Mom and Dad

Sitting around the dinner table last night, the usual banter and chatter turned from trying to pry information from the kids about their day (like getting a stone to bleed…

It’s been almost two years since Knox was admitted to hospital for RSV. What is RSV?  Well, it’s full name is Respiratory Syncytial Virus (although I like to refer to it…

Death is a funny thing isn’t it. You know it’s basically inevitable, yet we fear it so much. I often watch period dramas or Vikings or Game of Thrones and…

In case you’ve missed it, we’ve started a new series that will pop up here on the blog every Friday. Recently I have been inundated with content about racism in…

Oh my goodness.  Oh my goodness.  What a day. After months of planning, prepping and a little bit of stressing, everything came together to culminate in a wonderful event on…

I’ve just celebrated my 5th Mother’s Day as a mother.  I’d be lying if didn’t say it was kind of surreal. Mother’s Day can be hard on some.  Those that…

  Yo yo yo.  Whaaaasuuuup? Things have been a bit quiet around here (sort of) and I’m not apologising for it, more just acknowledging that it’s OK not to over…

Oh hello there! It’s ALMOST time for the #CTMeetUp and I know what you’re thinking.  How the heck did it roll around so fast?!  I couldn’t agree more.  Instead of leaving…

Have you ever watched Hoarders – Buried Alive? No?  Well let me quickly debrief you. Basically people accumulate so much crap that they eventually they suffer a slow death underneath…

For the last couple of months I have been flitting through emotions like a crazy person. I can’t tell you how many times I have reacted (or passive aggressively NOT…

Do you struggle to get your kids to brush their teeth? I do.  It’s a flipping mission. Well actually, that’s not really a fair comment. With Kyla we bought her…

Oh my goodness. You know when you enter a competition and then forget about it because the chance that YOU would be chosen is like the one time you tried…

In case you’ve missed it, we’ve started a new series that will pop up here on the blog every Friday. Recently I have been inundated with content about racism in…

It’s the time of the year where we sit down and try and wrack our brains for ideas of what to buy for the women in our lives that have…

I’m always kind of loathed to refer to my kids as bunnies, but Easter comes and I just can’t help myself. This post is “late” because after Easter Seth and…

In case you’ve missed it, we’ve started a new series that will pop up here on the blog every Friday. Recently I have been inundated with content about racism in…

Expectations. Although it doesn’t seem like it, this is a very dangerous little word.  Especially when it comes to women. Case in point – The Oxford Dictionary definition of the…

Good Friday seems like a good day to start a new series.  It just feels right.  So that’s exactly what I’m going to do. Recently I have been inundated with…

Having kids is a bit like cutting out a piece of your heart then letting it out of the safety of your chest and out into the wide open World,…

I love the promise of a long road trip. It doesn’t really matter where you’re going, does it?  Because when you get into that car with your padkos packed, your…

Being a Mom of three, my days are regularly filled with moments that leave my heart feeling like it might just pop with pride.  You know the kind – when…

Did you already have plans for 9 May at 2pm? Oh dear.  Maybe you should cancel them because it’s time for the #CTMEETUP! The only “requirement” of attending is that…

I always wonder how people find our blog and bother stopping in to read it every now and again, but when I saw these search terms it really made me wonder!