Happy Easter! I started this post weeks ago! But, in the Easter spirit it’s better late than never. Easter is fast approaching and our household is now isolating due to Covid 19. This means one things, we have a 2 year old to keep entertained within the confinement of the same 4 walls. As every [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
It is finally time. My first baby is moving from his cot into a big boy bed and new bedroom. I am in mixed emotions about this chapter as it really reinforces that he is growing up and no longer my little baby but a little boy now. As you'll know and appreciate there is [...]
We've all heard and dreaded the terrible twos, and I'm not going to sugar coat it, these darlings of ours can be right like demons on occasions, and that's putting it mildly. We've all been there - these, cute as a button, little faces asking for chocolate in the shop, and when you say no, [...]
Do you have a daily routine? How do you get him to bed at that time every night? What time does he wake? You get a break in the day when he naps? How? I wish mine did that! Do this questions sound familiar? I hear them fairly often...and no I am not the one [...]
Recounts of Kim 