geek parenting done right
It’s always been a tragedy to me that I reached adulthood just as Halloween started to really pick up in Australia. But that’s the great thing about having kids – you get to get back in touch with your inner child and do all the Halloween crafts and trick or treating your little heart desires. […]
The Book: Cinnamon by Neil Gaiman What’s It About? Cinnamon was a princess with pearl eyes, a long time ago, in a small hot country, where everything was very old. Cinnamon did not talk and could not see. Mango trees, a parrot, and a beautiful room in the palace do nothing to help the teachers […]
If someone asks me to think of a quintessentially Australian experience, I automatically think of ANZAC Day. It perfectly demonstrates the dichotomy of Australian culture – we attend deeply respectful services in the morning, then we have a craic playing two up and listening to yarns in the afternoon. We are a nation of larrikins, […]
So for Easter I normally just give people a packet of chocolate eggs and an Elegant Rabbit in the plastic shopping bag they came in. Gorgeous I know. Since I’ve started this blog, I seem to be slowly morphing into a Pinterest mum who not only does crafts but manages to package presents. When I […]
We all know toddlers love mess. Oh my god do they love it. This is possibly the messiest craft activity I have ever seen, but it was so much fun it was almost worth the mess. Almost. Watching the glee on a toddler’s face as they squelch and smoosh shaving cream is definitely something everyone […]
I am definitely not a Pinterest mum. I rarely do crafts with my son, mainly because I know from everything that comes home in his bag that daycare already has that covered, but also because my mum is insanely creative and regularly does elaborate crafts with her grandkids – the most recent one was the […]