Ho ho ho, the Christmas season is upon us! I know this because Phoenix has been overrun by enormous tins of Quality Street.
We’re talking a wall-to-wall invasion of chocolate. It makes me sweat a lit...
Wednesday night I went to a friend’s house to help her “bedazzle” some tutus for a dance recital.
This involved sticking teeny tiny crystals on to netting with a hot glue gun. I can’t decide if the w...
I have a little mantra — comparison is the thief of joy — and I have to remind myself of it often. Half-term was a perfect example. I’d taken the week off to hang out with the kids as I’d been working...
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’ll know that earlier this week the World Health Organisation declared processed meat as definitively carcinogenic to humans and red meat as “probably” carci...
Hallowe’en is on the horizon and I am getting excited. The costumes are on their way. Chloe is still a raccoon but Belle, who changes her mind at the speed of light, is going to be a rainbow monster. ...
Most of us are busy … crazy busy. It’s not helped by the fact that “busy” isn’t cool any more. We’re realising that yes, busy often means successful, but it can also mean overstretched and less focuse...
The lovely husband is overseas again and I would like to say things have been going smoothly … yet one Emergency Room trip and a Watlington water overflow would suggest otherwise.
Over the weekend I h...
Feeding children is a minefield. Mainly because we give them “children’s food” rather than just “food” in general.
Do you ever wonder if cave babies rejected the sustenance their parents dragged in? ...
October is nearly here, which is a surprise as I am pretty sure it was January yesterday.
Life is flying by way too fast — especially with my littles being not-so-little. I am seriously enjoying thei...
Facebook is awash with back-to-school photos and it’s hard not to feel the love. There’s so much pride and affection tallied on there, it almost drowns out the collective sigh of relief: to all our am...
