Sneakily I was pretty chuffed with our bread dough creations from last week, but of course there is always boss above boss when it comes to handmade treasures. Australia houses a lot of amazing artists and I know many of you love buying handmade pieces but you do need to know where to find them so I love sharing some my latest discoveries with you. This week’s handmade medal has to [read more]
As a mum of four I have my work cut out for me with all those birthday parties and with four birthdays in August it really is time for me to get my wiggle on. I’ll admit that I wasn’t looking forward to all those celebrations but when I stumbled upon Party! The ultimate kids’ party book I felt a whole lot lighter straight away. This amazing book might well become my kids’ party [read more]
Last week I shared on Facebook some photos of a little craft activity I did with the kids for hip daddy’s birthday (to be honest it was more for their own enjoyment but that doesn’t matter). They really enjoyed it and as a few readers emailed me to ask for the recipe I thought I’d share it here for all to enjoy. Back at primary school in my home [read more]
Life is not easy when you are two going on twenty. Miss Juliet is trying hard to get along with the twins but sometimes she is just a tad too young to keep up. While the twins are doing great eating at the big dinner table she is clearly not ready, wiggling around, hopping on and off and making a mess. Luckily we’ve recently found [read more]
With four children in the house it is always busy. They’re a gorgeous bunch but they make lots of mess and dirty laundry, it is almost impossible to keep up with it and if one or more of them are sick it is even harder. Especially now that the twins are attending kindy they often come home with coughs and colds, I can’t avoid that [read more]
It is hard to believe but three months have passed since we brought our littlest family member home from hospital (it feels like yesterday!) and before we know it she’ll be starting solids. Our other three children were early starters, taking their first bites at 4 months old, so I better read up on what the latest recommendations are. With four small children I may not have [read more]
Here I was thinking my life would get easier once the twins were big enough to reach the tap and wash their own hands. I guess I should be happy they remember to wash their hands after going to the toilet but boy, can these two make a mess. Wet sleeves, wet mirror, wet ground and soap everywhere, now I spend my time drying the [read more]