We are crawling towards the end of the school term, noticing a shift in the seasons and subsequently, a change in our bodies. Che is home from school today; sniffly and croaky. Nothing drastic, [...]
Che’s first year of school was also my hardest year of motherhood to date. I don’t say that to scare you, merely to be honest about how significant the change was for me. If you are [...]
Christmas stars found just outside the school art room At drop-off and pick-up time, school playgrounds are full of younger siblings getting to know the swing of things. When your first-born [...]
beach visits on a whim – the beauty of school holidays The first six months of school have been a little like the first six months of motherhood. I’ve been the amateur, tentatively [...]
School holidays – so much better than school. There will probably be a stage in my near future where I regret such a statement but for now I’m quite happy to sing it from the [...]
For the first time in a very long time we have a strict five-day-a-week routine and it’s taking us a while to adjust. Slowly, slowly we’re getting there. Routine is not a word that [...]
“Few sights are as touching or emotionally overwhelming as that of our child releasing our hand and walking off to the classroom on the first day of school. The pre-school years are over. [...]
You know what has surprised me most about preparing Che for school? The nesting. Much like I was during pregnancy, I am sorting and organising clothes, rearranging rooms, decluttering shelves and [...]
cherished moments with che, captured by tim This week is the last of the school holidays and come Monday I’ll be a school mum. The transition has been on my mind for the past year but it [...]
I’ve always followed my instinct when it comes to parenting; meandering through those baby and toddler years with a little apprehension and a whole lot of hope (and not many parenting [...]
In less than three weeks Che starts school. He is excitedly breaking in his school shoes every day whilst I am nervously ticking things off the list. Yesterday he tried on his uniform, his sandy [...]
This morning, as I filled his water bottle and packed his lunch, I remembered so clearly the first day when I cried into his little box of grapes and rice crackers. We were quiet on the drive to [...]
