How is it that I find myself regularly exhausted before 9am? Why is it that my daughter now HATES the jammy toast that I make her every other day, and my son wishes to debate the iPad argument with me EVERY morning? Surely this should be a simple transition. Get up. Get fed. Get dressed….
Lunchbox Letters
I CAN’T BLAME THE PANCAKES : Why Won’t She Sleep?
Pancakes on a Wednesday are over. The special mid week rest day for the new Preppies are over and my baby girl is a full time school girl. Yep…it really is all happening so fast and I am regularly crippled with a moment of panic when on old FB memory flashes up on my phone….
One Small Step; One Giant Leap : Starting Big School
She is ready to take on the world. My baby girl is now a big school girl. In some ways, it really is only a small step for the family. She already knows this school inside and out as her brother is here. But in the big picture, it feels like a giant leap for…
MY SIGNATURE SCENT: “Oh Mumma”
Today, I introduce to you my new signature scent. Step aside Chanel No 5, for it is with great pride I am about to launch the oh so divine scent of 2019, “Oh Mumma”. Oh indeed. Along with my team, I have tried to bottle the strains of my children’s laughter, savour the sight of…
Happy Holidays : Things to do with the kids in Melbourne
Right now I have a hand ruled and written 2 week calendar on my kitchen bench. I am so old school, but I need a constant visual of my upcoming September Holidays Survival Guide. Yes; I cannot wait to skip the crazy morning rush and relax with my kids, HOWEVER, I do know that I…
CHIT CHAT AT THE SCHOOL GATE
How incredibly fast does a school day fly by? One minute you are swinging out the school gate and next thing, BOOM; you’re right back there! As the mum of the ‘new kid’ this year, I have possibly been just as anxious about making friends as my son. It is simply exhausting plastering the,…
DANCING LADY IN RED EMOJI
I officially received the acceptance letter for my baby to start school next year. Is it so wrong to be wildly excited? Is it just not ‘motherly’ to have broken out an insane amount of the red dancing lady emoji in all my recent text messages? Is it a 4 year old (pardon me, 4…
HOW TO LEAVE HOME WITH SMALL KIDS (and other ridiculous thoughts)
‘Leaving home’ with the kids in tow, is to be feared. For it is no longer the simple, ‘grab your keys and jump in the car,’ kinda thrill. It is not the, ‘will I stop and grab a coffee on the way?’ kinda option. Gone are the days of the, ‘let’s just hit the open…
TRANSITIONING TO A NEW SCHOOL
Uniform – tick Cheesy ‘back to school’ haircut – tick Confirmation of school hours (trust me; I nearly screwed this obvious one up) – tick First drop off/parking debacle in peak traffic – tick It seems things are going along OK. My son has just started Year 1 at a new school, in a new…
MY SCHOOL YULE : Letter to my Tribe
Dear School Mums, Dads and Teachers OK; so it may just be the fact that I am sitting here listening to “O Holy Night” by Mariah, and it is making me feel all emotional, but I needed to get a few things down that I wanted to say to you all. Today our son is…
