Last weekend my husband and I flew up to Sydney. I used to live in Sydney when I was a kid back in the 1980s but I haven’t visited very often since so it was really fun to play tourist again and enjoy the Harbour in the summer sunshine. View from the Manly Ferry We… Read More
First up for my school holiday activity ideas is meal planning with your kids. It’s very easy but you’d be amazed at how much kids love it. It’s also an activity that continues on over a period of time, with all the different aspects of the task including selecting meals, shopping for ingredients and assisting… Read More
Today is the first day of school holidays here in Melbourne. This is all new territory for me – eldest child, first year of school, first term break. I thought that the best way to get through these holidays was have a few ideas up my sleeve. And over the next two weeks, I’m going… Read More
I really love reading these types of posts by other bloggers. I devour them like a juicy article in a gossip mag. It’s interesting getting a glimpse of the person sitting behind the screen and tapping away at that keyboard. Lately I’ve been anxious about churning out the next sewing project for the blog, and… Read More
It’s a milestone for my beautiful girl today! After months of anticipation Anna’s first ever day of school has finally arrived. She has been busting to wear her uniform, and has given us several previews over the summer holidays so she was completely thrilled to finally put it on for real! We got out her… Read More
It’s been a really busy time of year for our family with lots of change. I’m not getting to spend as much time on my creative pursuits as I usually do which is frustrating me a bit, but I know this is just a phase and I’ll get back into it soon. So what’s been… Read More
My Nan is notoriously hard to buy for at Christmas and birthday time. She always protests that there is nothing she wants or needs, but she is always incredibly generous with all of us. I racked my brains trying to think of a Christmas gift for her, and this is what I came up with!… Read More
It’s no secret that I love decorating cakes for my daughters every year for their birthdays. But this year Anna requested “a cake of a dog that stands up, wags it’s tail and also has a bone it can chew.” Ummm…that might be stretching my skills way too far! Pinterest to the rescue! I opened… Read More
The weather in Melbourne has been just horrendous this week – Tuesday to Friday we had temperatures over 40C (110F) and it was just too hot to do anything. Cabin fever set in as I won’t let the kids play outside in the heat. It’s just too dangerous. So we watched a lot of movies.… Read More
One of the things I was most looking forward to about our trip to Vietnam was the food. We are no strangers to Vietnamese cuisine – there is a large population of Vietnamese Australians living in Melbourne so there are many fantastic restaurants near us. The street food culture of Ho Chi Minh City (and… Read More