Archives for February 2012
When Your Kids Have Hobbies You Know Nothing About
It is inevitable your children will one day develop an interest in things outside your scope of experience. Now on one hand you can consider this a learning experience, expand your horizons to include areas you have never considered. On the other hand, it can be annoying. My children play musical instruments and like to sing, I think they are … [Read more...]
Weekly Photo Challenge from Margie – Alone
A solitary duck enjoying the beach at Lord Howe Island. Linking up with Margie at Late Bloomer Buds for this week's photo challenge. … [Read more...]
Eating Out With Kids or My Failure as a Food Blogger
Eating out with small children is not an enjoyable experience. There was a long period when fine dining became a distant memory for us. MacDonalds became our restaurant of choice because THEY HAD A PLAYGROUND. Anyone who has tried to keep toddlers or preschoolers confined to a seat for any longer than three minutes knows the importance of that … [Read more...]
What’s a Perfect Life?
How would you define a perfect life? Then how would you get it? There's a blog called Inspiration and Chai where a former palliative care worker has created a book called The Top Five Regrets of the Dying. Bronnie Ware, in her work with the dying found there were five themes running through their list of regrets as life drew to a close. I wish … [Read more...]
School Days
There's nothing that marks the passing of time more than the start of the new school year. Mothers everywhere crying softly in their cars having deposited their baby for the first day at pre-school, big-school, high-school. Doing our usual mother-worrying "will they be alright", "will they find someone to play with", "will they get lost" ... and so … [Read more...]
