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 …

A Warning About Finding Yourself

Most people, according to my limited social media research, will embark on some kind of soul searching in their 30's. It represents a time of significant growth, and after all the fun of your 20s and slowly become more adult-like with adult responsibilities and other grown up things, the mid 30s life crisis seems to …

Mummy Lifting

I feel like my journey as a Mother has been lived out at a time of phenomenal change, and I put most of that down to the huge influence and involvement social media has in our lives. A common theme on social media of late has been "mum shaming". A term thrown about that means what …

Bittersweet Celebrations

This weekend we celebrated a year since my son was diagnosed with the autoimmune disease, Type 1 Diabetes, with his first ever Diaversary. A year ago we finally surrendered to the subtle hints his eight year old body was giving us that he was in the very early stages of his pancreas giving up the fight. …

Growing Beans

If you ever have to create a science experiment for children I suggest growing beans. They're incredibly fast growing, like super fast, so the results are great. The same goes for growing humans, if you want to see one grow quickly, get yourself a baby and then blink. One minute they're just a nuggety lump …