Charly Leetham

Have you read the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer?  A series of 4 books based on Vampires and Werewolves – aimed at young teens? Well, Stuart and I have and we are enthralled. We heard about Twilight, the first book in the series, from Morgan – who had been trying (unsuccessfully) for months to borrow [...]

With the festive season upon us, I had some fun the other day ‘Elfing’ myself, Rhiannon and Morgan.  The result is the video below, I truly hope you enjoy it (Morgan wasn’t real happy about being made an elf!) Send your own ElfYourself eCards I thought it would be appropriate to reflect on the past [...]

I am very big on encouraging my children to have online businesses.  Today, I received the best news ever! My 12 year old Daughter, Rhiannon has been selected as one of two Under 16 year old entrepreneurs to be featured in a book written by Business Writer Peter Economy. Rhiannon receives this honour through a [...]

There are days that I am ashamed to be a parent.  Reading News.com.au this morning – not something I would normally do except someone sent me an interesting link – and I came across the article: Mem Fox says daycare ‘damages’ babies As a mother who did have her children in Daycare from a VERY [...]

My son turns 14 today.  When I reflect on this, I am amazed at just how quickly the time has passed.  Something many mothers do, I’m sure. I look at the handsome young man who stands before me today and I remember the cute baby I held in my arms, what seems to me, only [...]

An interesting discussion occured tonight. My 12 year old, Rhiannon, enjoys writing and journalling and we have been helping her build online businesses and blogging. I have noticed how her written expression has improved as a result of this. I wanted to let her develop her own personal blog where she can journal about her [...]