The Bug in the Photo Frame

The Bug in the Photo Frame

You know those little annoying 5min jobs that you put off and put off until it becomes so ridiculous that you haven’t done it yet that the job just becomes a write off?  No?  Perfect?  Well done. Some of our friends in San Diego framed 

Changing Moods

Changing Moods

One month on and the stress of moving house {2 houses in our case} is fading and life is settling into a new routine; one which feels deliciously concrete and complete. As we packed, cleaned, organized then reversed the process in our new house and 

House Update | Week 3

House Update | Week 3

Things are happening! Yesterday was about as good as a Monday gets, or at least better and more calm than last Monday.  We can now find our clothes, shoes and television! A good 35% {I would say} of the interior plastering and painting has been 

Read | The Mums Club, but don’t expect a membership app

Read | The Mums Club, but don’t expect a membership app

Did anyone else read this article published online from the granny-herald and just about puke, or laugh, or laugh while puking? Could the author have picked a more stereotypical gang of hipster milfs if she had canvassed Ponsonby Rd between naptimes?  I doubt it.  I 

Daily Look | The Joy.  Why My Son LOVES the Easter Show

Daily Look | The Joy. Why My Son LOVES the Easter Show

I probably shouldn’t take him on any more rides, look at all the little children having so much fun!  

Daily Look | Nobunny

Daily Look | Nobunny

I may be wrong, but I have a feeling this may be the last year that the “Easter Bunny” visits Ethan : (  Someone I know even went so far as to say that at 7.5 perhaps he should grow up?  Whatever, he has his 

School Holiday Play Tools

School Holiday Play Tools

As happens at the end of every term, Ethan is careering at full speed towards the wall of mental exhaustion, I’m hoping he will last the week so meltdowns can occur safely behind doors (fingers crossed x).  He is ready for the holidays, and I’m 

From Paisley Jade | Things I’m Loving

From Paisley Jade | Things I’m Loving

So many delicious things to choose from this week, I love looking through my phone and getting stoked all over again! I am definitely loving the Praying Mantis population explosion going on right now.  E is enthralled/obsessed with them. Of his own volition he typed 

Sunday; Sustainable Coastlines | Workshops on the Waterfront

Sunday; Sustainable Coastlines | Workshops on the Waterfront

Ethan doesn’t know it yet but he has been enrolled in an art workshop on Sunday!  Yay! He will bitch and moan until a) he finds out he gets to make a marine animal, win! and b) we can go to the fish market afterwards 

352 Days

352 Days

That’s how long it has been since my Dad died of melanoma. I think of him every day, I have conversations with him every day in my head and I talk about him to someone else every day.  I can still smell him every time