• 2018,  homeschooling

    School Life is Back 2018

    The first school term of the year is well and truly underway! Only seven weeks and two days till the next set of holidays.  Not that I am counting – (I so am!!) This year our third child, our Daughter Nelly, started high school.  This is a big deal.  We have three daughters in high school now! I personally don’t like that year 7 is now considered high school.  Nelly doesn’t turn 12 till the end of May, she still loves playing Barbie and with her LOL Surprise Dolls.     She is still a little girl at heart, and I don’t want her to feel as though she has…

  • Family,  family friendly,  family fun,  friends,  Parenting,  Sunshine Coast,  Things I like

    Shoulda Woulda Coulda

    There are two remarkable things in life.   The first is hindsight.  Hindsight is a wonderful tool and sometimes painful tool too learn our life lessons, and the second is a child’s point of view. When I was a child I tried to jump into adulthood as fast as I could.  I mostly enjoyed my childhood, but I wanted to grow up and be responsible and live my life – I loved the idea of independence.  Although at the time, I don’t think the word independence was the word I used.  I imagined my adult life a little different in terms of how it has worked out, but none the…