Category Archives: Applegate 5

I must have been about Sam’s age when Mum and Dad would take my little brother and I for walks in the woods beyond the grassy meadow and then through the wooden gate near our house. Back then I was … Continue reading →

Our first Thanksgiving Day in Seattle and the Allen household woke to a familiarly grey and soggy day typical of the Pacific Northwest. With family adventure in mind, undeterred we donned our rain gear and took the short drive to … Continue reading →

The first time Bea wore her new shoes we went up to the park to ride the scooter and trike. Sam likes to call this, his favourite park, the Round Park, as it has a good length pathway running all … Continue reading →

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Sam is at Zoo Camp in the afternoons for one week only, and it has taken me a whole four days to carve out some special mother and daughter time for hard done by Beatrice in … Continue reading →

Waffles polished off and coffee demolished Bill suggested we get out of the house. On the other side of the window it was shaping up to be a lovely day. Bill had a plan, and other than reassuring me that … Continue reading →

The day started with Bill heading down the stairs only to pound straight back up them again and order me to stay in the bedroom. “Just stay here, don’t move. You don’t want to know. It’s destroyed. It’s bad.” I … Continue reading →

When I was attempting to tuck Sam into bed this evening and reading him a bedtime story while he resolutely refused to sit still and listen, preferring to purr, arch and rub up against me like a little green stripy … Continue reading →

Our second week into Sam’s school year and it feels like we’ve already had more days off than on. We had a national holiday on Monday, two mornings at school, and then finished up the week with two teacher “work … Continue reading →

As she’s been living under Sam’s shadow for two years, experiencing preschool vicariously through him for the past 12 months, and been gratuitously borrowing all his friends we decided it was time to devote a couple of mornings a week … Continue reading →