http://omaisforgrandma.net reflections, thoughts and stories on and about us: a half-Australian-half-German family attempting to raise bilingual children and wondering what's at the other end of the tunnel Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:02:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Recently, I was contacted by an organisation called International Medical Corps (also known as IMC) asking me to support a project of theirs. At first I was very sceptical with so much fraudulent emails around and people promising the unachievable. But after a bit of research on my part (like ... http://omaisforgrandma.net/2008/10/01/reviving-my-blog-for-a-good-cause/ We've been here for three weeks now and things are still pretty crazy, but everyday is different and so we've got days where things are just too much and other days where we're coping pretty well. For the first time since getting here little M has not needed any attention during ... http://omaisforgrandma.net/2008/02/13/3-weeks-later/ I would have never thought that we get this far. The last year has most certainly been the most stressful, adventurous, eventful and exciting time of my life. Right now I'm feeling exhausted but also thrilled to my finger tips. In the first half of 2007 Michael took part in a professional ... http://omaisforgrandma.net/2008/01/24/weve-made-it/ You might have noticed that I've been absent from this space for quite some time now. Well here's the beautiful reason why: So, visiting the internet or paying my computer any attention whatsoever has dropped right of my list of priorities (and things are probably going to stay that way for ... http://omaisforgrandma.net/2007/06/08/the-reason-why/ Don't we all love to be agreed with? Well, I do! I love it when I read something in the papers that I can agree with or that supports my point of view (so much about forming an unbiased opinion with the help of the media ... hahaha) I read an article ... http://omaisforgrandma.net/2007/01/30/agree-with-me/ M is starting preschool this year and yes she is very, very excited (and so are we). Nearly daily she checks the calender to see how long to go. For a few weeks now her school backpack has been one of her favourite toys. She'd frequently put it on and ... http://omaisforgrandma.net/2007/01/18/the-exciting-and-sad-world-of-preschooling/ If you read my second-last post you might remember that I was thinking about starting a podcast. I've done a bit of research and at first it looked incredibly daunting. Kara was suggesting to create my own .xml file and update this as I go (scary!!). Michael mentioned podOmatic as an ... http://omaisforgrandma.net/2006/12/15/82/ This is the reaction I got from my GP (family doctor) when I went to see her a little while ago. I went to see her to confirm a pregnancy ... our third, I might need to add. I know that this isn't a very child friendly society, that lots of ... http://omaisforgrandma.net/2006/12/13/youre-kidding/ Michael and I have just finished listening to "The Secret Garden". We absolutely loved it. The story was so enchanting, it made me laugh out loud as well as cry. And the reading was extremely well done. Actually I can only encourage you to go to Librivox and download the book ... http://omaisforgrandma.net/2006/12/06/disappointing-movie-productions/ One thing that I used to always enjoy during the weeks of Advent was my Advent calendar (or count-down calender as some people call it). I can remember, as a child excitedly rushing into the kitchen first thing in the morning to open the next door on my calendar and ... http://omaisforgrandma.net/2006/11/30/most-amazing-advent-calendar/