Toddlers Archive

  • Last 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 […]

    Wedding weekend

    Last 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 […]

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  • Some 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 […]

    We love books

    Some 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 […]

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  • Apart 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 […]

    Our dar

    Apart 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 […]

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  • Two 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 […]

    Two girls

    Two 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 […]

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  • –          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 […]

    Uncle Marcus

    –          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 […]

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  • The 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 […]

    10 words you can’t live without

    The 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 […]

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  • Lara 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. […]

    Toddlers’ milk

    Lara 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. […]

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  • I’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 […]

    The rhythm of our days

    I’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 […]

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  • Lara: 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 […]

    Our holiday adventures

    Lara: 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 […]

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  • It 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 […]

    Pre-cents

    It 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 […]

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