id love you to meet some of the dee*luxe dolls Ive been slowly working away on! (at various stages of finished-ness!)because of the great winter escape 2012 i wont be able to release these ladie...
yesterday Sawyer was 100 days old. we first learned about the celebration of Baek-Il (100 days) during our pre-baby days in Korea. historically, its an acknowledgement of survival. but pers...
so, i told you we had an announcement...in just two weeks, we will be packing up our little family and moving north for 9 weeks!allow me to illustrate with a little geography lesson...the world:we li...
to the mother of my children,they say that in many ways labour prepares you for motherhood.do you remember that time in labour when you realised you didnt actually need to make any sound but you felt...
as well as including a lot of garlic in meals at the moment to fight off lurgies, im also trying to include a lot of raw foods for the same reason. raw foods are also often high in fibre (that makes ...
this month i have been remixing some WW outfits from when i was pregnant...then:now:a few things:1. i trimmed my fringe at last.2.next thing, my roots. (its trendy right. right?)3. while were talking...
look whos back in the hot seat!this guy - so patient and chill. so generous with his smile. he loves to be tickled and prefers to be held facing out. he still spills a lot, but less now than before. ...
when im op shopping i tend to be drawn to parts of clothes - details, prints, fabrics - but rarely do i find something i like the whole of without feeling the need to tweak or snip! and so,...
im certainly no glam whizz-bang chef. i do old school, fill-yer-belly kinda food. and so, im a little embarrassed to share these lunches, but am assuming there must be more like me out there? mo...
i hope all you hard working, hard loving mamas had a lovely day yesterday.there was no whizz-bang for us, but it was nice just having the day off meals honestly (i feel like i spend just as long clea...
three weeks of really intentional palette-extending lunches and im so pleased to tell you its really working! we have chickens so we get a lot of delicious (free) free-range eggs, so o...
the theme for Wardrobe Wednesday this month is remix. so im remixing my chair, my boots and some clothes i wore when pregnant.then - in summer{hello Sawyer-on-the-inside!}now - in aut...
this is us, everyday, at the moment.we only have 2 small trees but they are giving us copious, large feijoas.what do YOU do with your feijoa glut?please share!
a few weeks ago, i realised (to my horror!) that my 2 year old rarely actually eats little more than bread, cookies and meat. and so, im trying really hard to switch the easy-peasy sammies for someth...
i know some mothers are able to make the most amazing scrapbooks of the baby cards they receive, but im under no illusion that i would NEVER get around to doing a scrapbook (even with the best of int...
nothing mind-blowing this week, but i have rediscovered this top which is perfect for breastfeeding AND cute.then:now:im back on my chair and in my boots for WW in May. the theme is re...
ladies...hold ON to your uteruses!cover its eyes or send it out of the room......because these lips do not want to be responsible for an influx of babies born 9 months from now!this afternoon, i had ...
{hey boys, whatcha up to?}oh! nothing! we werent doing anything.....just hanging out and smooching.see? aw, i love you, Brother...{yeah, right...;) }so last week was just a big, mean bully ...
because we home school i may be relieved of the arduous task of making packed school lunches every day but it doesnt mean my kids dont get sandwiches thrown in their general direction most lunch time...
when is a giveaway not a giveaway? when its on facebook.pages on facebook arent allowed to give stuff away in exchange for likes or comments,so i am giving this away...in exchange for guesses.so...
today, in Australia and New Zealand, it is ANZAC day.so we made some (a LOT) of anzac biscuits:it is also my mums birthday.and because she shares her day with the ANZACs, she loves poppies. and so, i...
hello~i turned 2 months old last Thursday (9 weeks yesterday)! dont i look so grown up already?i used to look like this:then this: and now, this:(does the term "weed" spring to mind?)
{as told by Danny, 2 years} {oh look! i see some red elephants!}{i caught it! would you like to pat it?} {lets cut him in half!}{would you like some red elephant too? here you go.}{1 2 3 4....
as well as stripes and floral, i do love a bit of polka dot and floral.   ;(Dee Doll joined me for moral support today)top: cotton/silk fabric, thrifted.skirt: vintage, made in NZ...
ive had 5 kids for 8 weeks now and im going to be honest with you...although, after having Danny, we really felt there was one more in our family the reality of having 5 initially made me cry. but it...
so you know those times when youve served as much mashed potato onto everyones plates as you possibly dare but you still have that cupful left over? well, after you try these buns you are going ...
this week im inspired by the high-wasited-with-tie style skirts ive been seeing around (here and here) for awhile. so i finally made one from this gorgeous fabric i was gifted last week.i had a ...
i wanted to stop by quickly to wish you all a safe and happy Easter.JR is away all day tomorrow (Good Friday) so me and the kids are going to read the chapter in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe ...
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Last Thursday our family got up early. Do you know why? Because we went to see the hot air balloons!My favourite was the mama kangaroo. She was orange. There was a dadda kangaroo as well.He was brown...
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