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Last summer I was fortunate enough to be able to take a little break by myself with a few other photographers and spend some time in a breathtakingly beautiful property near Winchesea Beach. It was stunning – open plan and white, stripped down floorboards. It wasn’t a palace, there was nothing ornate – it was…
Every Friday, on the home leg of the school run, our boys are allowed to buy a comic or magazine from the local co-op just outside school. As I remember all too well convincing my own mom that I definitely would eat Sugar Puffs [which I hated with milk] if I could just have a…
This evening I might just be winning the worst parent award. Getting Jensen’s clothes ready for school tomorrow, I noticed his coat in the kitchen and was rifling through his pockets to empty the sticks and stones he collected after his birthday scoot at the Common, when I noticed how thin his coat felt compared…
Pre-parenthood, Sunday mornings were textbook easy. Sure, we had to let the huskies out in the the garden and eventually take them for a walk, but they really didn’t care if we read newspapers in bed, drank cups of tea and took our good old time in getting up. Now, there’s no tea in bed…
![BREAKFAST WITH DINOSAURS: A MORNING WITH FLORA [#POWEREDBYPLANTS]](https://keep-up-with-the-jones-family.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Flora001.jpg)
Are you one of those parents who will disguise vegetables in their child’s food to get them to eat something healthy? Do you find yourself saying “just one bite” or “eat it and then you can have…”? Well, you’re not alone…and I’ve taken it to a new low. After buying a carrot and apple smoothie…
![[CHATTY]PILLOW FIGHT!](https://keep-up-with-the-jones-family.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/pillows004.jpg)
I suppose it’s only fair – or karma, if you believe in it – that as I remember so vividly destroying my parents’ neatly made bed in order to create a fantastic mattress slide, my own boys are determined I will never sleep on an uncrumpled sheet ever again. This weekend as I tried in…