Do you find you get ‘cabin fever’ when you have a few home day, especially due to illness? Here are a few ideas of ways to turn some of the mundane into a bit of madness and make some fun memories with your kids doing every-day things! Have a try and see how many laughs you [...]

When I think of the birthdays I have celebrated, there is so much variance. As a child, I have memories of going to Dreamworld one year and of having birthday pool-parties in our backyard. I think of the cakes shared in the classroom at school, and of family gatherings with my aunts and uncles.   As [...]

Linking up with Kate Says Stuff for “Thankful Thursday”, this week in Haiku. (A Japanese poem with varied forms, I’ve gone with the simple “five-seven-five” syllable pattern.)   A day to myself No children to think about Now what should I do?   Maybe a massage Or I could go for a spa Hmm… Maybe do [...]

Sunday 8:30pm Got home from huge day. Went online to do final thinfew things #SadNews #Shocked #HeadedOverToFriendsPlace   Monday 12:02am Went to Google something on phone already!  #Doh 4:05am Home sweet home. Ready for head to hit the pillow #Yippeee 4:20am Head hits pillow. Baby wakes. Starts day. #GoingToBeLongDay 09:00am Dear Toddler. Today is not the day [...]

In a few places recently, I’ve had to tick my employment status. Normally I’d just tick the “Home Duties” box and be on my merry way with the rest of the survey, but the last few times there hasn’t been this option. So where did I fit?   Well, I’m a student learning about my [...]