Well, it looks like I have to plan a lockdown birthday. It's Ethan's birthday soon and like any other soon to be 6 year old (wait, nope. I don't think there's another like him) he knows exactly what he wants. The first thing to sort out are his gifts, as we need these couriered and … Continue reading Birthday Gift Ideas for a 6 year old
I grew up with Fisher-Price toys. I'm sure most of us did. I remember playing on one of those old school tv's when I was younger. Matthew used an activity table that we still own, 9 years later and Harper has a chatter telephone (one similar to one my sister had more than 30 years … Continue reading Fisher-Price Smartwatch – Review
Sigh, it's been 4 months since my last blog post. I just haven't had the mental capacity to find the right words. Even this post is a stretch for me. Today marks 100 days since we’ve been socially distancing. 100 days since the kids were last at school and had any interaction with other children … Continue reading 100 Days
There's a lot about having multiple kids that people don't tell you. Like how much fighting there will be, how loud they can be, how they care for each other and love on one another. They also learn from their siblings and I love that Matthew can read to his brother and sister. When Matthew … Continue reading Ella & Ziggy
I started this post with a bit of a negative vibe. I was going to talk about being close to the anniversary of my mom's passing. Of how different things are, yet still so the same. I was going to go on about how much I miss her still and how I wish she was … Continue reading Positivity for 2020
Black Friday is on 29 November this year. I'm not one to set my alarm for midnight so that I am the first to get into the specials. But what I always do is put items in my wishlists year round. This way, I always have access to the things I like (also, I have … Continue reading Superbalist Black Friday Showdown
Dear Diary is a little thing I used to do a while ago. It would be the safest way to let out my frustrations, anger, gratitude for people I won't/don't want to say it to face to face. It's also a way of getting things off my chest that is bothering me. Dear Daddy Thank … Continue reading Dear Diary
A few weeks ago, we had our very first house break in. We had only been in the new house for 3 months and were still in the process of putting in an alarm system. The Friday before the break in, we noticed that one of the vibracrete slabs had been broken and pushed … Continue reading A break in, a flooding, coping mechanisms
Motherhood has been kicking my butt the last few months. I'm trying to keep it real here but it's not always easy to post about the sucky bits of life. Most of us want people to think we have our shit together, that the house is always clean, the kids are always well behaved, that … Continue reading I’m sucking at motherhood
Something a little different today. I'm interviewing Margaret Faasen, the amazing pastry chef and owner of Nectar & Spice. If you don't know, Nectar & Spice is an artisanal sweet boutique specialising in baked pastries, cakes and decorated sugar cookies. She's created cookies for me for Harper's first birthday, Christmas cookies, teacher gifts, and my … Continue reading Nectar & Spice – an interview (PLUS WIN)
