MrsB

It’s been a weekend of mixed emotions. I have stayed away from newspapers and actually hidden them so that the kids don’t see the headlines. I am not ready to explain.

If I still lived in the States I know I’d have to explain, and generally I don’t shy away from deep and meaningful conversations with my kids (more with the 7-yr old than the 4-yr old) but living in London now I am hiding this story from them… I don’t know whether this is the right thing to do or not, but it’s what I’m doing…

Other than that, we’ve had some fun moments this weekend but also a whole LOT of moaning and tantrums :| I don’t know if other parents feel the same, but when my kids have tantrums that just last on an on and on and morph into moaning that goes on and on an on – I totally feel like I’m failing at this parenting thing. [...]

I have been thinking about this a long time, but one always needs a kick up the backside to commit to something they haven’t done before. Thank you, Jennifer, for kicking me up my backside – I have now sponsored a child, a skinny little 5-year old Kenyan boy called Wilson. The main reason for [...]

The sale of our apartment in Canberra will be finalised in a few days. After all the $ has been transferred over here, we’ll be closing our bank accounts over there for now (dont’ want to keep paying the fees). Our Aussie credit card has a system whereby you earn points by using it and [...]