So, on Tuesday we put up the tree. This year, I invited the First Spawn to join us. I pull everything out, and we all assemble everything together. I love how the kids giggle and get all excited as they decorate the tree. I had images of the 4 of...

Antibiotics and Antidepressants. I am sick **cough, cough, splutter, splutter** In the midst of what was meant to be a quiet and uneventful week **snort, snort**,  the children and I took turns to have a tummy bug, and I got myself a wee chest...

Well, the day has finally arrived !!!!! After 3 years of living on a concrete slab, we carpeted four of the bedrooms !!! I am going to do fake floorboards on the rest of the ground floor.  I haven’t decided about what to do upstairs. There has been...

Of the native bird variety. The children have been peering out the window to Finbar’s garden to see if any birds come to visit. And they have been all day !!!!       So we checked out our native bird book and think we have named our visitors...

The weather has been all over the place here, making it a bit difficult to plan any time out in the garden. Today was an ok day weather~wise, so the kids and I went to California Garden Centre to pick up some plants for Finbar’s garden.  Since the...