geek parenting done right
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 […]
Last minute gifts are my thing. Disorganised shoppers unite!! Every Christmas I tell myself to be organised. I start making lists upon lists in October and yet I always end up dashing out to Westfield during their 36 hour shopapalooza amazed at how many other people are there at 1AM. But not this year! This […]
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 […]
One of my favourite Christmas traditions has always been the office Secret Santa. I love the challenge of buying a present for someone I don’t really know that well. Just when I felt like I had it in the bag, my work threw a spanner into the works. This year, instead of being allocated a person, […]
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 […]
While I appreciate that the holidays are pretty much all about the unhealthy food, I have a particular loathing for the chocolate inside advent calendars. Life is just too damn short for cheap chocolate. This is the first year that Bear is old enough for an advent but he really is too young for chocolate, so I […]
Oh my god you guys. Is it just me or did Christmas come way faster this year? I feel like I just turned around at Easter and boom, I’m locating ornaments and planning Christmas lunch. While we read to Bear year round, I do enjoy bringing the Christmas books into the rotation, if only to […]