Stuff With Thing — Life, the Universe and Autism

Trash Pack Party ! The Food

May 8, 2012

Annie wanted themed trashy food for her party, I once again consulted friends, brainstormed ideas and came up with a sort of plan. Drinks – I had green and orange cordial from Cottee’s and water, along with green & orange cups and matching straws in teeny tiny wheelie bins. The first round of food that [...]

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Trash Pack Party ! The Games

May 7, 2012

Annie’s Trash Pack party was a huge success according to the birthday girl. You can click on all the pictures to open bigger versions. We kicked off with a rubber duckie toss on the basketball court, which left the hall free to set up food. The goal was to throw the rubber duckies into the [...]

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I’ve got a theory…

May 5, 2012

It could be bunnies… Oz the Cat is not all that into sleeping, around 2am he becomes distinctly playful. I had a theory, he was starting to bond with Annie, she feeds him you see. So I had a theory, he could sleep in her room, give my poor sniffley cat allergic sinuses a break. [...]

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I am that mum.

May 4, 2012

I am that mum. The one whose daughter went to school in a short sleeved summer dress on a chilly autumn, almost winter day (11C at 3pm). I am that mum. The one whose daughter wears long winter weight leggings all year round. Even on 40C summer days. I am that mum. The one whose [...]

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I Have a Dream Mama…

May 3, 2012

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Roses Amore Mothers’ Day GIVEAWAY

May 2, 2012

Who remembers the beautiful roses, pictured above, that I received at the Bloggers BBQ. Those roses were stunning and it made me smile each time I walked into my kitchen and spotted them in their bottle of Dom (quality roses deserve a quality vase ). Roses Amore have a huge range of Mothers’ Day flowers, including their [...]

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Happy 9th Birthday Annie

May 1, 2012

Wow how the year has flown since your birthday only 12 short months ago. I love this photo of you with S so much There was still much love for messy play, I suspect you will always have much love of messy play. You love to create, beautiful collages, paper dolls, amazing worlds created from [...]

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Stuff With Thing to ‘I Wish I Didn’t Have Aspergers: #AutismPositivity2012

April 30, 2012

You may remember Annie’s post about how nervited she was about the concert at Federation Square. I want to say thank you to all the supportive and helpful comments on that post, it really helped Annie make it through the lead up the day itself without falling apart. (making music with the salt, pepper and [...]

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Shopping with Annie

April 29, 2012

Annie and I went shopping at Uni Hill on Anzac Day. It was a wet, wet, gray day as we drove into the shops and I was expecting an unpleasantly damp trudge through carpark to the shops, thankfully there was heaps of undercover parking available… how cute are the lizards on this car: We headed [...]

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2012 Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge: books on iPad and Kindle from Prep – Grade 2 list

April 28, 2012

The note came home at the beginning of last term about the 2012 Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge, we’ve participated for the last three years and the girls have always enjoyed discovering new books. This year our library shelves were sadly bare of books on the challenge list. I do believe word has gotten out about [...]

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