And then there was Layla

The birth of our daughter Layla inspired a whole-life change toward minimalism, homeschooling and running away from home (to paradise!). We blog about family, homeschooling and unschooling, gratitude and mindful living. We also run Start Homeschooling Australia and provide support, encouragement and inspiration for new homeschooling and unschooling families. We would love to hear from you!

Friday, 16 January 2015

2014 birthing change

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From our humble beginnings in 2011, aiming to document the awe and gratitude that we felt to have   finally completed our fa...
Thursday, 1 May 2014

Minimalism, money and happiness

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In the last year or so our family has made the decision to live as minimally as we can possibly manage. Not out of poverty or not ...

Follow your passions - quit work and run off to the beach!

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When I first started on this homeschooling journey I was a little like a teenager running away from home.  I wanted to be free of t...
Thursday, 24 April 2014

"After I have my coffee"

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We are two weeks into our spur-of-the-moment road trip to the Gold Coast, and sharing a two-bedroom apartment with 9 people (includ...

Beach dancing

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Three weeks into this spur-of-the-moment trip to the Gold Coast, we enjoy another day stepping into this post-card beach - pristine...

Me and my big brother

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Beach baby

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Saturday, 19 October 2013

Mothering

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Recently you adopted an orphan baby Seemingly abandoned at your Grandmother's house when she went away for a couple of days, y...

Ice skating - 22 months

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The other day we decided to brave the ice rink, even with you so little and prone to dangerous stunt-baby risk taking behaviour Yo...

Grown up

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Dear Layla apparently you are a grown up now you have decided Every little person that you see is a 'baby' - even ...

Independence

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                 Try to look at this little face for too long and not drown in these massive brown eyes! Being treated to a free, fro...

Grief (part one)

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I had thought about not writing this. Or starting a new blog with a different title, or a different theme, and put my less than joyfu...
Thursday, 10 October 2013

Layla 22months and 8 days

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Dear Layla,  today you are 22 months and 8 days old, and following on from our little post about not checking your milestones for ...

Layla 22 months - a new normal

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They say that after a loved one has died, the world stops for you but keeps going on for everybody else and it does Except whe...
Tuesday, 3 September 2013

In loving memory of Nonna Teresa

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Today time stopped still Today we ached for the loss of our Nonna Today we sat in church and the tears felt like they wou...
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