Life | Karen Andrews - Part 128

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Family / November 23rd, 2006

Milestone Time

Riley’s first word today – this afternoon at approximatey 5.45pm, to be specific – was “dad dad dad”. And now he won’t shut up saying it!

Family / November 14th, 2006

The most beautifully constructed sentence in the English Language

Editor: “Karen, can you please email through to me your invoice for your article?” Oh, life is sweet some days.

Family / November 13th, 2006

What we’re reading at the moment #1…and other domesticities

Firstly, we had Riley’s eight month check in at the local nurse yesterday. This is not news unto itself, really, just an excuse to say in the past four days he’s started to crawl and climb the furniture! What a clever boy! His teeth, though, are causing terrible problems. His eighth one is about to…

Family / November 1st, 2006

My run in with the law!

Yesterday, deciding to be crafty, we set out to get some cardboard boxes so Keira could make teddy playhouses or some such. The walk only takes two minutes to get to our local bottle shop; this takes us past our local police station, which is only about a one minute walk away (a fact I…

Family / October 18th, 2006

Thank God You’re Here!…Yeah, I wish

Anyone watch TGYH and think to themselves, “I could do that”. I do–on a good night, at least. For example, last night during Tony “flashman” Martin’s skit, and he was fed the line: “What is your catchphrase again?” I immediately said “Be alert; not alarmed”. ZING! Now, our esteemed governor-general may not think that sleep…

Family / October 2nd, 2006

Our favourite books – October 2006

I’ve been meaning to do this list for weeks now: actually, I want to make it a regular feature, but we’ll see how organised I get. So now in no particular order here are some of Keira’s favourite books and authors of the moment. Anthony Browne – especially My Mum and My Dad. Why doesn’t…

Family / September 27th, 2006

Appreciating the small big things (or is that the big small things?)

Riley has resisted tummy time for a long while. He’s just been happy sitting up, chewing on all and sundry. Yet I persist to put him on stomach, to exercise his muscles, get him used to it. Then tonight, out of the blue, he tucks up his knees underneath him, lifts his butt–and goes backwards….

Family•Writing & Creativity / September 26th, 2006

Self-Publishing research sows ideas for future

Next year, both my grandparents are turning 80. I pitched an idea to our family that we all get together and write some sort of family memoir in commemoration of the event. So far the idea has been received positively, but I won’t know for a while whether it’ll go ahead or not. Nonetheless, I’ve…

Family / September 22nd, 2006

Ten things I learned from the show (and I didn’t even go to the show)

Don’t give your car-sick prone child water just before taking off into peak hour city traffic…she will puke everywhere. No one wants that to start off the day; especially when… The first thing your child does after entering the gates is fall and scrape her knee badly… Take a big breath. It’s going to be…

Family / September 20th, 2006

The case of the moving potty

Yesterday I talked about how Keira got her hands on some medicine and poured it over my bedspread (update: it came out, thank goodness). Then, last night and this morning, I noticed she’d gotten her hands on other ‘out-of-bounds’ things: toothpaste, food from the pantry, clothes on a higher shelf. I just figured she was…

Family / September 18th, 2006

Quieting the monsters…or how to feed your children

Well, in the spirit of the lightheartedness of yesterday (but blogger is saying this posted Monday?? Wierd, because it’s Tuesday), I think I’ll keep the theme running. Later on I’ll post something on a more ‘domestic’ level… Quieting the monsters…or how to feed your children Place Baby in highchair and Toddler at the table. Put…

Family / September 17th, 2006

Ten things you mustn’t underestimate in your child

I had a (slightly) improved night last night, so time for something a bit lighter today. First, I think this is funny, last night on “TV turns 50”, when Mel and Kochie first walk out onto stage, Keira looked at Mel and declared, “Big boobies!”. I swear she’s obsessed. No woman is safe from her…

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