I was thrilled a few months ago now to be contacted by the good people at The Woods Farm in Jervis Bay asking if we'd like to come and stay with them for a few nights - who wouldn't?! And one look at their website and Instagram and I was sold. Cute, quirky accomodation that the girls would LOVE … [Read more...]
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On jumping out of your comfort zone
November 7, 2018 by 12 Comments
I always learn lessons from my kids and toddlers especially seem to be able to show us (very loudly and passionately) how our minds work without the filter of good manners. When Maggie is happy she is REALLY happy. When she is frustrated, man do we all know about it. There's very little in between … [Read more...]
Full & Thorough reporting: The Halloween edition
November 1, 2018 by 4 Comments
We're still reeling from the mother of all sugar come down tantrums from one of our children last night (remain unnamed) but I *think* we had a good time yesterday! Our little village all comes together for a trick or treat with people that want to get involved putting a balloon up out the front of … [Read more...]
Add to Cart is here!
October 21, 2018 by 12 Comments
Friends! The time is here and I am SO excited to be able to finally share with you a special project I have been working on with my sister for the past few months... It's an online shop! Called ADD TO CART! And it's filled with all of my favourite products and brands that I have been using … [Read more...]
Full & Thorough Reporting
October 5, 2018 by 4 Comments
This morning we are hitting the road and heading back home after a week away. We stopped in at the farm for a night, then further north to Byron for another family reunion with Rob's Dad's side of the family that was almost a year in planning - always the way when trying to wrangle so many people. … [Read more...]
Monday meal ideas: What to do with that chicken
September 24, 2018 by 2 Comments
Good morning friends! Hope you had a good weekend? We had a pretty quiet one with lots of chores and pottering about the house and then a little play in the afternoons (all done and dusted by 7pm of course!) And this week is the last before the end of the term....bring it on! I will always find … [Read more...]
Family Favourite: Homemade Pork & chorizo sausage rolls
September 23, 2018 by 4 Comments
We had some friends popping in on their way from Canberra to Sydney a few weeks ago and while they probably just wanted a cuppa I thought I show them my best country hospitality and do a quick lunch and glass of crisp white before they hit the road again. I mean what would Bev do if she had people … [Read more...]
Spring entertaining: Ottolenghi’s one pot roast chook with dates & capers
September 14, 2018 by 4 Comments
The sun is SHINING here today and promises to do so again tomorrow and it just feels like we've turned the corner on winter. That's a big call around these parts, especially when we have the fire on sometimes into November and even around Christmas some times, but the warm days are here. And they … [Read more...]
Cheeky mid week escape to Mt Hay Luxury Retreat
September 12, 2018 by 4 Comments
It took me all of 3 seconds to answer the lovely Louise's email asking me if I would like to come and stay at the gorgeous luxury retreat Mt Hay in Berry, but about 4 months to finally get around to booking in a date that would work for Rob and I, lining up someone to look after the kids, you know … [Read more...]
Every little thing
August 28, 2018 by 30 Comments
I don't know all that much about being married. I know that we spend a lot of time talking about bills, and scheduling diaries and not all that much laying in bed together, holding hands, talking of dreams and goals and generally being besotted with each other. It's not that we aren't besotted … [Read more...]
Reader recipe: A versatile & delicious Yoghurt Cake
August 23, 2018 by 22 Comments
You know what I love? Getting emails from you guys! I get all kinds of ones: requests for recipes or help with cooking or menu planning for a party you might be holding. Asking about taking the plunge for another kid, making a tree change, following up something I posted a while back or just a … [Read more...]
Maggie, her dummies and Maybelle the fairy
August 22, 2018 by 29 Comments
If there's one thing Maggie loves, its her dummies. It's been a passionate love affair from the first night in the hospital when I was SO out of practice with a crying, unsettled, just born baby that a dummy was given to her when I was delirious and she finally settled and slept with it. Sweet … [Read more...]
So the blog turned 12 on the weekend…
August 2, 2018 by 59 Comments
On Sunday the 29th July you know what kicked over? The 12th year of blogging for BabyMac! I know right? How can it be 2 years since I celebrated my 10th blog birthday and yet somehow, just like it's "apparently" August today, it happened. Shall we celebrate? Let me get you a drink. What do you … [Read more...]
Bitter Orange cake with candied fennel seeds
July 31, 2018 by 13 Comments
Last week I was lucky enough to be asked over to a friend's place for coffee after school drop off. The promise of hot coffee, freshly baked cake by a good cook, all at 9.30am in the morning was too good to resist. On a freezing cold but bright and sunny Highlands morning we sat in her beautiful … [Read more...]
A check in & some good things
July 26, 2018 by 4 Comments
Hello friends, how are you? I'm doing good, thanks for asking, and I know that so many of you have, you lovely people. I have had messages, emails, little things from you over the past month since I wrote this post and admitted that I was constantly feeling a bit bluergh and like a solid 5/10 most … [Read more...]
Back in Black Ball 2018
June 11, 2018 by 10 Comments
Can you hear that? It's me, sitting down with a HUGE sense of relief knowing that everything is done. No more ball. No more worries. No more organising. No more stress. No more visitors. The June long weekend is done and dusted for another year. I thought I'd share with you all the shots that I … [Read more...]
A Village Winter Ball
June 7, 2018 by 8 Comments
When we first moved into the village I had no idea about the rhythms of it, the seasons, the events that make up a year living in this corner of the world. At the end of summer there's trivia on a summery, misty evening in the hall. How in Easter there is a market with literally thousands of people … [Read more...]
BabyMac’s Top 10 travel essentials
May 31, 2018 by 6 Comments
Oh how the recent use of my passport has lit a fire and passion for even MORE travel. Always the way isn't it? I thought I better jot down some hints and tips that I learnt from this last trip before they escape into the recesses of my overtired brain forever! I love reading back on these travel … [Read more...]
Things I like {The 29th April 2018 edition}
April 29, 2018 by 6 Comments
Thank you for all your lovely words of encouragement on my post this week, I am going to reply to all your comments just as soon as someone stops asking me for food, which will happen on Tuesday when the kids are back at School. It's been a lovely break for us all, but like any Mum at the end of two … [Read more...]
The day my unpainted toenails appeared in Bethenny Frankel’s Insta Stories and other city adventures
April 11, 2018 by 20 Comments
You guys, it's been quite an out of the ordinary 24 hours. You need full and thorough reporting with accompanying photos, so let's do this. I picked up my friend Mrs Munro around 2pm yesterday afternoon and headed up the highway to Sydney. We literally did not stop talking the entire time, … [Read more...]
