We are kind of settled into our temporary home now. Well, as settled as you can be when the corner of the back veranda is stacked high with boxes, and every day you rifle through a box trying to find something. Hannah is loving having her own bedroom for the first time in 10 years…
Parenting
Things I Don’t Do That Keep Life Simple
From time to time I get emails asking me how I “do it all?”. How do I balance the whole work/family/farm/life thing and still keep our life simple? The truth is that very often I don’t. Or should I say we don’t, because living simply is a whole family exercise. It’s not just down to…
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…
How To Get Kids To Stop Interrupting
Last year Country Boy and I were getting increasingly frustrated with the kids when they would interrupt a conversation by just talking over us. We could be talking on the phone, to a friend, or each other, and they would just start talking and keep going until we had to stop and answer them. It’s…
Two And Three Quarters
We have hit the terrible twos. I know compared to some we have it easy (I’ve heard stories), but my goodness, the little fellow is stretching us at the moment. Such strong will. If only his will to do things was matched by his ability. If only the laws of physics were flexible. We have…
Homework
Now that we are back in the groove with school, we are dealing with two kids who need to get homework done each week. For Hannah, homework is writing about 20 spelling words out each day (known as Look Cover Write Check), completing 2 sheets of activities, and reading for 10 minutes. Meg has a…
