Category Archives: Parenting
Attachments…
Noah has an attachment to a blanket called “Froggy”. It started after Shion was born and we were staying at the in-laws house so that I could go to the hospital everyday (and have them watch Noah). It was pretty … Continue reading
Constant struggle…
Everyday is a constant struggle. I keep telling myself that I need to pull it together, to keep it together but I am most definitely failing and everyday I feel worse and worse. At one point today Noah, Shion & … Continue reading
Filed under Confession, Motherhood, Parenting
Activity backpack…
Noah is getting harder and harder to take out unless we are going somewhere where it is safe for him to run around- this is making any appointments we go to with house makers quite difficult so usually MIL will … Continue reading
Tot school- Spring theme…
Our 3rd time doing “Totschool” and we are linking up at 1+1+1=1 Noah is 15.75 months old. Theme this week was loosely based on spring and bugs/insects and it was welcomed by a sunny week in which we spent some … Continue reading
Filed under Noah, Parenting, Tot School
Tot school-first time…
In the last couple of months I have done a lot of reading (books and blogs) on things to do with little ones-little ones like Noah! I also had become quite interested in the Montessori method and have done a … Continue reading
Filed under Noah, Parenting, Tot School
No patience…
I have absolutely no patience today. Sometimes I look at how I am as a mother and wonder why I am nothing like I thought I would be. As an early childhood teacher I think I had a lot of … Continue reading
I am just a twenty something Aussie girl living in Chiba, Japan with my Japanese husband trying to make sense of the crazy Japanese world we live in! We welcomed our first son in December 2009 (Noah) and a second son in January 2011, 2 months premature (Shion). I am working hard at raising them to be confident, bilingual, happy kids!
