I secretly love our crazy bedtime routine.
Emma’s sleeping habits have been discussed in many many blog posts and instastories. She was never a fan of sleeping and for many many many nights we fought hard to get her just to lie down. Earlier on this year, I stopped fighting with her. We bath, read and then she either lies down or […]
They said she couldn’t, so she did!
I haven’t shared about the older kids for a while. It is tough to share stuff about them as they get older. I am more aware of how it will affect them and also, I have been really fortunate that we have had no real issues with either one of the teens. But this is […]
Mixed signals we are sending our kids
Yesterday we went for a fun walk, it was just over 5km and pretty adventurous, considering we had Emma with us. The rain at the beginning of the week meant there was a lot of mud and a few nerve-wracking moments crossing rivers and mud puddles. After the walk we went for lunch and coffee, […]
I am leaning in
I have just finished listening to Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg. I have avoided reading it because I thought it was more of a memoir but I am sorry now I didn’t add it to my list earlier. I found it fascinating, insightful and inspirational. When people have money their perceptions are often through money […]
Reasons My Kids Have Thrown Tantrums
Maz, from Caffeine and Fairydust recently did a bit of a makeover on her blog and I was over there checking it out (go look, it’s so pretty) and stumbled across this post about 60 reasons my toddler had a bad day. It got me thinking about all the irrational things my kids have thrown […]
Who has been stealing MY bandwidth
In our home we have 2 laptops, 4 phones, 3 tablets and an xbox that we use to watch Netflix through. This means that potentially at any one time 10 devices can (and often are) be linked to the wifi downloading/using precious bandwidth. During the school term this isn’t really an issue but during the […]
Perfection is in the chaos!
Have you ever wondered who decided what the perfect family would look like? Was it actually a mother? Or a father? Or an ad agency? Where did it start? It seems to me it is actually a pretty new desire we have, to want to be the perfect parents and have everyone know how perfect […]
When you organise it all, except for the keys!
Some days, as mothers, we get it right. Then there are other days where we get it a little bit wrong (ok so maybe some of us get it VERY wrong ). I try not sweat the small stuff when I get it wrong because usually it is things like forgetting the flavour of 2-minute […]
The Three Year Old is Tiring
I don’t think I have been this tired since those early newborn days. It is a tired that gets into your bones and wears you out completely. This time though, I can’t “blame” a newborn, it is entirely of my own doing. My life motto includes a lot of “winging it” which works for me […]
Imperfect Parenting continued
Belinda wrote this post a while ago and the same mom she mentioned in her post said something on Facebook that prompted me to write this post. Julie (the mom Belinda mentions) said how people often comment on how she has her stuff together, when in fact she doesn’t so she is on a mission […]