I have discovered how totally controversial finding out the gender of your unborn child is. I always thought it was something you did or didn’t do without a whole heap of thought. But, now that the envelope has sat on our kitchen bench we have been in turmoil over all the reasons why we should [...]
It is beginning to feel a lot like summer here which is beautiful. The kids are wanting to be outside all the time which has the added benefit of leaving my house with fewer toys scattered around. They still insist that I be outside with them most of the time but who really minds in [...]
Well, all that stress of our snow trip was, as usual, a waste of time. We were warm, we stayed dry, Milla was well and had no issues with her ears up the mountain – and although it did snow – we weren’t snowed in! Actually in truth we had a quality family holiday. We [...]
We are off to the snow tomorrow morning. It will be our longest car trip and the very first holiday to the winter wonderland with baby. I am incredibly nervous about the whole thing which is strange because the prospect of a holiday brought about nothing but excitement pre-baby. I just see it as a [...]
My husband and I travelled far and wide to find the perfect dog and it just so happened that the day we put our deposit down for our beautiful pure bred German Shepherd, we discovered we were pregnant with Milla. Weeks later when we went to pick him up and take him home, I asked [...]
Since my husband has been on holidays, things have really gotten out of control in the household. Milla’s routine is completely out of sync with human kind, the house is a pigsty as many odd jobs have been started and are incomplete, and my exercise regime has been replaced with leisurely walks to the cafe [...]
I realised today how often I sing to Milla and I came to the conclusion that I may well sing more words in a day than speak them. I then spent the rest of the day quietly observing how often my husband sang to Milla, and he too appeared to sing more than speak. Unhealthy. [...]
We had thought that the kids would enjoy a trip to the museum, particularly as there is a new dinosaur exhibition and you all know about my children’s fascination with dinosaurs. So off we went. It wasn’t until we were walking around trying to weave our way through the crowds that I realised what an [...]
For a while now, I’ve been taking my little one to the Story Time sessions at the local library. We both love it. Milla is highly amused by the various props Serena pulls out of her red velvet bag, and I get to be the nutty mother who sings and dances to the lullabies we [...]
To my children our family is the most normal in the world. It is the only family that they really know, we are the only parents they have and so our little home is their world and the way the world should be. That being so I am always conscious of what things my little [...]