by Hannah | May 24, 2017 | Food, From Hannah, Includes a recipe!, Kids and Parenting
Oh man, life is busy these days. B1 has just started playing netball, which requires two additional early morning wake-ups, and she’s taking an art class every week. B2 is keen on “ripper rugby” and pretty much every other activity that gets...
by Hannah | May 10, 2017 | Books & Reading, From Hannah, Kids and Parenting
Last week we went to our local library (only the BEST LIBRARY IN THE UNIVERSE) and for the first time B1 snuck off to a cosy corner to read by herself. B2 was still keen for me to read to her (read as: shove a book at me before proceeding to wrestle my body into a...
by Ria Voros | Apr 12, 2017 | Food, From Ria, Includes a recipe!, Kids and Parenting
We are currently waging a fibre battle. I’m calling it that because somehow not calling it a vegetable or nuts-and-seeds battle is simpler, like breaking the issue down makes it easier to….uh…swallow. The issue is that Little e has decided to join...
by Ria Voros | Mar 15, 2017 | Food, From Ria, Includes a recipe!, Kids and Parenting
This is the story of a little cookie that looked humble and unassuming, but was actually a buttery, chocolatey killer in disguise. I’m serious. This cookie has committed manslaughter. It has slaughtered my man for any other cookie. Every time I make them...
by Hannah | Mar 8, 2017 | Books & Reading, From Hannah, Kids and Parenting, Travel
In a few days time I will be on a plane heading back to a place that has given me so much. Wonderful friends, my eldest child (“Made in China”, ahem) and a beloved career. Oh, and let’s not forget the unnaturally eager predilection for yum cha....
by Hannah | Feb 14, 2017 | From Hannah, Kids and Parenting, Travel
Oh, the good advice we forget and forget and forget again. The things that cajole us out of a funk, that dust us off and yank us to our feet, that make life sweet again. Mum’s wisdom, your best friend’s sage counsel, the oldest of chestnuts. Sleep on it,...
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