Over a year ago I wrote a post that posed the question “Does It Really Get Harder?????“. I was wondering if, once the little kids grew up a bit, things would get easier for me. There were many excellent comments, some saying yes, some saying no, some saying it is just a different “hard” and [...]

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This lovely Lego Heart is for my sisters. All of whom I love dearly and miss at the moment. Looking forward to us all being together again soon!

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This is a question that I have been contemplating a bit recently. Our beautiful baby number 5 will be our last and when I have mentioned to parents of older children, how I look forward to things becoming a bit easier in the years to come, a number of them have made remarks indicating that [...]

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Towards the end of June, just before school holidays started, I had one of those very tough weeks that comes with the territory of life with a young family. Some of the highlights of that week included: having my blog hacked which diverted readers from Google to a porn site (sorry if that happened to [...]

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Image by thebittenword.com After a very quick two weeks, we are back to school on Monday. Personally I could do with another week away from the school and after school running around! The family meals for the next few weeks are going to be very easy to cook and quick to prepare. This term we [...]

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We only have two weeks left of the first school term this year! I am looking forward to the school holidays and the reprieve it gives us from the run around of school pick ups, after school activities etc. Menu wise, I am keeping things very simple this week, with an emphasis on easy family [...]

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