geek parenting done right
So Australia Day – yet another public holiday to entertain the kids on after Christmas, with the added benefit of being truly stinking hot. Oh hooray. I always love curling up in the aircon and reading some good old Aussie picture books on Australia Day, but there’s only so much Possum Magic someone can read […]
So I am probably the most organised disorganized person that ever lived. Sound confusing? My natural state is for my house to be a cluster, to be permanently running late and to dress in last nights nachos stained track pants. Being organised is something I constantly strive for and I mostly get there. Mostly. I always […]
Brisbane is a lovely place to live, but for two months out of the year, the heat is almost unbearable. It’s sticky and humid and just plain horrid. You can tell yourself that its the price we pay for never having winter, but sometimes you just need another way to deal. To help you avoid […]
My one word for 2017 is fear. I’ve spent most of my life being terribly anxious but feeling the need to keep a lid on the crazy to stop anyone else knowing. If I make a social misstep I will go out of my way to never see those people again, and then imagine they […]
While Bear’s true love will always be the Octonauts, he’s started having a dalliance with Thomas. His love of keeping Thomas Minis in every room of the house cripples his parents on a regular basis – those things are the new goddamn Lego. They multiply at the speed of light and hurt like the blazes […]
I’ve never really been a person with a lot of Christmas traditions. I mean I like Christmas and all but when it comes to holidays, I’ve always been more about Easter than Christmas. It’ll come to no surprise to anyone following my Instagram feed that I am fairly food-centric so a holiday centering around small […]
Traditionally my little family has always celebrated our own Christmas on Christmas Eve. This is because on Christmas Day we are generally travelling between my in-laws and my own family so there’s no time for us to chill on our own. 2016 is the exception however as we have volunteered to host two separate Christmas […]
Well, here it is. My birthday. Today I am sprightly 34 year old woman. I remember thinking as a teenager that anything after 30 sounded so old it was practically decrepit and yet here I am! Another year older, another year, well not not wiser really. I’m not sure this year has made me the […]
When I first thought of this topic, I thought the day that changed your life would have to be something huge. Like meeting my husband, and knowing that I would never feel alone again. Or maybe the day I graduated high school and finally entered the ‘real world’. Or even the day I found out […]
After last years Santa photo debacle, we are trying to gently introduce Bear to the concept of Santa Claus. To that end, we’ve been introducing Christmas books and movies, so he can see Santa as a benevolent figure and not someone to be frightened of. I’ve already talked Christmas books on the blog, so today […]