Until I had my children I had never heard of the term “Irish twins” – it is kind of a derogatory term referring to two children born to the same mother within one year. My children ...
We still have fun. Even if I don`t post much about it or take many photos. All of these photos below are from my phone as well so the quality is not great. I need to pull out my DSLR again and start ...
It is just 10pm here but already I feel like I could fall asleep and sleep for hours and hours and hours. I have been so exhausted the last couple of days and I think it is because Shun was away over...
I doubt my mothering skills a lot. I am so aware that what I do now can make a big difference later on. Will my yelling about hurrying up to come to the front door to put shoes on cause some kind of ...
Week 19 was all about routines. I think some people LOVE routines and others hate them. I am definitely all for them especially for my kids- I think that we have a good sleep routine with them both b...
We moved in almost a month ago and finally it is starting to feel like “home”. I have unpacked almost everything {just my books to go- but need a bookshelf first! Haven`t replaced the one...
Noah is 2 & 5 months right now. I last wrote about his speech just before his 2nd birthday with what we had been told by the child psychologist and things we could work on at home. We are not as ...
Procrastination. We all do it. Some of us have it worse than others. Some days for me I procrastinate a lot and then other days I manage to cross everything off my to do list by 10am. For me my energ...
So with a trip home to Australia and then coming back and almost immediately moving house {yes we are in the new house!} I have fallen behind with my Simplify Your Life 2012 challenges but I have not...
Tomorrow we move into our brand new house. That is why it has been quite here because between going to Australia, doing a load of stuff there, coming back to Japan and spending this week packing I ha...
We made it to Australia a week ago today. I blogged earlier in the week but hadn`t yet updated on the trip. Was it hell traveling with a 2 and 3 month old and a almost 15 month old on a 9 hour flight...
Dealing with change was the topic for last week and for this upcoming week we needed to check in on our progress with our goals from week 6. I don`t deal with change well. Some things are fine but th...
Last week I wrote about my fears of imperfection and how recently it has been holding me back from starting on things that need to get done. This week Deb asked us to focus on gratitude. I already to...
When we designed our new house we gave each boy a separate room. Downstairs we have a living/dining/kitchen open space area but because of the size of the land there was no extra space for a “p...
Last week I wrote about expectations and standards I have set for myself and how I was coming to terms with the fact I am not, nor will I ever be, a perfect mother. The tasks for the Simplify Your Li...
Noah is almost 27 months and Shion is 14 months old. I love organizing things for my kids to do. I also enjoy trying to involve them in the everyday things we do as well as spend a lot of time outsid...
Source At 2:46pm on 11 March 2011 Japan was devastated by the Great Tohoku Quake and tsunami followed by the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster. Not a day passes when I do not think about that da...
Source This last week was filled with me raising my voice too much, not enough cuddles, not enough sorry`s from me, too many “If you don`t….then…” ; type threats, lots of ̶...
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For week 8 we were asked to think about what makes us happy and what makes us unhappy. For me it is a double edged sword. Spending time with my family and doing things for them makes me happy…b...
Noah is 26 months and Shion is 13.5 months. It has been just over 2 months since my last Tot School post and to be honest we haven`t been up to a lot- lots of play and outside time. Cubbies and prete...
We don`t follow a language method. I would rather follow a method but it just doesn`t seem to work for us. I speak to the boys only in English {except a bit of Japanese to Noah at rhythmic class, usu...
This week we were asked to make a vision board for the Simplify Your Life Challenge. Mid week and I still hadn`t started but after reading this post I decided it was time to get a move on and I looke...
We have snow flakes falling outside right now. Just a few- doesn`t look like it will stick or anything and while today is cold it is not so cold that I would of thought we would be getting snow. Luck...
You will notice there was no week 5 for the challenge as it was a “rest” week. For week 6 we had to decide on our goals and intentions for 2012. I had already done this when I wrote my re...
First photo is Shion taken in December eating spinach, cheese and mushroom spaghetti. Second photo is Noah eating mango in Australia the December before. They are about the same age in each photo. I ...
Um, so I finally uploaded photos from January today. I realized that it has been more than a month since I uploaded any photos of my kids and even longer that that here on the blog. I still take a lo...
{Source} This week {and I am a little late to post} we had to fill in the wheel of life chart to see where our time and energy is currently spent and what areas, if we want them to, need more time an...
Today I thought about how 1/12 of the year is already gone and it kind of depressed me as I felt like I didn`t get much done. Then I realize that quite a lot happened in January- lots of positive thi...
For week three of the SYL12 challenge we had to make a family mission statement. I thought about doing two- one for me and one for our family as ultimately I am writing them but for now I have only w...
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