I need to build up my evening stamina. I can get through the day okay, but once Monsieur is in bed, all I want to do is collapse and I struggle to form a coherent thought. So many posts rolling around in my head, just a small space of time and energy to pick one […]
Monsieur has decided to call me “mama”. I’m not sure exactly why, but it is a deliberate choice. This was our conversation about a week after he started it: Monsieur Z: I call you “mama” every day now. Me: Yes, you do. Why have you started calling me “mama”? MZ: Because I like to because […]
The long, lazy summer is over and we are now back in the swing of things. All summer, Monsieur would ask “What day it is today?”* and upon receiving the reply he would continue, “so we go to?”. He loves his routines and was thrown a little by nothing being how it should be. He […]
Whilst it can feel somewhat hectic and busy living in the heart of Carlton, one aspect that I’ve really enjoyed is how quick it has been to meet people in the area. In just 6 months of being here, we’ve come to meet more people than we’d met in our actual home suburb since moving […]
It’s official. Our boy has cat DNA. Tonight while in the bath he was giving me lots of very wet cuddles and miaowing to me. I asked if he was my cat boy and he replied “ohkay”. For the rest of the bath, he continued to cuddle and miaow and say “cat boy” to me. […]
