Sleep

Most parents can only dream of sleep. It's one of the most discussed topics in parenting circles. Your children are either awesome at it, or crap at it, and it's the olympic gold of parenting if they are champions of sleep. It's a tricky thing, because if you get a sleeper you have to keep …

Will- A Journey with Type 1 Diabetes

  Will is the eldest of our three boys. He was born a perfectly formed little human, a whopping 4.48kg and all pudgy and lovely. When Will was 8 years old, he was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the cells in the pancreas that produce insulin. …

Blowing Off Steam

We have new neighbours and I had great plans for these neighbours. My current neighbourhood is well aware that my children often don't listen. They know that it takes a lot of reminding to get beds made, teeth cleaned and bags packed for school. They know when I find a toilet floor decorated with pee. …

Riding in Shopping Carts with Boys

I've committed myself to one of my least favourite tasks with my son these school holidays, clothes shopping. It's never been easy with this one, he is fussy but consistently inconsistent in his choices. He carefully selects random items that meet his approval. He'll love something one week and then detest a similar item a …

Kicking Goals

I'm so glad I didn't have to play football this weekend. Look, there was never any risk of that happening, but as I watched my nine year old play football for his local team, I was extremely grateful that I wasn't one of those kids out there under all of that pressure. I love sport …

Bricks and Broken Dreams

I've been pretty quiet on the blogging front lately, and with good reason. You see we've been very busy chasing our dream home and it's consumed absolutely all of my time, my energy and my, well, life. It's a tale of manifested dreams slowly coming to life, being so close, and then watching it all fall …

Mother’s Day. Or so you think…

It's Mother's Day tomorrow. Or is it? Is it next week? No one knows. No one knows because Mum wants you to sort it out for yourself. The shops will confuse you because they've been getting ready for this for ages because you probably don't want to miss the one day you show mum how much …

A Dash of Enlightenment

I'll give you a heads up, this post is about a Kardashian. I've given you an out should you want one, no judgement. If you are still here, awesome. I like the Kardashians. I can't really say why because I don't know, I just do. I'm a fan but I'm very aware that they're not everyone's …

School “Holidays”

I remember this day so well. I remember taking this photo to send to my husband who had been dodging my calls all day. He was dodging the calls because he knew I'd be asking how many hours, minutes and seconds it would be until he returned to the trenches and helped me with the …

My Grubby Loves

I've tried to get my children to be clean, to be hygienic, I really have. But despite my best efforts, my little loves insist on being filthy little creatures. Filthy! Tonight my youngest left the bathroom, looked at his unwashed hands and declared, "I don't have germs." And that was it. I remind them every …