My goodness, the year is shooting by. Just four weeks left until school finishes up, not that I’m counting *ahem*. After a wet, wet winter and spring, November has suddenly sprouted some warm weather, and outside, the paddocks are turning from green to golden yellow. It happens gradually so that you hardly notice at first….
Kids
Waiting
It is hard for a six-year-old to wait for his grandparents to arrive. Swinging on the gate certainly helps to while away the time.
How To Survive A Road Trip With Kids
We are going for a long drive to Echuca, Bendigo, and Ballarat these holidays. I haven’t been there since I was 10 which was several years ago (ahem), but I’ve often wanted to take the kids there, and so we seized the moment, booked a few cabins, and are heading off on a six hour drive…
Taking Stock | May 2016
Well blink, and suddenly we are three weeks back into Term Two. On the farm, shearing happened without me even managing to get a photo in the shed. I guess that shows just how full life has been lately. I’m trying not to use the word “busy”. Over the weekend I did manage to grab…
Holidaying
Hello from Narooma, on the South Coast of NSW. It’s one of our favourite spots to get away, and we have been here almost every year since we moved to the farm. We’ve finally made it to the holidays! The last week of term seemed like a sprint, with so much to do, and not nearly…
Gone Fishing
At this time of year, work is always super busy, and I’ve been getting home late most afternoons. It’s just one of those things with teaching – the job never ends, and there is always more to do, especially at this time of year. On Tuesday evening, as I drove in the gate, I saw…
The Bone Collectors
One of the many things that our kids love about living on the farm is that we have space. Lots of space. When the weather is nice they spend all their free time outside, creating imaginary worlds for themselves. They stick their head in to tell me that they are off over the creek or…
How Our Three Children Share A Bedroom…. Successfully
Our three children share a bedroom. That’s right; all three in one room. I was reading somewhere on the interwebs (and I cannot think where now for the life of me – if you read it too, let me know please so I can link it) about a family who was just starting the whole…
