I can’t say this last week of my #freshstart has been difficult, but I definitely can’t say its been a walk in the park. Well, I really can’t say it’s been a walk in the park cos all it’s done is RAIN in typical Auckland spring weather 😭, making going to the park a difficult task. So now that I’ve got my weather complaints off my chest, I figure I better update you guys on how I’m doing. As I said in my first blog post, I mainly have 3 changes I need/want to make over the next 3 months. Eating Right: Being a little warmer I’m finding this isn’t…
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It’s a Good Day for a #FreshStart
If you’ve got kids, you’ll know how much I dislike winter. Not because of how cold it is (tbh it could be even a little warmer and less wet!), but because of all the bugs it seems to bring with it. It’s only when you actually become a parent, that you can appreciate how many bugs you didn’t pick up as an adult. It sometimes seems that kids pickup each and every bug there is, and as the caring sharing souls they are, pass it on to you. After weeks of either being nurse or patient or both at once, in the mental fog that comes with lack of…
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Surviving The Food Show
If you haven’t guessed from this blog already, I love food! Be it trying new stuff or experimenting in the kitchen, I love it all 😃 Thankfully, my kids have picked up on this and I don’t usually have many issues with them trying new things (eating on time is a different story tho O.o). Of course, buying a whole jar of something to find out the whole family hates it, can get quite expensive so going to The Food Show Auckland is the best thing ever! So yesterday was the Preview Day for The Food Show Auckland, and leaving one monkey at school and the other with her Gran…
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Who is this child?! Freakin’ hormones…
Right. I get it. This parenting lark isn’t meant to be easy I know. But, seriously if anyone finds the manual for this 5 year old boy, please let me know! It’s not that it’s been an easy road so far. After almost 3 years TTC, approx 8 months pregnant (and having GDM), 4 days in hospital being induced (apparently due to a GDM meaning he’d be a big baby. Ha!), we were blessed with the cutest tiniest bundle of a boy. While it got worse for a while; terrible feeding, about 8 months of “COLIC” (which we eventually found was lactose intolerance & reflux), and a STEEP learning curve;…
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Unique Father’s Day Gift Ideas
When it comes to dads, I think I’ve been extremely lucky in my life. Not only did I get the best Dad ever, who would move mountains for his 3 kids, but I managed to snag just as great a dad for my 2 kids 😛 Just don’t tell them both that 😛 hehe. As usual though when it gets to any gift giving event, like Father’s Day, they are two of the hardest people to buy for. Not because there’s a lack of things to buy for them, but because there’s sometimes way too much on the market that I would love to get for them 😛 Unfortunately, I…
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Fifth Birthday Star Wars Party
It happened. I’m not crazy about the idea but I knew the time would eventually come. The boy who took 4 days to vacate the premises, after induction, has turned 5. FIVE! I know it’s something alot of parents say, but I honestly have no idea where the time went. One minute I’m neck deep in bottles, nappies, the tiniest wee baby clothes and the next I’ve got this lanky, tall, attitude of a 13 year old, 5 year old boy. Whilst I do tear up at the idea (alot), I am looking forward to the new adventures with a school age child. Well that’s what I’m telling myself anyway…
