Naughty Nana and Roo Roo have arrived for Christmas!
What is it about grandparents and funny names? Saying them in front of other people is a bit like giving out the e-mail address you thought was co...
I have to start this with a confession. I haven’t bought my kids salad spinners for Christmas. I have actually bought them American Girl dolls. I did my best to pretend they didn’t exist (the dolls, n...
By Catherine Burns
Just back in from the America’s Cup celebrations and despite Belle heckling the speeches we had a lovely time.
When I say “lovely”, I mean I survived without an injury despite all ...
I was filing away old copies of these columns last night when Chloe’s eyes landed on last year’s Elf on the Shelf debate. Across the room I watched her pull the illustrated pages out of the pile and s...
Last night at dinner we discovered that, according to Belle, there are 22 letters in the alphabet — many of the usual suspects and a tongue-twisting “elemenopee” in the middle. We didn’t do flash card...
Another year older! I’m writing this the morning after my birthday with a Champagne and sugar hangover. In all the day-to-day madness, I made my own cake this year and the kids iced it with abandon … ...
How are you? Are you having a magical day? I have a severe case of the post-Disney blues. I wasn’t expecting to love our trip as much as I did. Yes, Disney World is an over-commercialised, overwhelmin...
As you know, despite the sugar madness, I love Halloween! The sheer volume of all the candy makes me sweat but we have learned how to handle it over the years. We live in an extremely popular trick or...
I’ve always found big storms exciting. There’s something about being tucked up safely inside with the wind and the rain lashing at the windows, that’s comforting and exhilarating at the same time. But...
There’s nothing like a browse through the aisles at People’s Pharmacy to make me realize that Halloween has changed – partly because time has marched on, partly because Hallmark are so good at convinc...
