Pancakes on a Wednesday are over. The special mid week rest day for the new Preppies are over and my baby girl is a full time school girl. Yep…it really is all happening so fast and I am regularly crippled with a moment of panic when on old FB memory flashes up on my phone….
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One Small Step; One Giant Leap : Starting Big School
She is ready to take on the world. My baby girl is now a big school girl. In some ways, it really is only a small step for the family. She already knows this school inside and out as her brother is here. But in the big picture, it feels like a giant leap for…
HOW TO LEAVE HOME WITH SMALL KIDS (and other ridiculous thoughts)
‘Leaving home’ with the kids in tow, is to be feared. For it is no longer the simple, ‘grab your keys and jump in the car,’ kinda thrill. It is not the, ‘will I stop and grab a coffee on the way?’ kinda option. Gone are the days of the, ‘let’s just hit the open…
MY SCHOOL YULE : Letter to my Tribe
Dear School Mums, Dads and Teachers OK; so it may just be the fact that I am sitting here listening to “O Holy Night” by Mariah, and it is making me feel all emotional, but I needed to get a few things down that I wanted to say to you all. Today our son is…
STARTING SCHOOL : WHAT THEY DON’T TELL YOU
Term 3 in Australia is cranking up and my little man is still loving school. But am I? He has made some gorgeous friends, works with incredibly patient and creative teachers and his independence is soaring. It seems (*sigh) my baby is growing up. It’s just that, what I haven’t really shared with you are…
YOUR OFFICIAL SCHOOL DROP-OFF CHECK LIST
To all my lovely new morning drop off school parents : If you see more than, hmmmm…let’s say 3 of the characteristics listed below as I approach the school gate….do not…I repeat, DO NOT approach me…(unless you have chocolate and a sympathetic ear). Look at my 3 year old daughter’s hair carefully. If it is…
MY SHOCK REDUNDANCY
I just didn’t see it coming. I’m actually ashamed to admit it, but last week I was made redundant. I still have my other job to keep me busy of course, but it was like a sledgehammer hit me sideways. I was left winded, gasping for breath and I am still feeling incredibly emotional about…
A “SCHOOL MUM” NEWBIE : FEAR AND FREEDOM
I have just began my new life as ‘school mum’; alternating washed shirts, defrosting bread rolls, emptying uneaten food from the lunchbox and lists; always writing lists. Twice a week now, my littlest diva goes to pre-school, giving me precious time to work, write those lengthy lists and stare painfully at the tipped out lego…
I’M LETTING YOU GO, my baby boy
Oh…I do so want the world for my boy, and then some. But just indulge me here for a moment….overthinking much? Me? This morning…this very day…my heart is in tail spin as my first born heads off to school. So here it is…. What if his poo and bum talk isn’t quite as comically well…
WHAT EXACTLY IS ‘SCHOOL READY?’
HOW I PLAN TO ‘PREPARE’ MY SON FOR THE BIG DAY And so it begins. I did the tours. I completed the application forms. Pre-school drop-off has been abuzz with polite and subtle questioning about where our kids will be going to Primary School next year. Now it seems the reality that my ‘baby’ is…
