We sent out the Cappers’ birthday invites yesterday and it suddenly hit me that she’s nearly ten. Cue enormous quantities of nostalgia. My Cappers has always been a delightful kid to parent and her first decade really snuck up on me. At least, I think that’s true. I don’t know any more. I had a three kids…
Archives for September 2015
10 achievable ways to limit screen time
I’ve been banging on about limiting screen time for a while now, but I’m aware that it’s a lot easier said than done. I think the awareness of how bad overuse of screens can be for kids is growing and growing, but so is the sense of overwhelm. Technology is such a modern paradox. On…
Weekend Rewind | Stubborn
It’s been a hectic couple of weeks, mainly because I refuse to acknowledge that I can’t be a SAHM and a working mum at the same time. It’s always been a bit like that, but with a new full-time job to learn, my head is well and truly spinning right now. The good news is…
A simply scrummy lemon and zucchini loaf
I’ve gone a bit mad for the loaves lately. I can’t stop making them. There was the dateable date loaf which I made three times last week (two were for gifts, stand down) and I’ve already made this zucchini and lemon loaf twice this week… both times for us. Outrageous! The thing with a loaf…
Dirt fun in the backyard
Instead of screens today, why not play in the dirt outside? My girls are a dynamic creative duo and the other day they spent a goodly amount of time under the house scraping out some ‘clay’. I didn’t even know there was clay under the house, but it turns out there was a very clingy kind of…
People’s sense of entitlement is killing me slowly
Last Friday night I was door bitch at the Sydney Oxfam Trailwalker. This involved monitoring the front gate of the car park and directing traffic from 7 pm until 3 am. I’d love to be one of the people who was walking 100km to raise money for this amazing organisation, but the ol’ knees start barking…