May 2009

Weekly Winners the Ballet Edition…

May 31, 2009

It’s been a while since I’ve played along with Weekly Winners over at Sarcastic Mom’s blog. My camera has been a bit idle now that the weather has gotten darker and gloomier, but today was filled with photo opportunities! I took the Twindaoes to the dress rehearsal for their ballet concert today. Most of the [...]

Things I Know

May 29, 2009

Following the lovely Friday tradition of a friend – and considering I am typing this on her laptop while our collective children trash her home…. er… I mean play quietly like angels while I babysit… Here are some things I know. I know… It is much easier to love my husband when he is not [...]

A Visit from the Toy Fairy…

May 28, 2009

The Twindoes rushed in from kinder today all excited. “The Toy Fairy has been Mum.. the Toy Fairy!!” There, in their hot little hands were two much wanted, much anticipated and long waited for toys. The Toy Fairy had in fact been and left some goodies on our door step! Izzy has had her eye [...]

Wordless Wednesday – Guess that Drawing.

May 27, 2009

A prize for anyone who can correctly guess what this is a picture of. Related Posts:

Ambition.

May 26, 2009

For a long time the Twindoes declared that when they grew up they would be princesses and live in a castle with two (yes two) bedrooms, one for them and one for Muski. These days they have gotten a little more ambitious. When Izzy grows up (when she’s ten), she is going to be a [...]

Addicted

May 25, 2009

I don’t have many vices. I don’t drink and I don’t smoke, I’m not even that interested in chocolate, but there is a new addiction in town and I think it’s getting it’s teeth into me… Singstar. The play station game where you sing along with all your favourite songs, being scored on how well [...]

Not Funny.

May 23, 2009

You know… I don’t think my life is as funny as it used to be. I was reading back through some old posts this afternoon, looking for this one about Zoe eating Chilli and me being a bad Mother when I realised…. I used to blog about all kinds of hilarious kid and Mum stuff… [...]

And I thought he would never talk…

May 22, 2009

If you are a regular picklebums reader you may remember several posts from me lamenting the lack of words coming from our Small Boy affectionately known as Muski. At 18 months of age he said two words, and neither of them was ‘Mama’. Even as recently as a month ago the speaking thing wasn’t his [...]

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Printable Love or Lunch Box Notes.
February 3, 2012

I am back making school lunches and next week my big boy will need lunch for kinder (preschool) too, thankfully only once a week, but all of them want to know when I will start leaving notes in their lunch boxes! So I think it’s time for some new lunch box notes. I am not [...]

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Wordless Wednesday – Printable Christmas Cheer
December 14, 2011

We are in need of a little brightness around here, and some Christmas decorations that Noah can’t pull down and destroy… Click on any of the above images to download an A4 (letter sized) printable poster to add some Christmas cheer. Or shrink them down and print them onto cards and share the joy. Check [...]

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