20/10/12: Georgie turned 9 today. We had a fantastic day together. We’re so proud […]
8/10/12 – 14/10/12
14/10/12: what a glorious weekend. Today was such a relaxed day, and the children played so perfectly. Georgie surprised us by making delicious sandwiches. Monte and I went for a walk about the property, saying hello to the cows and exploring the forest. Elora entertained us in the evening with her jumping practice, and her […]
1/10/12 – 7/10/12
7/10/12: family picnic by the river, followed by gardening. I planted zucchinis, pumpkins, cabbage and broccoli. Elora helped. 6/10/12: a walk around the paddocks with Monte and Matthew, exploring, chatting and laughing. We paused under the old blackwood tree, watching and listening for birds and talking about swings and tree houses. 5/10/12: dinner out with […]
24/9/12 – 30/9/12
30/9/12: a day out with the family for lunch and shopping, topped off by catching up with friends – a very good day! 29/9/12: I sat with Matthew for ages this afternoon. We chatted and played with his meccano. We made this robot, putting our ideas together to do good teamwork! Yeah! 28/9/12: driving home […]
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