This last week Martin and I are getting in some early practice at parenthood. We are minding our friend’s eight year old foster daughter, Renee for ten days while she is in East Timor. We are having a good time making school lunches, playing card games, reading before bed etc etc. On Monday it was a public holiday here in the Territory. Picnic Day (how cute is that) so we went for a picnic with Renee as well as the neighbours kids and their cousins. Rolls and cakes were eaten, cricket and hide and seek was played. It was good fun.

In saying that it is hard work. She certainly gets restless and makes it known to us. Not to mention I was sick one day and just wanted to stay in bed but had that realisation I couldn’t as I was responsible for another human being. Welcome to motherhood I suppose.