Tag: rural family life

  • Our First Summer as a Family of Five: Real Life Update

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    Our first summer as a family of five has been intense. Here is an honest snapshot of what our days actually look like as it draws to a close. How mornings begin Mr wakes first, somewhere between six and seven. B usually follows immediately – though having nursed through the night, he is not hungry…

  • Family Events with Three Kids: Our Summer in Review

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    We have been a family of five for three months now. Here is what family events with three children actually looks like – the proud moments, the logistics, and why we keep doing it anyway. The lesson we learned at the first event Our first large family event with three kids this summer was a…

  • A Typical Day with Three Kids: Our Summer Routine

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    People sometimes ask what our days look like. Here is the honest answer – a typical day with three kids from the first night feed to the last bedtime song, and everything in between with our 4-year-old daughter, 2-year-old son with Down syndrome and 2-month-old baby son. How we sleep My partner sleeps in the…

  • Raising Kids in the Countryside: Honest Pros and Cons

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    We are four months into village life with a newborn, a toddler with Down syndrome, and a four-year-old. Here is what raising kids in the countryside actually looks like – the good, the hard, and everything in between. Who we are and where we live We are a family of five. My partner and I,…

  • A Day with Four Kids: Chaos, Sea and Pure Joy

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    Today I had more children than usual. Three of my own and one borrowed. A day with four kids turned out to be one of the nicest days we have had in a long time. An extra pair of hands arrived at the door We have lived here four months now, and from almost the…

  • Two Months In: Recovery, Chaos and a Festival Lesson

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    Two months in as a family of five, and I finally feel like my own body again. Here is what that has meant, and what it cost us to learn it at a festival four hours from home. Too much to write, too little time B turned two months old a few days ago. It…

  • Meet Ms and Mr: The Siblings Behind Our Family of Five

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    B gets most of the airtime right now for obvious reasons. But there are two other remarkable people in this house who deserve their own moment. This post is about siblings in a family of five. Mr: the boy they said wouldn’t Mr is two years and five months old. He has Down syndrome. When…

  • Seven Weeks In: Our First Solo Day with Three Kids

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    I had been dreading it and planning for it and quietly hoping it would not be as hard as I feared. It was not. But I want to write it all down anyway, because today – my first solo day with three kids – mattered. Seven weeks with our boy B is seven weeks old…

  • One Month as a Family of Five: The Real and the Raw

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    B is thriving, the love is real, and the help has been scarce. An honest update from one month as a family of five. One month in One month as a family of five. I keep saying it to myself to make it feel real. B is one month old and he is, without question,…

  • One Week in Our New Home: Chaos, Repairs, and a Lot of Gratitude

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    We have now lived in our new home for one week. Moving to a new home with children has been one of the most exhausting and rewarding transitions for our family so far. The move was chaos — but also fun in its own way. Exhausting, overwhelming, messy… and still exciting. The Moving Day Madness…