I am sitting here on a Tuesday evening watching a rerun of The Truman Show, and I realised that our lives sometimes tend to play out like another episode of our favourite show: get up, make sure the kids are fed, changed, cuddled and off to school, go to work, do a grocery shop, sit in traffic, make dinner, have a shower, go to bed... and repeat. It's so important to ensure we ... Read More
The Working Mom’s Guide to Getting Out the Door in the Morning
If you’re like me, a busy working mom, then you know what that 6am – 8am bracket looks like most days. There’s always potential for perfect mornings as you hit 7.30am and then your toddler doesn’t want to put shoes on and has a meltdown in the middle of the carpet or your baby spits up all over his freshly changed outfit as you keep a beady eye on the clock. With two kids in ... Read More
Five Months In: Life As a Family of Four
So, this last week my little Oliver Pop turned 5 months. I mean, that is almost HALF A YEAR. Where on earth has the time gone? I cannot believe that he’s no longer a tiny squish of a newborn, but a wriggly kicking baby full of life and giggles and toe nibbles. If I have to look back at the last few months, there are moments of absolute clarity but plenty of blurred days and ... Read More
How One Dad Makes His Kids Day, Everyday [Instafan]
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When I spend time wandering through Instagram, I look predominantly at these six things: Makeup & hair tutorials – I absolutely love watching people transforming their look through makeup or clever hair styles, whether it’s as heavy as contouring (something I’ll probably never try in a million years) or as light as a flourished cat eye. Food inspiration – I ogle at ... Read More
Before & After: DIY Toddler Room Revamp
So as soon as I knew I was pregnant with Baby Number Two, I knew that we’d need to eventually move Ben into his new ‘big-boy’ bedroom. Problem was, his new bedroom was our home office SLASH dumping ground for camping equipment, extra jackets and shoes, stationery cupboard and general household bric-a-brac. There.was.a.lot.to.do. Bring on the July school holidays. Since I had ... Read More