We arrived home this morning at 10.45am, and in the six hours since we’ve been unpacking. The children are debating what’s more exciting? The Christmas presents they’ve just received or the older ones they’re rediscovering? So far, the older toys are winning; except the basketball ring of Riley’s we waited until getting home to give him. Boy, were we popular at that moment in time.

Now excuse me momentarily – I have to catch up on all my magazine reading that’s piled up since we left. Let’s see, there’s:

Five The New Yorkers,  one Time (and only because I’ve just started subscribing), one Medecins Sans Fronteirs Australia, one Victorian Writer, one Australian Author, one CAL (Copyright Agency Limited) update and the local council newsletter.

I’ll see you in a few days, I think! (Maybe not that long – I have lots to tell you…)

karen andrews

Karen Andrews is the creator of this website, one of the most established and well-respected parenting blogs in the country. She is also an author, award-winning writer, poet, editor and publisher at Miscellaneous Press. Her latest book is Trust the Process: 101 Tips on Writing and Creativity