parenting

Things I Need to Remember

February 17, 2012

Sometimes I find myself wishing my days away, especially the hard days. But when you wish your days away there are so many things you forget… and there are so many things I need to remember. The seemingly unimportant things, the little snatches of daily life things, the things that will one day make me [...]

Walking to School Worries

February 16, 2012

They turned right and we turned left. I didn’t look back as we hustled over the bridge and across the road towards kinder, there wasn’t time. I installed the big boy happily at the puzzle table and headed back through the park to the supermarket. I heard the school bell ring as we crossed the [...]

What Are You Struggling With?

February 10, 2012

Some days, ok most days, I get to the part where I am about to put dinner on the table and in that millisecond, when everyone is still and quiet as they wait for food, I suddenly see what lays ahead of me and I want to bail. I want to jump ship right then [...]

I need to remember…

February 7, 2012

Will I ever have any space? Will I have to fight this child to sleep every night? Will he ever go to sleep? I roll over and turn my back on the tossing, turning, screeching, toddler. My eyes fall on my big boy. In his almost too small bed. Asleep. I remember when it was [...]

Expect a Little More, Accept a Little Less.

January 31, 2012

There are so many things that I love about school holidays but after six weeks with all six of us crammed into our little house things are a getting little fractious. We’ve all enjoyed being a little (or a lot) lazy but lately it feels as thought we’ve let things slide almost to the point [...]

What Kind of Mum Do You Want to Be?

January 9, 2012

I don’t watch much TV and I usually have no clue about any media controversy unless I happen to see some tweets about it. Even then, I usually ignore those tweets and normally I would never tweet or blog about them. Mostly I’m just not interested in what some sensationalising TV show or journalist says [...]

Take a breath

December 22, 2011

When the crazies are out in force… When there has been too many commitments and to many things to get done… When the kids are cranky and you are tired and stressed… When things seem far from ‘peace on earth and goodwill to all’… Then, then you need to stop and take a breath. There [...]

Appropriate Clothes for Kids – Havoc Denim Give Away.

December 8, 2011

I wander around yet another big chain store empty handed. I have a shopping list and money to spend, but I still can’t find anything to buy. Perhaps I am picky, perhaps I am ‘un-cool’ but I am finding it harder and harder to buy clothes for my eight year old girls. My girls are [...]

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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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