Over the past week I’ve spent a considerable amount of time preparing for Christmas; organising weekends around dance and drama rehearsals, making lists of things to buy and chatting to the [...]
Here’s a little something I’ve gleaned over the past few years; toddlers and pre-schoolers love to help with chores around the home. School-aged kids? Not so much. And yet generally [...]
To celebrate the end of the fourth trimester, Marigold has started rolling – and squawking and squealing and giggling. I’m not sure how we got here so fast – birth, newborn, six [...]
It’s been a long while since I took stock. Surprisingly, this little thinking/writing exercise helps to ground me. And I need a little of that right now. Spring busyness has me all a whirr [...]
coffee…essential for all school parents It seems that we’re bombarded with bad stories about public education, doesn’t it? Naplan, bullying, dissatisfied teachers, unmotivated [...]
caravan shirt + dylan shorts I’ve been dressing my kids in Nature Baby since 2007. Marigold has just outgrown a sweet pair of grey cotton pants that I was gifted when I was pregnant with [...]
When I was pregnant with Marigold I was intent on spending as little money as possible on baby essentials. Granted, I had a few tubs of hand-me-down clothes ready and waiting, our 10-year-old [...]
Che, my firstborn, celebrated his 10th birthday last week and I (quietly) acknowledged a decade of motherhood. Milestone years are always a catalyst for reflection. Here’s what I’ve [...]
For the past ten years I’ve apologised for my messy house on countless occasions. It’s become such a common part of my repertoire that I spurt it out as though it’s a standard [...]
On one of our final days in Bali last year I was preparing to have a massage and wondered why the masseuse didn’t want me lying on my front. “But you have baby,” she said, [...]
I like intentions better than plans; they definitely suit the unpredictability of motherhood. While I have intended to write here for the past fortnight, it hasn’t come to fruition. The [...]
I’m torn. When my firstborn started school five years ago, I stopped sharing his photos. It’s been one of the best parenting decisions I’ve made because it set very strict [...]
