My kids are a complete mystery to me. Every school morning I pack their lunches. Every school afternoon they arrive home with laden lunchboxes and tell me they weren't hungry or didn't have time to ...
printables
see you later alligator {free printable}
Growing up, my Mum was the queen of prim and proper. We didn't say bum or fart or damn. Smut was not funny and swear words would earn you a cake of sunlight soap of afternoon tea. So you can ...
lunch box ideas
Tomorrow the Little Sister starts kindy. I've been through this once before, but that's no guarantee I won't shed a tear as I walk out the gate tomorrow morning. The first day of kindy (and school ...
early to bed {plus a free bedtime planner}
This post is brought to you by Bupa. The Smyth family is limping towards the finish line of Term 3. Our girls are tired (so are their parents just quietly). When the good folks at ...
school holiday rules {free printable}
There are two kind of parents in this world: those that love the school holidays and those that loathe them. I am both of these parents. The first week I'm all 'look at us still wearing our pyjamas ...
mothering by numbers
Today marks six years since I started my career as a mother. The Big Sister and I have come a long way since I carried her gingerly out of the hospital and, blinking, we stepped into the bright ...