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Wedding weekend
Posted on September 29, 2012 | No CommentsLast weekend we took the girls on their second plane trip and went to a wedding. The girls aren’t too far behind me in the wedding stakes, relative to our […] -
We love books
Posted on August 26, 2012 | No CommentsSome days, like those days when the girls are sick and seem to cling to me all day, whinging and eating at my patience, a test of endurance for which […] -
Our dar
Posted on July 29, 2012 | No CommentsApart from babies, the main thing that the girls are obsessed with at the moment is the car (‘dar’ in two-year-old speak). It’s an old grey Volvo station wagon, not […] -
Two girls
Posted on June 27, 2012 | No CommentsTwo Girls – How old are you? – I’m doo! Yes it’s been two years already. And the girls had their birthday party on their birthday last weekend. It was […] -
Uncle Marcus
Posted on May 27, 2012 | No Comments– When is Maggie coming back from overseas? I was having a chat with my sister’s friend from school at the Farmer’s Market stall where she and her husband sold […] -
10 words you can’t live without
Posted on April 29, 2012 | No CommentsThe acquisition of language is one of the great miracles of life. Building up to a working vocabulary of tens of thousands of words over a lifetime, the early stages […] -
Toddlers’ milk
Posted on March 31, 2012 | No CommentsLara seems to call it ‘ice’ – I don’t know why – and Rhea doesn’t call it anything in particular. But they both understand ‘time for milk!’ and come running. […] -
The rhythm of our days
Posted on February 26, 2012 | 1 CommentI’ve been back at work now for eight months already. I’m working three days a week, so now during the course of a week the girls are cared for by […] -
Our holiday adventures
Posted on January 29, 2012 | No CommentsLara: We went on holiday. We drove for a long time to get there. Rhea: And when we arrived there were people everywhere. Lara: We caught lots of buses. Sometimes […] -
Pre-cents
Posted on December 25, 2011 | No CommentsIt was hard work preparing for Christmas this year. I wrote a list of presents I needed to buy. Luckily we do the ‘kris kringle’ present exchange now in our […]