The baby of the family Usurper has declared that sleep is for losers and she is having none of it. Her current routine involves going to sleep around 10:30pm if we are lucky, after midnight on a bad night. Waking for a feed in the early morning and then going back to sleep for a […]

I had to kill a spider last night in our lounge room. This is not a big deal and is part and parcel of being an Aussie - we have a lot of spiders in this country and therefore we have to kill a lot of spiders. What was disturbing though was the reaction of […]

Well we appear to have survived Christmas largely unscathed this year - go our team.
Sure it was the usual mess of stress and tension in which no one is ever truly relaxed or actually enjoys the day - but there were no fights or near fatal stabbings at Christmas lunch so that is something to […]

We are in that strange twilight toilet training period where the toddler hasn’t quite got the hang of it and therefore never makes it to the potty on time. Of course what Little Miss has become pretty good at is announcing that she has ‘had an accident’ but it is Ok because Elmo says everyone […]

I overheard this conversation between Wife and Little Miss this evening after bathtime:

Wife: Are you going to wear undies at Carinya (child care centre) tomorrow?
Little Miss:
Yeah. Kimmy will help me (Kimmy is one of the carers)
Wife: Would you like to start wearing undies at
home on  the weekend?
Little Miss: No
Wife: But you’re a big girl now
and […]