A Wonky View

After a couple of weeks of restraint, I finally succumbed to temptation and…cut Sweetiepie’s hair! What do you think? No more the straggly mullet, now she’s blessed with a cute almost-bob (and she does like it, despite the evidence of this photo…and we do brush it, despite the evidence of this photo…and it doesn’t always [...]

Yackety Yak

I have been amazed by how, in just the space of a few short weeks, Sweetipie’s speech has progressed from “Mumma, NO”…to “Mumma, biscuit, me, pleeeease, now! No? NO, Daddy home now!” Not only has her increased vocab made my life easier, but it has raised her happiness level to sunny new heights. No more [...]

In The Words of That Great Theologian…

One of my all time favourite ‘Heroes of the Faith’ stories is of the eminent (some have even said ‘Greatest ’) 20th Century theologian, Karl Barth. And it goes a little something like this: When asked if he could sum up his life’s work and his own theology in just a few words Barth thought [...]

Let it snow, let it snow, love the snow…

 On Sunday at our Sweetchurch we sang my most-favouritest-ever hymn: Great is Thy Faithfulness. An oldy but a goody!   Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest, Sun, moon and stars in their courses above, Join with all nature in manifold witness To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love. I don’t know what it is about the [...]

Sweetiepie’s Second Birthday…

Aka: The Terrible Twos are upon us! So, Saturday saw our little Sweetiepie turn two. Hooray! ‘Two’ is a big milestone for a little premmie – by then they should have ‘caught up’ with all the other two-year-olds out there. Sweetie certainly seems to have done that – in fact she’s streets ahead when it [...]

September Round Up – Final Installment: The Signing-Off!

And so to the final chapter in our Sweet September… BIG NEWS IN THE SWEETHOUSE: Sweetiepie was (finally) signed off of all medical care! WOOHOO! It feel like it’s been  long old road to get to this place, but the girl’s done good! Thanks to all of you who’ve prayed for her & followed her [...]

Happy Blogiversary to ME!

It’s my First Blogiversary! Look at my little Playpen…all grown up! Yes, exactly one year ago today my blog-baby was born. And what a joy it’s been to its Sweetmumma… From the sublime: to the ridiculous:  through the challenging:  and the miraculous: taking in the weird:  and wonderful: it has been a pleasure to share  [...]

The Luddite is Learning

This week, Sweet(Luddite)mumma finally discovered how to transport (technical term?) photos from mobile phone to computer. About time, I hear you cry! Not exactly rocket science, I know, but I must admit to an unreasonable degree of pride in my new-found technical skill. And no small measure of relief that I didn’t wipe the pics [...]

The Writing’s On the Wall

One question that increasingly occupies my mind is how two loving/bemused Sweetparents, who’ve adopted the ‘fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants’ style of parenting, can realise what it says in Proverbs 22:6: Point your kids in the right direction— when they’re old they won’t be lost. Since Peanut has developed the power of existential thought, I’ve been all too aware [...]

Time for Bed, Sleepy Head

We are a sleepy family. Tonight, in an unprecedented move, both the Sweetkids made their way to bed (or in Sweetie’s case, rattled the stair gate until I took her up) without being coaxed, cajoled or carted. Indeed, PeanutM&M chose to sacrifice his bedtime TV quota in order to snuggle-down and get some shut-eye. I [...]