The Dower Family

Poor little Evie Peevey is sick.  We have all been passing this cold around for a while but Eve seems to have inherited all of our colds put together.  I guess we are lucky that we have been able to get her to almost 10 months (eek!) without a good cold but this one is certainly making up for lost time. She just looks so miserable with her tired little eyes, super snuffly runny nose and yucky little cough.  When the cold started she thought it was quite a novelty to take panadol and have her nose wiped (or worse, suctioned!) but by now she has clearly had enough and is making it as difficult as she can for me. Something else she is making difficult is sleep.  Her runny/snuffly nose keeps waking her up which in turn wakes us all up.  I've even been breaking my number one rule about getting babies out of their cots in the middle of the night.  At least three nights in the last week have seen her sleeping on me in the nursing chair as well.  Two of...

In the eleven years Nick and I have been together he has often expressed his desire to have a skateboard.  And each time I have immediately told him that he could have one if he was willing to get a helmet, knee pads, elbow pads etc.  Needless to say this has been effective for an entire decade.  But recently in a moment of weakness (lack of sleep or alcohol - I can't recall which) I acquiesced.  Research was done, a purchase was made and you guessed it, he is now the new owner of a very shiny new skateboard. I'm not sure quite how many gnarly rad airs he will be doing but if it makes him happy and relaxed to go for a scoot along the foreshore (with all the other teenagers) then who am I to deny him this?   Unsurprisingly, Ollie also took a shine to the new wheels.  I'm sure you can sense trouble nearing.  And it didn't take long.  The first morning, in the company of our lovely friends Cos & Kate, it somehow seemed like a good idea t...

My fourth Mother's day has rolled around and it is definitely my best one yet as I now have two fabulous little people to share it with.  Nick totally smashed it out of the ballpark this year after incurring the teary wrath of a pregnant lady last year when he took my "oh I don't need anything" comment seriously!!  So to avoid any further meltdowns he and the kiddos made a huge fuss of me, kicking off the day before with a great new cookbook I'd be lusting after.  Then on the day itself I had to stay in bed until a VERY excited Ollie came down with the most super awesome handmade card I have ever seen.  Cue cups of tea and lots more little presents (dressing gown, baking stuff and some yummy things), a trip down to the markets to watch Ollie on the jumping castle and hanging out with Nick's family in the afternoon.  All up a very lovely day.  I'm very lucky. We've actually all been a bit under the weather here of late.  We can't seem to kic...

 Do you remember the other week when I mentioned that we had some photos taken down at the beach by a lovely photographer who was building her portfolio?  Well, here are the results.  Some lovely and relaxed family photos.  This week's blog is just a visual one.  Enjoy... (the boys found a crab) There were so many great ones of Ollie and Nick.  The one above is a wonderful moment.  But check out this next one!!!! And my absolute fave one of the girls? Definitely this one!