We moved Evan into his new bedroom and big boy bed less than a month a go when he was around 2 3/4 years. We expected some battles and challenges as this is now our second time trying to transition him, but this time it happened seeminglessly with no problems. I'll be honest in saying [...]
Welcome back to another addition of expectation vs reality. Part one was all about pregnancy and the newborn phase and now we are back to shed some light on their next chapter, the toddler years. As we entered this phase, my mind went into overdrive with all these lovely ideals of what joys this would [...]
Pre-children I had all these ideological ideas of how life would be once our family was larger, and like most mother's to be this all started once I got the big positive on my pregnancy test. Of course, as I'm sure you've guessed already, those ideals didn't quite marry up with reality. So let's run [...]
Spring cleaning is not just about the home, it's a great time to embrace the mental spring clean as well. As an individual, I am the worst as holding on, and I mean to everything. It could be anything from keeping every single item of clothing and toy ever owned (and out grown) to birthday [...]
The time is fast approaching for packing a hospital bag. I personally am hoping for a home birth for this delivery and have prepared for that. But, with that being said it is still vital that we have a hospital bag packed incase of any unforeseen or unexpected changes to our ideal plan. So with [...]
Discovering ways to occupy and entertain a toddler can be tough. It’s easy to exhaust your favourite toddler activities. Particularly as I’m not an overly crafty or creative Mum naturally. That said however, I want to be. I just lack some of the know how. So when I receive beautiful handmade gifts from my son, [...]
With Mother's Day soon approaching you might be finding yourself a little stuck for ideas on how to show your Mum or wife/partner how much of a spectacular parent they are they are role model they are. For me personally, Mother's Day being celebrated as a parent is a relatively new thing. This will be [...]
Ever compare yourself to Mary Poppins and think you’re not doing enough? I certainly have and it wore me down. In reality however, my son won’t remember if we baked from scratch on every occasion, if he had shop bought cookies to decorate or ones I made. All he will remember in the years to [...]
Recounts of Kim 