So it's official - our baby has turned 21, and we now have two bona fide, genuine, dinky di, grown up kids. Which brings me to my current question: what do you do about Christmas presents for adult children? We've previously wondered if our kids were too old for Easter … [Read more...] about Christmas Presents for Adult Children?
Parenting
To my Daughter on her 21st Birthday
An Open Letter to My Gorgeous Girl on the Occasion of her 21st Birthday Dear Julia, It's 21 years today since you arrived in the world, much loved and much wanted. All through my pregnancy I suspected you were a girl, but we waited until you were born to find out for … [Read more...] about To my Daughter on her 21st Birthday
We Survived the Teenage Years!
This weekend we reached a major milestone in the Middle Aged Mama family - our youngest child turned 20. Do you know what that means? We survived the teenage years! We've been pretty lucky - our kids are basically "good" kids, and I think we got off fairly lightly, all … [Read more...] about We Survived the Teenage Years!
The Joy of Old Home Movies
We have been watching some of our old home movies lately and what a treat it has been. When the kids were little, they loved nothing better than to watch video footage of themselves on TV. Forget the Wiggles or Play School - they would be entranced for hours (quite handy … [Read more...] about The Joy of Old Home Movies
The Teenage Years are the Hardest
I used to hate it when people would say, “Just wait til your kids are teenagers!” What a negative outlook! There was no way I was taking that on board. Teenage years are the hardest? Pffffft. Not in our family! I was confident we had done our best with raising our kids: … [Read more...] about The Teenage Years are the Hardest
