A few months ago I posted about running the Mother’s Day Classic, a 4.5k run which raised money for cancer research. Let me just reiterate that this was NOT a normal occurrence for me. First of all, I originally thought that signing up for the run would inspire me to exercise leading up to the event. This was… {read more}
Archives for August 2014
Connecting with Positive Role Models in Storybooks
This year is our family’s first time celebrating Book Week here in Australia. Along with the rest of the school my son’s prep (kindergarten) class was asked to dress up as a favourite character for a parade, so we have been discussing “who to be” for a few weeks. After going over possible costumes for numerous characters,… {read more}
A Little Update: Our Growing Family
Wow what a roller coaster it’s been the past few months. Though I have been slowly re-gaining strength after facing awful morning sickness and anxiety (not to mention exhaustion like I’ve never known before during pregnancy), I was ecstatic to see a healthy baby at our scan at 13 weeks and today we found out we’re having a girl!
It’s The Little Things
Do you ever get caught up in the “to do” list that the little things escape your notice? I do. Some days I’m just waiting for the next email, the next piece of news, the next mess to clean up that I forget to slow down and simply enjoy the moment.