There were rice bubbles everywhere . As I walked among the mess, I (calmly) asked for an explanation from my two girls. India (cautiously) a...

Embracing the camera (and each other) before school.

...meat pie... ...pavlova... ...blue chesty bonds... ...some possum magic... ...with cricket, beers, board games, backyard fun, Aussie tunes...

Elara's (current) favourite song was playing on the radio on the way to her first day at school ever... "Baby you're a firework...

Tomorrow Elara is starting something. When she finishes it, she will have become a young woman. It's wonderful, and heartbreakingly real...

Is it just me or does this dress look too long for a girl who was happily resting (and by that I mean kicking and squirming) in my womb only...

Elara and I embracing the camera while we do one of our favourite things together...decorating cakes!