About a month ago I wrote this post asking for help on dealing with Daisy's curls (the comments are where the action IS). You see up to this point I have been trying to tame the curls, work against the curls, pretend the curls could get brushed away and it ended in tears for both her and I. Every … [Read more...]
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Things my mother taught me: how to make jam
February 3, 2015 by 23 Comments
My Mum says that when jam is bubbling away on the stove for about 15 minutes, it starts to get a smell about it. A good smell. A smell that takes her straight back to her childhood, into her own kitchen, seeing her own Mum watching the pot and stirring. That’s what I love about cooking, and food. … [Read more...]
Roasted sweet potato, fetta & spinach rigatoni
January 31, 2015 by 24 Comments
If there's one thing I have been craving this pregnancy it's been vegetables. Lots of leafy greens and mushrooms, give me ALL the mushrooms. I've been cooking them up and having them with lots of eggs and on toast and sometimes...pasta. Because sometimes, more carbs is MORE. I usually roast up … [Read more...]
Today is your day
January 29, 2015 by 89 Comments
Harps, it's my job to remember all the bits that you won't growing up and today was a big one. You started School. FINALLY. After asking me over and over if it was Thursday yet, it was and the time was here. It was cold this morning, unseasonably for late January with an autumnal chill in the air. … [Read more...]
Feeding crowds this summer: BBQ shortcuts
January 16, 2015 by 12 Comments
A sponsored post for Woolworths created with Jamie If there is one thing I have been doing while we have been away on Summer holidays, it’s feeding hungry mouths. That’s the thing when you are a Mum, or partial to the entertaining like I am, you tend to keep it going whether you are away or at … [Read more...]
January: A case of the vulnerable, wandering mind
January 14, 2015 by 52 Comments
The last few days I have hit my usual January straps. Much like the way I still get surprised when I get my period even though I KNOW it's coming, it's more of a huh, oh that's right, I've been a little like that, huh January, the past few days. January is always like this for me. It can come later … [Read more...]
Best of BabyMac 2014: September & October
December 29, 2014 by 2 Comments
I’m wrapping up my favourite posts of 2014 this week in the lead up to the new year. Not the best, or most popular, but my favourites. September September I had the realisation (or at least I put into words) about ASKING for what we want in life. It makes things SO much easier for people! Who … [Read more...]
Ipad apps for kids these holidays
December 23, 2014 by 16 Comments
As much as I would like my kids to just read, swim, run around, make forts, draw, sing in the meadows these school holidays (and they WILL if I have anything to do with it) there will be times when the iPad will be called for. For some quiet time. Some travel time. Did I mention some quiet time? I … [Read more...]
5 Christmas Day Lunch shortcuts
December 18, 2014 by 37 Comments
A sponsored post for Woolworths Created with Jamie With Rob and I both having parents that have divorced Christmas time is a VERY busy time indeed. There are 4 potential Christmas lunches, lots of catch ups and for the girls, lots of presents! Throw in catching up with friends from home, other … [Read more...]
Preggo Files #6
December 13, 2014 by 36 Comments
Yeah no. She hasn't. And she's getting reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeal sick of people asking her. And so naturally that means that Rob has been sending her text messages every 30 minutes or so, and I've been sending her this video. It's all fun and games until it's me that's overdue a week isn't it? It's … [Read more...]
Saturday
November 23, 2014 by 67 Comments
I woke up yesterday morning like this: Except instead of the penis add in a pregnant stomach. And instead of the no clothes thing, add a be-draggled mismatch of old clothes I wear to bed with bed head hair instead. Got it? OK, good. You see two things occurred to me on Friday: 1. Drunk … [Read more...]
The Preggo files #3
November 20, 2014 by 57 Comments
NO ONE PANIC. Kate is sporting a bump. PHEW. I wonder how she gets her hair so shiny? Meanwhile back in Titsville Tennesee I can report that there has been another growth spurt in that general vicinity. At this rate it's going to be a race to the finish line between tits and guts with my pin … [Read more...]
Miscellaneous 59
November 7, 2014 by 41 Comments
You guys! I am UP. Vertical! It's a freaking Christmas miracle after two days of being completely wiped out. I don't know if it was all baby, or some bug, but I was SICK. But now, well now I feel OK! I got up and I made lunches and I cooked breakfast, made beds, walked the dog to school, dealt with … [Read more...]
Monday meal ideas: trying to be healthier
October 20, 2014 by 13 Comments
It's the warmer weather, it's the fact that soon enough we have to expose more skin and even get into swimmers, but this time of the year (every year) I find myself on a health kick. For me that means kicking out the carbs and embracing the greens. Salads, salads and more salads...especially when it … [Read more...]
Slow cooked pulled pork (for tacos)
October 2, 2014 by 43 Comments
Sunday night when we had visitors over and I knew we were going to be spending a few hours up at the pub in the sunshine I knew that I needed a dinner that could be bubbling away without any effort on my part, and that could be quickly pulled together when all the hungry bodies walked back in the … [Read more...]
Life lesson #267
September 23, 2014 by 50 Comments
You know something I have discovered in my 37th year of life? People can't read minds. I know! Groundbreaking stuff. But it would seem that I have spent more time than I should have thinking that they did. Friends that SHOULD know that I'm annoyed at them and then try and make it better because … [Read more...]
Frank the Tank
September 16, 2014 by 143 Comments
It's been, oh, say 2 or 3 years now of constant nagging. Asking. Pleading. Polite suggestions. Drawings. Craft. Crying for. Requests for a dog. I have always known it was going to happen, just not sure when. I mean DOG. Mess. Poo. Chewing. Crying. Barking. CHEWING. POO. But then...DOG. Love. … [Read more...]
Sailing in the Whitsundays: The debrief
September 15, 2014 by 22 Comments
So now that we have seen all of the pretty photos of our weekend of sailing now it's time to give the low down on the how it all went. The ins and outs of spending time on a boat sailing for any length of time up here in these beautiful Whithsunday Islands. I have always wanted to do this trip - … [Read more...]
Set it on fire
September 6, 2014 by 93 Comments
This morning I woke up and spent the next hour chasing small people to get ready (fed and dressed) for hockey. Yes, the season was STILL going. If this wasn't enough to make me cranky I had a lost mouth guard, a kid with a sore finger who wouldn't stop complaining about it and a 4 year old who … [Read more...]
High dinner rotation: Sausage pasta
August 21, 2014 by 79 Comments
You know how you have those dinners on your weekly or fortnightly rotation that just keep on getting a run? Well, this dinner is one of those. It's Daisy's favourite dinner...always it's "can we have sausage pasta Mum?" and I am happy to make it, it is DEAD simple, hides all kinds of things and will … [Read more...]
