Connor lost his first tooth :

That’s the most concrete reminder that he is growing up. I don’t want to let him grow. Things like going to kinder, or going to school, and such things as these, these are all flexible markers of growth, placed arbitrarily by society and [...]

Went for a hearing test today. Apparently my hearing is within normal range. Which is weird cos I was sure my right ear was a little rock affected, even before the spate of infections that ruptured my left. So clearly I am not hearing impaired, but listening impaired.
Also had a CT scan [...]

Ashleigh said to me the other day that she hates having to sleep, because it seems like wasted time when you could be doing something interesting. I swear I didn’t put those words in her mouth, but it does make you proud to hear one of your children discovering for themselves something that you have [...]

Ashleigh’s school year 6 are on camp at Phillip Island starting today

This map is so you can see them relative to where I’ll show you next. These pictures are all nicked from Trigger Bros just a few minutes ago. Here’s the webcam at Suicide Pt, the closest one to them :

Nice huh? To be [...]

I realised while I was off sick for a whole week why it is that guys don’t take sick leave. We go to work when we’re sick, and if we do take leave we go back before we’re better. It’s not because we love working, or define ourselves by our occupations. Quite the opposite. [...]

We have two new family members :
 

Sparky - Matilda We have a couple of photos, hopefully we’ll have some more in the next few weeks as the rats get a bit more comfortable around us and easier to get good photos of.
Sparky is about 12 weeks old, and originally came accompanied [...]

We planted carrots, various lettuces, broccoli and capsicum a few weeks ago. Forgot to post the photo at the time, it’s on the left or big version here.
Then last week, Melbourne was the lucky recipient of over 5 inches of rain in 24 hours (if memory serves it was 145mm at the Scoresby weather [...]

Ash joined cubs last year, and was invested in August according to the date stamp on these photos

Connor had his 4th birthday party yesterday. Only got photos of the cake, which was the Rocket Clock from Play School. Here’s a tip - when the cake book says “this cake takes longer to prepare than other cakes in this book”, set aside a good day or two, and consider cooking a practice [...]

We move house this weekend, and I start a new job next week, so I am home for the week with the joy of packing up all our stuff ready to go. Bleh.
Moving house is allegedly one of the most stressful things that can happen in your lifetime, as big as divorce and loss of [...]