I work three days a week. I am very careful to separate my work persona from my home persona. So much so that one of the girls at work didn’t even know I had three children. A couple of weeks ago, on one of my work days, it was my daughter’s birthday and on the… Continue Reading
It’s the school holidays. How many times have your kids said ‘I’m bored’? My great aunt (who is now 93) banned the word bored from our house very early on. If we said bored, she gave us an equally unattractive job to do. I think she must have been on the same wavelength as I… Continue Reading
Last weekend, we went to visit my dear grandma in a little country town, about 5 hours west of Sydney. She moved off the family farm about 10 years ago and now has a cosy little town house that my kids were instantly at home in. The town she lives in is the town I… Continue Reading
Newton was a revolutionary physician and mathematician in the 1600s that coined the term ‘For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction’. Little did he know that his third law could have so much relevance in the 21st century, but for different reasons. One of the biggest lessons we can teach our school… Continue Reading
Lately, the idea of ‘investing time’ has played on my mind. For the last few weeks, I have really noticed that each individual facet of my life flourishes when I put the time in – not all at once, but individual time. Like all mums, I have lots of time pressures – work, blog, children,… Continue Reading
A couple of weeks ago my daughter turned 5. She wanted a Peppa Pig cake and Peppa Pig is what she got! Since my 9-year-old daughter was 1 years old, my husband and I have made some pretty good cakes (if I say so myself!). I usually bake them and make the icing and my husband… Continue Reading