a family blog by Majeline
Seriously, think about it for a while. It is so easy to get caught up in all the negative stuff that happens around us. Especially when the everyday is rolling away and chores and errends and jobs and tasks and demands and what-not fills up our days. We get stressed. We get tired. We get [...]
Last Friday we went to talk to Abby's principal to discuss the possibility of changing her to the other prep-class at the school. We made the deal with her, that we would observe Abby at home and she would make sure the teachers did the same at the school. As the perfect mum I am, [...]
Our cat is missing. Our eldest cat, that is. We have two of them. Her name is Mis, Danish for cat, because that's how creative we are. We got her when Abby was one year old, and she really is part of our family now. She's a bit of a weirdo in the cat world. [...]
If only kids were IKEA furniture or LEGO figures. That would be amazing, huh? Not because I wish they were delivered on pallets (even if that would be convenient) or made out of colorful plastic - but because I wish they came with a manual. A good, easy to follow manual. A no BS manual, [...]
This past week has been a bit tuff around here. As I wrote in my last post I found out that I do have gestational diabetes and I have just been mentally and physically exhausted, to be honest. This lack of energetic surplus has made me feel like I've been a pretty shitty parent. I [...]
Actually, I was planning on writing a little weekly update with something about Josh being back at uni full-time and how we're trying to get into somekind of a normal daily/weekly routine. But instead I will focus more on the girls and them coping with huge emotions and major changes - and also tell you [...]
Wow! We did it! We moved to Brisbane - and we have no regrets. We do have a lot of work to do in terms of painting our entire(!) new home, unpacking, getting organized, finding a new preschool (which apparently is called kindy up here?!), new GP (doctor), new midwife, new gymnastics school, new swim [...]
