A lot of joy! We had an eventful day with voting, shopping (just me!), swimming lessons and an arvo with Uncle Steve. Sunday, I begin week in the life here too, so you can expect a few more words to appear on this blog.
Category: Family
30 days of thankful
Just catching up on a few days… Captivation… I’m watching the rain, waiting for the hail to come. Mummy, it’s stopped raining, but it’s still cloudy and sunny there must be a rainbow Backwards crawling… Getting into lots of stuff now! A clear desk Even though it doesn’t stay that way for long Family close… Continue reading 30 days of thankful
A Day in my Life, so far
I thought it would be interesting to share my day as a stay at home/work at home Mum today. Up early, (before Emily) to eat porridge and up and go.Say bye to PhillCheck work emails and answer student questions on the forum as Emily eats her breakfastBuild a farmyard with Duplo, Megablocks and some other… Continue reading A Day in my Life, so far
Today Emily…
Image by mshanhun via FlickrToday you wanted Aunty Lauren to read you Spot books (the same ones as last fortnight!)Today you go Aunty Lauren to show you the clock (How long till Peppa Pig?)Today you pretended to be a jelly fish with bunny’s orange blanket on your headToday you made the blankets into a car… Continue reading Today Emily…
The power of one thing
Lately I’ve been inspired to help Emily focus on one thing at a time. I’m quite easily distracted myself, so as I’m teaching Emily this skill, I find it’s also helping me. During the past week I’ve found that having one activity set up and ready to go helps us get the day started right.… Continue reading The power of one thing
An Unexpected Call: Day 4 #weekinthelife
What a day! A quick summary: Doctors to get on cancellation list Woollies (including playing on the fire engine Playgroup (Emily used the chalk with her left hand the whole time!) Working on One Little Word book Playdough dinosaurs Washing out and back in before the storm Writing several articles Finishing and uploading a scrapbook… Continue reading An Unexpected Call: Day 4 #weekinthelife
Week in the Life: Day 3 #weekinthelife
Emily stayed with the Okely’s while I was off to the dentist this morning. I’ve been going to that same dentist since I had teeth! Well the dentist has changed, as the one who treated the older two Kerr generations had retired. But it’s the same location. I love that we have HBF so it… Continue reading Week in the Life: Day 3 #weekinthelife
Week in the Life: Day 2 #weekinthelife
Emily slept in this morning and ate breakfast with Daddy. Emily was not feeling too well and spent most of the morning on the couch watching television. Dumbo is quite a favourite since Aunty Skib brought her back the soft toy from the US.I did some work on an upcoming guest blog post and prepped… Continue reading Week in the Life: Day 2 #weekinthelife
Week in the Life: Day 1 #weekinthelife
I started a day early – on Sunday, since I like Sunday to be the first day of the week, plus Phill will be gone for several days this week and I wanted to include him in the photos. I was so excited to get going! Sunday was a slow day as we’d been out… Continue reading Week in the Life: Day 1 #weekinthelife
Mother’s Day 2011
I really enjoyed mothers day morning this year – a little different from last year when Phill was on sound at church and I had to get a little almost one year old ready by myself! This year I had scrambled eggs and tomatoes made for me, but Phill and Emily’s plan for bringing me… Continue reading Mother’s Day 2011