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“A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013.” Start and finish The start of the week looked like the first picture. I relaxed my ‘no processed sugars/sweets/lollies before 2 years...

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“A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013.” Bedtime We bought a new bed for Bub – a big boy bed. It’s a little overwhelming for me as he is only 19.5 months old but it was our last...

Flags up and waving

A couple of weeks ago the Logies of the Australian book world, the APA Book Design Awards, were held at the Powerhouse Museum. Usually I am a bundle of nerves and occasionally searing...

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“A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013.” Pick ‘n mix A charming but sometimes frustrating toddler independence development has been the attachment to random objects. When we...

An evening at El Dorado * Wedding Invites

The interesting thing about our group of friends is that we are drawn together by a love of a time period. The design, the music, the cars, the clothes of the 50s–60s. I know I have mentioned this...

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“A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013.” Painted lips Almost half way through this project and I am experiencing project fatigue. Some weeks it feels like a chore to pull out the...

{I had a} Happy Mother’s Day

This year was the second year I have been fortunate to celebrate Mother’s Day and it was gloriously spent with my family. My first Mother’s Day wasn’t exactly the ceremonious back-pat I was...

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“A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013.” Cheeky chops. Peaking over his Oma’s sholder, grinning at his aunty Ursula. I love my cheeky chops. My 52 week portrait project 52 a...

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“A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013.” Green beans. Just sitting chillin’ on the couch munching on raw green beans, as you do. We have been worried about Bub’s eating lately,...

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“A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013.” Raaa! Animals are a hit around these parts. We spend a lot of down time searching and watching YouTube videos on the iPad of seals and...

Your trash is my craft

Last year I happened to drive past what would turn out to be one of the best hard rubbish piles I have ever had the good fortune of rummaging through. You may remember it, I wrote about the spoils...

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“A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013.” I can do it myself. Every day we discover something new about our small person as he develops and finds himself in the world. Lately a...

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“A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013.” Colourful cleaning up Bub is experimenting with cleaning up and putting things away, it’s something they get taught at Montessori. He...

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image to come – I’m running behind! “A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013.” My 52 week portrait project 52 a portrait a week link group / Che & Fidel

Viva Las Palms

So by now you know we dress a little differently to the mainstream. Our house was chosen for this original era and architectural features. The inside too is filled with old stuff from the period....

Melbourne Part 3

Ok, I know I said this trip was split into two parts, but I ended up splitting it into three! Here is the final installation. On the way back from Queenscliff we stopped at two of the largest...

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“A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013.” Chick’s dig scars This week we received a call from Bub’s Montessori day care: he had tripped and fallen onto a concrete planter and was...

Melbourne Part 2 – the Wedding

As I mentioned in my last post, we were in Melbourne to attend David and Evie’s Wedding. So we set off on Saturday morning, after drinking a few cups of the best coffee from Market Lane Coffee and...

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“A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013.” Painting. So after much trepidation and some reassuring help from this lady, Bub tried painting for the first time. It was a hit and I...

Melbourne Part 1

A few weeks ago we traveled to Melbourne for one of my oldest friend’s wedding, he was marrying his soul mate and we were honoured to be invited. Since this would be my first time away since before...

A study in blue

1- Gastronomic creations are poured from cup to bowl to lap and drip down to the floor. 2- Help! It’s a peg monster! 3- Crisp Autum sky above the old shed behind our house. 4- Peg monster...

“A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013.” Baking. I’ve ventured back into the kitchen during the day and have a new baking partner. Bub wants to be involved in everything so I set...

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“A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013.” Waiting. Our last day in Melbourne Bub semi-patiently waits as we pack the car. Later that day after a 2 hour flight delay, change of...

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“A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013.” Wedding attire I am running behind in my weekly photos, this is because we went to Melbourne to witness one of my oldest friends marry...

Barber shop chop

We took Bub to have his first hair cut, as documented in week 8 of my 52 week portrait project and to distract myself from the emotional gravity of it all (yes, I am a sook) I took a load of...

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“A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013.” Barber shop This weekend Bub received his first hair cut under the expert scissors of our lovely friend, Tony at Sterling Hairdressing...

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“A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013.” L is for Lamb Reading your absolute favourite book; a thrifted 1960s alphabet book that has a few curve balls (I is for Ibex and U is for...

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“A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013.” Molars. I thought the front teeth were trouble, so I was completely unprepared for the agony that teething 4 molars at the same time must...

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“A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013.” Stylist We were meant to go to the Rock’n'Roll markets as a family today and watch rockabilly band The Satellites, but Bub was sick so I...

What the Raven saw

This blog has been pretty chock full of baby lately and before it falls down the rabbit hole of ‘mummy blog’ entirely I thought I would break up the 52 week project with something interesting. Over...