Game for anything…
I adore tennis… love watching it anyway! My favourite players were Mats Wilander (yummy cool Swede), Evonne Goolagong (met her, just divine!) and Ken Rosewall (saw him play in our local town when I was little… awesome!). These days, I…
A tale of two pony-clubbers
This weekend our little local town is holding a gymkhana – the very first one our kids have ever been to. And seeing as how we have only actually attended Pony Club itself three times in total with them, our…
The Grand Canyon of Granite Glen
It’s been a case of lost and found here today. Found the photo memory card that holds all the family photos from the wedding last weekend. Exactly where I had left it, in the centre console of the groom’s car.…
Torture relief of the enamel kind
The torture we have been enduring since I first posted this image:has been EXCRUCIATING. … Sure 12 days might not seem a lot in EVERYDAY land.. but where I have been living, in WAITING FOR TOOTH FAIRY land, the hours…
Booking in the Tooth Fairy!
Two front teeth looking MIGHTY precarious today… As Dash says: Think they’re ’bout to drop out Mum!!
Kitchen help…
So, I made some mud-cake muffins…Can you tell who helped clean the bowl and beaters? Don’t be fooled… he did too!!Just washed evidence from his mug pre-photo(not that he poses… much!)NB The scratch is Axel-induced. Silly pooch thinks my kids…
Moments like these…
Today was a momentous day for the Granite Glen household. There was a little milestone achieved by a particular member of the family, which I feel compelled to share with the world (or at least the 17 or so of…
Happy (Hairy) Holidays!!
On Friday, Dash’s school had a ‘Crazy Hair Day’ which basically means that kids get to wear casual clothes and get high on hairspray fumes as they endeavour to outdo each other in the freaky hair department. All in the…
Bush bouquet… enough to melt yer heart!
Mr Incredible picked somethin’ a little special for me this morning. A ‘bush bouquet’, if you will. It was the result of three events colliding in my world: 1. It was freaking cold overnight (down to minus 5 degrees C…
The Cook and the Chef…
My kids love cooking. Love getting up their elbows in the kitchen. Love making messes. And while I do encourage their enthusiasm for ‘making, baking, cooking all the while’ it has recently become clear that perhaps I haven’t been truly…