“Hi, I’m Cindy and I let my children watch TV…  Sometimes.” “Uh, Cindy, therapy isn’t going to work unless you are completely honest with the group.” “OK. OK.  You want…

Oh hey Monday.  How did you get here so quickly. No wait, that looks too excited.

Here’s the funny thing about having a baby. Either you go into labour, or you’re forced into a c-section, or you happily decide to have your baby cut out, or…

Even though we have just come out of a long weekend, I find myself sitting and wishing my life away.  Well not quite.  But I am wishing that instead of…

I’ve been having one of those weeks where I’m in a constant state of mild panic/ball of nerves/giggly with excitement.  There have been many things happening that have thrown the…

I really, really don’t like Winter. But you know what I detest more than Winter?  Overflowing laundry baskets and not having any clean dry clothes to wear in the morning.…

I don’t know if you’ve ever arrived in a new town and just suddenly felt like you were home. Like if you could give up all the ties you have in…

Welcome back to my favourite series! I’m glad that you’re back to read the next installment.  Here are the other features in case you want to catch up. Here’s a little…

Oh my dearest big little Riya-Ray You won’t believe how hard it is to sit down and write these letters to you*.  Not because it’s hard to find something to…

The weekends disappear far too fast for my liking. I mean really, it feels like I was just running around trying to prepare everything for the party and now it’s…

As it turns out, moving domains is actually rather close to moving house.  Flipping stressful and fraught with problems that you’re sure no one else has had to experience, but there…

I’m not a big fan of change. Obviously I’m all for trying a new restaurant or new holiday destination (who isn’t right?!) but ask me to change my style to fit…

Welcome back to my favourite series! I’m glad that you’re back to read the next installment.  Here are the other ones in case you want to catch up. Here’s a…

When you have a kid there’s this weird thing that happens. No, I’m not talking about how suddenly your body resembles a deflated balloon or how regular bodily functions become…

I did it. After umming and ahhhing about it for months (probably years) I finally decided to hike up my big girl panties, have a strong cup of Milo and…

Is it weird that I have a whole series but never thought to include myself in it?  Maybe not, but truthfully I’m waiting for more people to get back to…

They say life is like a box of chocolates – you never know what you’re going to get. I think that the same can be said about having children. When…

What a week. I feel like we are finally emerging from a constant state of high alert.  Both girls had an awful virus that resulted in massive temps and vomiting.…

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…

We recently went to  the sweetest dinosaur party. My photos don’t do justice to the hard work and planning that went on behind the scenes, but my friend Zoë and…

So after a bit of a melodramatic build up, the blood tests came back with perfect results which means that I could start my second round of Roaccutane (well actually,…

You know we often give ourselves a hard time as Moms. We constantly tell ourselves that we’re messing up, not doing it right, we could be doing better, you know how…

So you’ve had a baby. I’m sure you have many ideas about how you want to raise this squishy little thing and how well you’re going to parent them.  Maybe…

My current state: Dreaming about warm socks, warming my hands by the fire, squeezy hugs, cuddling under blankets, a hot bowl of soup with a lekker slice of bread with…