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Welcome to the Candis Blog feature. Meet Melanie and her family and keep up to date with her musings of family life as mum of seven.
What a week!
What a week it's been so far! Yesterday, I was roped into working an afternoon shift as well as the normal day - and having run around like a nut all morning, I found I'd been allocated to the nursery part of the school for the remainder of the day. I was lucky not to stagger out tied up, with a feather in my hair! My goodness - I was spinning as many plates as I possibly could and came ... Read more
Date Posted: 29/01/2010
Awaiting divine inspiration
Mackenna has started her confirmation classes, which means we have to step up our church attendance. This always fills me with dread because of Harry's antics, and today was no exception. He sprinted out of the car ahead of me, into the church. My friend remarked that he must have missed being there, because he was obviously eager to get in. I so wanted to believe her, but I knew he was up t... Read more
Date Posted: 21/01/2010
Mouse tales
Another week almost at an end and, as usual, it's full of ups and downs. Callum had his friend over for tea on Tuesday and whilst I was busy clearing away the dinner dishes, the boys came hurtling down the stairs, shouting that there was a mouse in their room! Pete and I bolted up to investigate. Pretty soon, we were all on our hands and knees, pulling out furniture looking for this intrepid... Read more
Date Posted: 20/01/2010
New Year
So much for getting to grips with the New Year! Not only have we been snowed in, like a lot of the country, but we've also been dealing with an awful tummy bug. Callum was first to get it, followed by Mackenna, Harry and finally me. This lead to each child taking up residence in the family bathroom with the toilet seat up, in the hope that they'd manage to throw up in the toilet as oppos... Read more
Date Posted: 11/01/2010
Happy New Year to everyone!
After a lovely break, the whole treadmill of our hectic life is just beginning again. The children are ready to return to normal - in fact, they're climbing the walls - none more so than Harry. He's been on full speed since a week before Christmas and we have concluded that "SHH" (which we've been saying constantly) is an abbreviation for "Super Hyper Harry". Havi... Read more
Date Posted: 05/01/2010
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