This is a photo of Milla after scoffing a bowl of yummy spaghetti bolognaise (my mum’s recipe of course). The photo brought back some simple but warm childhood memories for me. Remember happily playing and hearing the words, “Dinner’s Ready!”? Remember sitting up at the table and being presented with your meal of which you [...]
Last weekend I turned 21…oh, alright 31. Anyway, I usually dread the day and find myself heavily contemplating life and re-assessing my goals. This time it was different and for the first time in many years I loved my birthday! Milla was the reason. She caused me to happily reminisce about birthdays – blowing out [...]
The so-called ‘terrible twos’ have hit our household. I thought this would be something I could deal with quite well – I mean, if I can command the attention and successfully discipline 60 odd school children at one time, surely I can deal with one little, almost two year old girl, right? Wrong. I find [...]
Just thought I’d show you a little of the fun things that have been filling our days. Here is what we did yesterday- dress ups. So all we did was cut out the shapes from poster paper, which is always handy to have around, draw on them and then stick them to our clothes with [...]
This is why I get the ‘mother of the year’ award once again. I watched while my three year old son convinced my two year old daughter to lie down on the tiles while he jumped over her. It was like watching a stuntman, I was transfixed by the drama, the risk of injury. I [...]