Thanks so much to Sovereign for sponsoring this post. As part of their #lifetakecharge campaign Sovereign have identified sleep, along with eating well, exercise and happiness, as four essential pillars to well being and I couldn’t agree more! Sleep (and in many cases, the lack thereof) can be all …
{look away Uncle Kenny, look away!} My Little Hippo is still breastfeeding. I remember saying to Dave and my mum about 3 months ago, “I just want him to keep going until we are done with his surgery and then he can quit whenever he …
Pass the wine. For the past 13 months I have been self-righteously patting myself on the back, mentally high-fiving because the huge age gap between our kids has been a huge non-event. And truth be told it hasn’t been difficult in any of …
Today, on the eve of Nixon’s first birthday, I woke up without having left my bed at all {!!!!!!!!!} the night before. My serial night-feeder only woke once and settled himself back to sleep after about 5 minutes of fussing. This is a huge deal for …
While I was up north on the girls trip, Ethan and Dave spent Saturday at the Auckland Zoo. They had such a primo day, the weather was great and the animals were pretty frisky from all accounts!
After a beautiful weekend up North at Mangawai Heads with some lovely ladies (thanks Ro!), I returned home to a stunning day and my two boys playing in the back yard. After some work in the vege garden and a nap for Ethan we headed …
The unthinkable has happened, Ethan’s favourite ride-on-plastic-fantastic motorbike has done it’s last jump, completed its last lap around the yard, and had it’s last crash into Mum’s garden. The rear axle has blown out, we are still waiting for an insurance quote at this stage, …
We had such a great time! All of Ethan’s mates looked soooo cute, we had a yummy dinner, thanks everyone who brought a plate! and I think all of the spooky guests hadlots of fun Trick or Treating!
Because I have 3 exams this semester and they start on :::::::THURSDAY:::::::, the boys spent the morning out and about so I could have peace and quiet to study. After hitting up a big garage sale where Ethan decided he needed to purchase some book-ends …