Conversations with Keira since Sunday: Keira: I’m still only three.Me: You only just turned three a few days ago!Keira: (Holding up four fingers) I’m almost four now! It’s going to be a long year….
Hi Sweetie, This will have to be brief, as I hear you rattling around with your pretend doctor’s kit and pretty soon I will be subjected to various poking and prodding because it’s your new favourite toy. I know this is your favourite toy because now you declare LOUDLY whenever you like something that THIS…
Of writing about his iconic book Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak* recalls a moment from his childhood: the moment in the Wizard of Oz movie, where Dorothy is trapped in the Wicked Witch’s castle, and that blood-red hourglass has just been turned over, clocking down her time left alive. Judy Garland’s acting, and…
Rimmer and Mr Flibble Keira It was a rainy day. We were bored. You should see Riley! Oh, wait, here you go! red dwarf
Keira has rather abruptly decided that she no longer requires an afternoon nap. This saddens me because that was once my sanity-regaining part of the day: with the two children in bed, I would retire to my own for a brief time to make up what Riley still leeches off of me of a night-time….
It seems most of the Australian Blogging Population is talking about Meg’s list. I know I mentioned it in passing the other day, but now it’s 100% fair dinkum official. Miscellaneous Mum is one of Australia’s Top 100 Blogs! I may be down in the ass end, but boy, it’s exciting! Not bad considering I’m…
Scribbit recently led me over to Mamablogga and her delightful little list of successful ‘Mommy Bloggers’. I was surprised to know most of those already, and pleased to find some more great reads to add to my daily rota. Then I looked at the sites mentioned carefully and noticed something. All (bar one excellent Canadian)…
Yesterday, we went to a neighbouring suburb to play in the park and I took the opportunity to sneak off to an excellent second-hand bookshop nearby. It was my lucky day, because I hit the jackpot: The Madwoman in the Attic for $15, as new condition and a Helen Garner novel. Plus D H Lawrence’s…
At the Birthday Extravaganza on the weekend, the kids were given add-ons to their Thomas Train set. This included a new engine with batteries. So of course the whole set had to be dragged out to the lounge room and set up smack in the middle for everyone to trip over, because, really, a party…
