Bye bye house with the crazy pink carpet! … [Read more...]
Kids Live Here
These are the Golden Days
The other day I was buying one of Smalls's birthday presents, and I couldn't resist getting myself a little something too. This These are the Golden Days print sums up pretty much exactly how I feel about parenting my two- and three-year-old right now. They are hilarious. And totally adorable. One serious, verbose, sensitive, kind, and … [Read more...]
My Parenting Style, Summed up in One Image
Smalls is two today. And as I was going through the photos of her first birthday party (it was a Peter Rabbit theme complete with carrot cake because of course), I came across this one I forgot. I had tried to order cupcakes from a friend who is much better at decorating them than I am, but she had to pull out at the last minute, which meant my … [Read more...]
Kids live here
Do your kids just eat one bite out of everything and put the rest back? … [Read more...]
Imperfect mothering
A little while ago, Rachel from A Mother Far From Home emailed me and asked me some curly questions about my parenting. She was going to compile them so her readers could feel a little reassured that we're all just trying to do our best, and that nobody is perfect. I'm so imperfect I couldn't even get my reply email back to her on time! I … [Read more...]
Kids Live Here
Tiny tyrants have taken over the house. It's kinda fun. But I'm not gonna lie, I can't wait until they can pick up their own tipped-out pencils twelve times a day. What's it like at yours? What are you sick to death of doing for the eight-millionth time? … [Read more...]
Picasso Baby (otherwise entitled “My Kid Won’t Stop Drawing on Shit”)
I have a kid who is obsessed with drawing. She will draw anywhere, at any time. If the house is quiet and I'm not sure where she's gone? She's at this table, drawing. Or she's drawing on the bathroom floor. Or the hallway walls. Or the kitchen table, her bed, the carpet, herself, the closet in my bedroom, and all of her dolls and teddies. She … [Read more...]
Grateful
When I worked in vacation care, the parents (mostly mums) would come and drop their kiddos to us and I'd ask the little ones what they'd like to do that day. Painting? Colouring? Play dough, musical statues, popsicle stick craft, you name it, we could do it. It sounded like a hell of a lot of fun (and it was) and sometimes I felt a little sorry for … [Read more...]