His First Senior Sports Day!

While sitting beside Jie for his initial meeting with his new Grade 3 teacher I could see he was nervous. He mumbled his name and but soon warmed up to her. He spoke about his interests in reading and expressed his concerns about part-taking in Senior Sports Day at this year. This was in January. March had come around so fast and a letter was sent home regarding Senior Sports Day (asking for money of course). Jie was still a little nervous...

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Her First Disco!

Unfortunately my phone went flat just before the doors opened for Nevaeh to venture into her very first disco. It was so frustrating because I video recorded Jiedyn's first disco but wasn't able to capture her moves. But here's how it all went down. Because the disco Junior started at 4pm there was no point in us walking home and back so I bought their disco clothes to school pick up.  The kids played for a bit after school...

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Learning about the History of Australia + Myself!

This blog post is from my Study Blog and was written and published on the 24th of February.. Last night I watched a chilling documentary about the first Australians and was completely and utterly heartbroken. The documentary was called Lousy Little Sixpence and went into detail about colonization and the impact it had on Indigenous people. As an indigenous person myself I was mortified. I remember touching on the subject at School...

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What if..

This month has been a pretty big  what if.. month for me. My husband and I were together for just over five years before we got married. We had our fair share of ups and downs but at the end of the day I loved my husband and prayed daily that God would make our family work. After being married for just 6 months my husband left. To this day I still no valid explanation as to why he left but he did and has been gone now for 2 and...

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Her 1st tooth is gone..

It seems like only yesterday that my son lost his first tooth.  Today he and I explained to his little sister about "The Tooth Fairy". Excitedly she went to find her tooth to put in a glass of water beside her bed. But how it all went down is why your all reading right? Here's how this pretty little grin happened.. Well it all started when the kids were out on the trampoline playing. Jie and Nevaeh had been out there for...

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My Second Baby Questioniare

1. WAS YOUR SECOND PREGNANCY PLANNED?   Yes, we wanted a sibling for Jiedyn 2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME?  No but Nevaeh's father and I had been together for 2 years prior 3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS?   Scared, nervous. 4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU?  Yes but it wasn't on our mind to abort her. 5. HOW OLD WERE YOU?  20 years old. 6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT?  Morning sickness and...

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My First Baby Questionnaire

 1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED?   No it wasn't. 2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME?  No I'd only been with Jiedyn's father for around 3 months prior. 3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS?   I went into hibernation mode. I don't remember walking out of the doctors but do remember locking myself in my room not wanting any company and just crying. At the time his father and I were living in a 12 bedroom squat with no power....

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Nevaeh reading her Reader this week..

It felt like just yesterday that my son was reading his first reader.. This week nevaeh read to us her first book.. Here's how it all went down.. ...

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