Last Christmas, influenced by my own increasing overwhelm at the sheer amount of stuff in our home, I wanted to do something more experience-based for our nieces, rather than a...
Continue readingLast Christmas, influenced by my own increasing overwhelm at the sheer amount of stuff in our home, I wanted to do something more experience-based for our nieces, rather than a...
Continue readingThere are very few downsides to homeschooling. We get to get up when we want, have a cruisy brekkie to ease in to the day, and then get our chores...
Continue readingIt's that time of year, where there are parties everywhere and 90% of them are "bring a plate". This morning was our playgroup Christmas party, and chatting to the main...
Continue readingTomorrow, my tiny girl turns five. FIVE! She is full of chatter and so excited to be going to big school, that yesterday we made her a calendar to cross...
Continue readingOh my gosh, you guys, these things are the bees knees. The ducks nuts. The...
Continue readingYesterday, Butterfly and 6 little friends spent the afternoon playing and chatting and enjoying themselves as only four years old girls can, for her birthday party, and the final stop...
Continue readingoh boy, what a week it has been! This is by far the biggest week of our year, the 7 days between Bear's birthday and Boy2's, which also generally falls...
Continue readingHow on earth did that happen? It seems a mere moment ago I sat cradling a minutes old newborn, blinking his big blue eyes at me and trying to work...
Continue readingThere's something about Fridays that has me reached for the comfort food. We laze about after school. We knock about the backyard, and fiddle with Lego. Every few weeks I...
Continue readingThese little bite-sized pieces of sugary gingery delight have become a high-rotation of mine ours. They are super easy to make (and just as easy to eat, which isn't always...
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