A conversation today between me and Z. Lulu is our dog, Z and her were jumping on each other for much of this chat. At 2 years old Z is using two or three word sentences which we are generally skilled at understanding, so for example “Me milk Daddy” means “please get me my milk […]

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Ive noticed that most visitors to this site are from outside Australia, so I thought id include some pics of some australian animals from our recent trip to Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary. We got to hang out and even feed kangaroos, koalas, possums and rainbow lorikeets. Snakes and lizards too but i ran out of room…

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What did you do for Earth Hour?
We spent ours sitting in a nearby cow paddock looking at the stars.
It was a high tech trip into nature because I took my laptop with a copy of Stellarium on it.
Stellarium is an open source application which I downloaded after an unschooling mum listed it […]

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It was a three pronged coordinated attack. Despite me thinking that a dog would be too much, I faced M talking about how much she would love one; Z dropping everything and yelling in excitement whenever a dog went past; and Anne finding the “perfect” dog in the paper… So I caved and we have […]

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A while back Anne popped into an Australian Geographic shop while waiting for a movie (about the only one she saw the whole year). She did not buy anything but filled out a competition slip… and she won a weeks holiday to Tasmania!!!
So a huge thanks to Australian Geographic and Tourism […]

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Chatting with a friend over dinner when Z our 19 month old son started yelling and pointing at something under the table, obviously asking for help. I could not see what he wanted and enjoying the conversation with our friend I said to Z, “have a go… try and get it yourself.”
I went back to […]

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Driving along yesterday and M who is 5yrs was having a shouting match over a fairy doll with Z who is 18months. Im the sort of person who needs to concentrate when I drive. Well actually the driving bit is fine… its the driving in the right direction that seems to consume every brain cell […]

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Above are pictures of us at a lodge just north of Seattle in the USA. For regular visitors or people who know us you might realise that is a long way from home as we currently live in Byron Bay, Australia.
Our recent and relatively short trip to the USA explains why October has been a […]

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We just returned home from 10 days staying with my mum interstate for a relation’s Indian wedding extravaganza.
Pictured is M after Mendhi night, a traditional ceremony where henna is put in intricate patterns on the hands of female participants, it lasts for about two weeks afterwards.
WHEN YOUR CHEEKS ARE NOT YOUR OWN
A big Indian get […]

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Reading the elists & web sites that I do and hanging out with the families that we do, it was a reality check to hear terms such as “good, bad & naughty” thrown around so much during the last 10 days while visiting my extended family. Usually it was “Good” but of course that always […]

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