Though the days are (sometimes exceptionally) long, it seems that every lovely, elderly lady at my local supermarket is correct. The years are short, and every few months I get a sudden pang of fear that it’s all happening too quickly, that my babies are gone and that pretty soon they will be fighting over…
THEY LOVE HIM BEST
I make breakfast, lunch and dinner most days. I gently stick on band-aids and wipe away tears. I wipe their bums and clean their clothes. I find their lost toys. I distribute treats and conjure up surprises. I love them fiercely. Yet who is it that they race for the moment they wake up every…
JUST HANGING IN THERE
Just like a beautiful butterfly emerges from the cocoon, a mummy is born the moment your new baby is lovingly placed in your arms….. Really? Who comes up with this stuff? I get the cocoon part. When I was pregnant with my first child, I wrapped myself in cotton wool. In the early months (8…
DUST AND DONUTS : THE NOORAT SHOW
I totally would have sacrificed my Pretty In Pink barbie doll to win the title of “Miss Noorat Show Girl” circa ANYTIME in the early ‘80’s. To this day, I am uncertain whether it was a bold, feminist stance made by my mother, or more likely due to the fact that I was one of…
THE DAY NO ONE PEED IN AISLE 5 – LIVING THE DREAM
Oh I live a glamorous life indeed. This morning I popped in to the shops and did a quick spot of grocery shopping. Yes; I am a mum, and yes, I did put the word ‘quick’ in a sentence about grocery shopping. Obviously I was kid free. The tiny wreckers were being looked after and…
Not Kidlo’ing
KIDLOLAND APP REVIEW I was gifted this app subscription to give it a whirl, but opinions are all my very own. Is there anything more satisfying than popping balloons on the iPad? Squishing falling paint drops? Bursting monster balloons with one almighty tap? Well…maybe finding $50 in your old jeans pocket comes close, but finding…
TICK IT OFF THE LIST
I am a Mummy. I speak for the kids. Sound familiar to you at all? Any of the kids in your life go wild for Dr Seuss’ The Lorax? Did they spend some time speaking “Banana” like the Minions from Despicable Me? Well, the Illumination team has reunited again to put together Sing, a movie which brings…
PARTIED LIKE IT WAS 1999
Freedom Friday was flapping wildly at me all week, because the husband and I had pulled out the big guns and secured a babysitter. It was time to dress up, go dancing, get my rock chick on and do some socialising with other adults at a bar. Or…actually…was I meant to dress down? Was dancing…
BONZA BARZURA
You know when you find a place that just ‘fits’? …a place where the food ventures slightly east of your comfort zone, the smiles of the staff and patrons are wide and the view is a complete jaw-dropper? Well, my friends; I found it. Today was ‘taste the freedom’ Tuesday; my work day when both…
SOMETIMES LIFE’S A BEACH
Yesterday I had a glorious morning. I posted the obligatory Instagram shot of the #kids #enjoyingthesunshine at #coogeebeach, and then began packing up. Obviously the kids were NOT impressed. And so it began. She (Her Royal Threenager the First) was HUNGRY. Despite the fact that I had packed lunch and given it her earlier, I…