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parenting
Today I am calling bullshit on what girls are taught. I came across a list the other day detailing things that girls want to hear from their fathers, to be…
I muttered “I can’t take this anymore”!
Yesterday afternoon I came home feeling completely exhausted. It wasn’t that I had particularly been out doing something strenuous, although I did have a very busy weekend. Coming through the…
How should a teenager dress?
My teenage daughter came home wearing a mens size large T-shirt the other day, needless to say it was so big it literally swam on her, it could have passed…
should I follow tradition?
It seems everywhere I look Christmas is letting us know it will be upon us before we know it. The stores seem to fill there shelves with Christmas overload as…
Teens and parties
Aspen has attended many parties before. Of course they started off as family parties, followed by sweet little kinder parties where they would dress up with fairy wings. When she…
goodbye tiny ballerina, hello teenager
When Aspen was little she lived in either her pink tutu, or her mermaid costume, she wished I had named her Ariel and she would sing songs from The Little…
How to Survive Social Media
Remember when we used to have to ask our parents’ permission to use the phone? Remember when the phone was connected to a wall and we actually had to stay…
Spending time with our little ones
Last weekend was as hectic as ever, sport, sleep overs, birthday parties to attend, a good clean of all our animals homes and bath time for puppies. Eye drops and…
the not so perfect mum
I am not a perfect mum, and I don’t care if you are either! In fact I’d rather you not be, because if you are then ‘the perfect mum’ exists,…
motherhood makes me feel . . .
This week motherhood has made me feel; loved frustrated overwhelmed happy like I have no clue what I am doing proud amazed annoyed tired like I can’t stop laughing blessed…
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