I've done some pretty cool things, but nothing's as cool as creating our family
Our three year old daughter will start primary school this September.
In some ways she seems too little to be going. Physically smaller than many of her classmates. Unsurprisingly, younger by some months than the majority of children starting alongside her.
In others she's ready. More than ready.
Read MoreThis post was going to be a review of a pack of bricks the lovely people at Megabloks sent us to review. And indeed, it still is. But along the way it changed into something entirely, wonderfully different too.
Read MoreGiven the differences between our children. The age at which they were placed with us for adoption. Their gender. Their respective backgrounds. There has been little commonality between our experience of their adoption.
One thing does however stand out when we talk about our experiences of the last five years. That is the importance of routine in helping both children acclimatise to and feel secure in their new home.
Read MoreThis morning's shower routine was a trying one.
I have a half written blog post which explains how important routine was, and is, to our children, particularly as they settled into our family. Suffice it to say it's really, REALLY important.
Our school-day morning routine has therefore been the same for, well, forever. Or at least it seems that way. Certainly since our daughter came to live with us.
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