Perhaps it wasn’t the best idea to buy Che a little wooden recorder at the op-shop yesterday. It went with him to bed last night and he hasn’t put it down all day. In gumboots and his [...]
We dreamed of a wrap-around verandah more children a dinner bell tea and cake piles of books incense burning a hammock a home to build, add to, settle in and love. One day. ps. it’s for [...]
A while ago I decided to ditch the newborn neutral colour palette and design a new play space for Ché. He still spends the majority of the night snuggled between us so it’s not necessarily [...]
Oh radio flyer. Love the primary colours and the fact that I can steer the bike while he rides. Without fail when we ride across a pedestrian crossing Ché will ring the bell. He’s down with [...]
I always tell my pre-natal students that pregnancy and motherhood is about surrender. You surrender when you conceive, you surrender to the journey of pregnancy and when your baby is ready to be [...]
Yep, Che is speaking three-syllable words. And his Dada’s pride is palpable. Why? Because after saying the usual Muma, Dada, bubba, hello, no…he can say motorbike (mo-ha-ka). I [...]
He’s pretty determined which means when he doesn’t get his way the elephant tears start flowing. I’m learning (slowly) how to quickly resolve the situation. I was wearing this [...]
…translation (hello, hello). New phones, old phones, vintage phones, mobile phones. Give my little one some buttons and he’s happy. His little index finger pushes each individual [...]
I’ve been away. Not from home, but from this blog. A little break, a little breather. It was time to find some rhythm and now we’re sailing rather smoothly. I actually started by [...]
Saturday night. Cooking dinner for friends. Wearing my Nana’s apron for the first time. I found it in my Mum’s wardrobe and brought it home with me. She was the best cook, my Nana. [...]
Remember when you had a newborn and you found it hard to imagine that little bundle as a moving, giggling, wriggling, social little creature? You were so stuck in the awe of new parenthood that [...]
…at Mama and Grandad’s house. We pulled leaves from the grapevine and splashed water everywhere… …chased chickens and collected their eggs; we picked peas and ate them, [...]
