Category: The Life of Lara

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Revenge of the Sixth Party

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Some pictures from Inigo’s sixth birthday party on Sunday. I was so busy I barely had time to catch a breath, but looking back on the faces, I think everyone had a wonderful time.

Thank you to Suniya for all her help, and to Bev and Mum for help organising the food. Dad for lifting, organising, arranging, and tidying. Thanks also to Tia Nani for being awesome, Adam for being Darth Vader, and to Peter for bringing a real life Storm Trooper!

Conversations with Inigo

Inigo: I love books

Mama: me too!

I: I wish that every present I ever got was a book, so that I could keep reading forever!

M: Maybe we should get you a library card…

And in other news, yesterday he noticed his first wobbly tooth!

And this is the “Rhapsody of the Seas”, the boat we will take out family cruise on in late January, for dad’s birthday. Just after we get back from Lord Howe Island with Bev & Ted for Bev’s birthday. Ted is officially in remission, and his doctors have agreed to stretch out his last treatment so he can go on holidays.

It’s so close to the end of the year, hooray!


– from my iPhone

More proud mama talk

We’ve had some pretty rotten behaviour in the last two weeks, which I am putting down to a combination of stressed out mama and normal kid growing up stuff. On Tuesday, he threw an epic, epic tantrum. So huge that he has hysterical and almost vomiting when we got to the school gate. I prescribed a mental health day, and we spent the day together hanging out, and trying to de-stress.

And today, he was re-tested on his reading progress (which happens once a term). Today, he reached level 27, cluster 9 – which apparently puts him where he would be expected to be around the end of year three. Yup, he’s a reader 😉

Hopefully, this will mean that he will be able to pursue his own interests, which will make life a bit more interesting for him in the years to come. Hopefully, it will help him to enjoy school a bit more.