This year it will be four years since I started Hip little one, I can’t believe how much it has grown and it all began with a simple ‘Where did you get that?’ from people around me. I am not the only one who loves hearing that, the lovely mums behind online store Where Did You Get That? love it too. In fact they have [read more]
This year it will be 7 years since I moved to Australia, I can’t believe how quick those years have flown by. In some ways I still feel very much like a foreigner, but in others I feel totally settled in. When my family comes to visit they are amazed by how Australian I am now, I (almost) sound like a true Aussie and our pantry [read more]
Two cousins, our lovely neighbour’s boy and three of my own little ones, we have so many kids birthdays coming up and of course I want to find the perfect gift for everyone. Because I am pretty busy as it is (four little ones are hard work!) I prefer one-stop-shopping: one shop, one stop and everything ticked of my to-buy list in one go. Itty [read more]
When a new baby enters the family it can be quite challenging to keep everyone happy. Even though my older three are quite used to sharing my attention it still took them a couple of weeks for them to get used to the new addition and sometimes having to wait a few minutes when I am feeding or changing her. Especially during the school holidays [read more]
When it comes to toys our little miss 2.5 often tags along with the big two, she loves joining in with their board games and outdoor play and it is easy to forget she is only two. Yet other times I see her enjoy a real toddler toy and she can be so happy with it, like when she got given LeapFrog Farm Mash-Up. LeapFrog [read more]
Two weeks of school holidays is a long time when you are four. While we had lots of fun and did plenty of nice things together the twins are very happy to go back to kindy today and I’m glad they love it there. One of the biggest hits these holidays was this Little Town Puzzle ($19.95) by Bamboletto, the kids can’t get enough of [read more]
With four young children in our house we have a big supply of toys. We have the smaller, cheaper kind of toys that they play with for a while until they break and end up in the bin or they go to op-shop. We also have a few beautiful, bigger toys that are a bit of investment but are made to last and hopefully will [read more]