Karen is preparing mother’s blow-up mattress for bedtime. It is hot – still 32 degrees at 9.00pm. Mother: No! No! Don’t worry about that, I can sleep on the couch.Me: Mum, you are NOT sleeping on the couch.Mother: But I enjoy sleeping on them.Me (scoffs): Sure you do. You might! But not this one. (Our…
It happened at 3.14pm. I called my mother – who lives in the next state – at work and asked (but silently pleaded) for her to come and help me for a few days next week. Although she is busy (it’s Ash Wednesday next week – or kick-off for Christianity’s 40 Day countdown to Easter,…
Yesterday, as the melody of Entertainment Tonight began, signalling it was 3pm, Riley let go of the fence surrounding our computer and took his first two independent steps! Much to mother’s pleasure…
This week’s featured Mother Blogger interview is Holly from Hollys Corner. I’m sure she hardly needs any introduction to some of you, because Holly is just about the most prolific reader and commentator on blogs you’ll see. Many of the sites I go to, there she is, on the MyBlogLog sidebar as being there before…
I have Keira to thank for this post. The other day when we were at the library, after we had exhausted the kid’s section, then the DVDs, we finally got to ‘my’ turn, which usually means I get a quick look at the non-fiction return trolley before one (or both) of the kids has a…
I can’t follow up yesterday’s post very well. I am sitting here after a horror night with Riley (will those molars just crack already?) and my eyes are blurred. I have thrown a dressing gown on and am unsure when I’ll muster up the strength to take it off again, because that means I need…
It’s lunchtime. Riley is sitting happily in the highchair, for once, gnawing his way through a teething rusk. Hi-5 music is playing in the background and when the synthesised melody of Keira’s favourite song “L-O-V-E” comes on she hops off her chair and, like an obedient automaton, begins to do the accompanying actions. I stare…
I have the great pleasure of posting the first of my Mother Blogger interviews. I enjoy Scribbit (Michelle’s) writing for many reasons: it’s balanced, clean, thoughtful text. She always covers a multitude of subjects from families to recipes to blogging tips. Basically, what I wish I was! I have not edited her responses in any…
Dear Elle Macpherson Look, I’m wearing your bra! I have to say, first, that it truly is a fabulous bra. Best breastfeeding one there is, as far as I’m concerned. Pricey, yes, but I’m still wearing the original one I had when I was pregnant with Keira. It’s being held together at the back with…
