Embracing the messy, mundane & momentous
Parenting is full of milestones, and they come thick and fast in the early years. The first smile, first steps, first time they sleep through the night. And the “firsts” continue: their first day of school, first time they lose a tooth, first time they ride a bike without training wheels. So many firsts!! There…
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you would have seen that the world has gone a “little” (major understatement) mad for Marie Kondo. My social media feed has been flooded with pics of perfectly folded clothes, captioned with Kondo “lingo”. People all over the world are getting their #kondo on, posting prolifically on social…
People often ask me what it’s like to be a working mum with four kids. And there’s really only one word that comes to mind: intense. You see, life is set to a default setting of “busy” when you’re wrangling multiple little people. But when you add work pressures, social commitments, school obligations and extended…
5 ways to calm the chaos – How I am coping with busy Lately I’ve been struggling with the pace of life. I am parenting and ‘adulting‘ at a fast and furious speed and it’s not sustainable. I’ve been in this position before and I know if I don’t switch gears I’ll combust. Plus, we are…
Miss J turned eight last week and we celebrated with a party at home. The birthday girl couldn’t decide if she wanted a craft party, or a movie party, so we decided to do both! Given we now only do parties once every second year (best decision ever) I figured we could double the fun!…
My darling Miss J, Happy 8thbirthday! As I write those words I feel it must be some sort of mistake. How can you possibly be eight years old already? I am sure you were born just yesterday. Never does the expression, “The days are long but the years are short” resonate more than on birthdays….
What’s the hardest part of your day? Is it the morning rush, the after school activities, or the bath, books, bed routine at night? None of these things are easy, but I am going to guess that getting a meal on the table at night rates pretty highly. Without a doubt it is the most…
To daycare or not to daycare? This has been the dilemma I have faced over the past few months. My struggle is not unique. Hundreds of thousands of parents in Australia wrestle with the question of whether to place their child in daycare. But I have never been through this, until now. And the internal…
