Janette At Home Vox 2009-12-25T08:43:35Z Janette http://janettes.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00cdf7e93523094f/ Opening Presents tag:vox.com,2009-12-25:asset-6a00cdf7e93523094f0123dde2f8d5860c 2009-12-25T08:43:35Z 2009-12-25T08:43:35Z Janette http://janettes.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Petra had a fine time this morning ripping open her parcels and trying to play with everything at once.

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]]> Happy Holidays tag:vox.com,2009-12-24:asset-6a00cdf7e93523094f0123ddcd7b8e860b 2009-12-24T04:08:59Z 2009-12-24T19:45:56Z Janette http://janettes.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom It's a sunny, warm Christmas Eve down here in the antipodes. We have guacamole and salad to prepare tomorrow morning and presents to wrap after Petra's gone to bed tonight. But apart from that we are pretty damn organised. I can't quite believe...

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]]> Big Girl Petra tag:vox.com,2009-12-08:asset-6a00cdf7e93523094f0123dddbcf6f860c 2009-12-08T02:31:34Z 2009-12-08T02:31:34Z Janette http://janettes.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Petra with pasta

Petra's looking and sounding disconcertingly grown-up these days. She says quite complex things now, mixing and matching her words to make an ever-increasing number of grammatically correct sentences. And she's becoming more intelligible all the...

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]]> Shut-in Mum tag:vox.com,2009-12-01:asset-6a00cdf7e93523094f0123ddc4723b860b 2009-12-01T09:24:24Z 2009-12-01T09:24:24Z Janette http://janettes.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom This poor mum had a really really bad day yesterday. Living with a toddler is dangerous!

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]]> Happy Monday/Sunday tag:vox.com,2009-12-01:asset-6a00cdf7e93523094f01240b7facd9860e 2009-12-01T03:42:07Z 2009-12-01T03:42:07Z Janette http://janettes.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Black Eyed Peas - I got a feeling

A great video for "I've got a feeling" by the Black Eyed Peas (as found by my sister).

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]]> Photo Shoot tag:vox.com,2009-11-30:asset-6a00cdf7e93523094f0123f182d1c0860f 2009-11-30T09:39:35Z 2009-12-03T23:36:19Z Janette http://janettes.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Petra's very difficult to photograph these days - she runs away, makes faces, charges over to grab the camera, says "no photos", and generally does her best to avoid being flashed at. I don't blame her; I don't much like people sticking cameras i...

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]]> At the Cricket tag:vox.com,2009-11-29:asset-6a00cdf7e93523094f0123ddec4efd860d 2009-11-29T08:13:15Z 2009-11-29T08:13:15Z Janette http://janettes.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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The test between New Zealand and Pakistan was very evenly poised going into the last day, so we spent another afternoon in the sun at the Oval. Petra lasted a couple of hours, hours during which it seemed that New Zealand was going to be batted ou...

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]]> Summer tag:vox.com,2009-11-25:asset-6a00cdf7e93523094f0123ddd7409c860c 2009-11-25T09:33:18Z 2009-11-25T09:36:56Z Janette http://janettes.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom It's been slow coming but summer has finally arrived. I know because the first cricket test of the season started yesterday. We've had a few days of fabulous weather as well. We celebrated by going to the cricket for a couple of hours this afte...

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]]> Big Brother is Watching tag:vox.com,2009-11-21:asset-6a00cdf7e93523094f0123ddd5c78d860c 2009-11-21T07:25:55Z 2009-11-23T22:57:01Z Janette http://janettes.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom After reading an article about Google's sprawling influence and the sheer amount of information it gathers, I went to google.com to check my cookie settings (click privacy on the home page, then Ads Preference Manager). Here's the list of ad ca...

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]]> Summer tag:vox.com,2009-11-20:asset-6a00cdf7e93523094f0123ddc0810c860b 2009-11-20T10:06:34Z 2009-11-20T10:14:26Z Janette http://janettes.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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We had the first really warm day of spring/summer today. Petra took the chance to get her gear off and run around naked first at our house and then at Nanny's house. She's recently turned into a mini naturist and getting her to keep her clothes ...

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