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Twilight: Stephenie Meyers

Twilight:  Stephenie Meyers

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 [...]

Merry Christmas from The Leethams

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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 [...]

Rhiannon To Be Featured As A Young Entrepreneur

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 [...]

Does DayCare Cause Brain Damage?

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 [...]

Happy Birthday Morgan

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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 [...]

Should my 12 Year Old Have Her Own Domain?

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 [...]