They said she couldn’t, so she did!
I haven’t shared about the older kids for a while. It is tough to share stuff about them as they get older. I am more aware of how it will affect them and also, I have been really fortunate that we have had no real issues with either one of the teens. But this is […]
Burps, farts and other (apparently) age appropriate behaviour
Emma: “Mom! I just made a fart” Jack: “wahahahahahahahaha mom, did you hear Emma made a fart.” Emma walks up to me and licks me on my face. Jack: “Dad, when I was in the car with mom I made a big fart” Emma and Jack: “buuuuuurrrrrp” Emma: “Mom smell my underarm hahahahahahahaha” said as […]
5 Reasons your child should play KFC mini-cricket
Who has been or is currently doing KFC mini-cricket with their little ones? We did it with Cameron and it really is super cute to watch. It is a great way to get them involved in sports from an early way because it is organised and they learn the rules of the game. Obviously sport […]
Zoom In: What do our afternoons look like?
One of the questions I get asked a lot – like daily, is “how do you do it?”. I generally smile and shrug but I thought it might be fun to share with you guys what it really looks like to do what I do. It might be fun to look back at it one […]
What toys do your kids REALLY need?
In her guest post last week Zoe mentioned that Harley likes to play with the most “unintentional toys, like USB sticks, old gaming controllers“. Kids are generally like this, you spend a fortune on the best, highly recommended educational toys and they end up spending hours with the box it all came in. We try not […]
The toddler has enough attitude for us all.
I try not to say “the girls” or “the boys” but it is hard when both the girls are so similar and the boys are so similar. It could be argued that it is the way I have “nurtured” them but they have grown up in different circumstances and been parented by different people, so […]
5 Tips To Get Your Child To Study On Their Own
June is exam month, both the bigger kids are busy. Cameron is done tomorrow and Kiara ends on Thursday. Jack’s class is also busy with assessments, even though he will be doing R again, he is still doing the assessments. One of the moms at Emma’s swimming asked me this morning how I was coping […]
Parenting never really gets easier.
You know how everyone says “It gets easier.”, in an attempt to talk an exhausted mom off a ledge? Well I have come to the conclusion that parenting never really gets easier. I think, rather, we get used to the fact that very little will be easy and simple again. We are still dealing with […]
Mommy, I need you. Dealing with toddler separation anxiety
I always feel because I have four kids I can make comparisons and statements and say things like “she is very hyper active” or “that’s not normal” because I have a sample pool of kids to compare to. Currently we are dealing a rather frustrating case of toddler separation anxiety. It could be that I […]
To them, it is not just a sport.
Cameron is busy with exams, so like all of us, he had exam procrastination on Sunday so decided to sort out his cupboards. He was standing on a chair and fell and hurt his arm. Initially I didn’t think much of it, he mentioned it in passing I assumed it was just a bit of […]