Elsa cooks

I’ve reached peak mum pretty quickly around here, saying things like “you’re lucky to be bored” and “if you’re bored I can find you a chore to do”… and despite generally subscribing to the idea…

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Smug and lazy toddler activity

I don’t know about you but this week is a little…slow going, no? It might help if I could somehow wean myself off the reflexive, constant refreshing of the news and, as they say, be…

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This will all make sense when I am older

Well no – I never imagined starting a blog post with a quote from Olaf either, but here we are and there we go. What a time for the world. The children’s school closed a…

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Life around here

What a cliffhanger! Our big relocation news – and then – the sound of silence. Did I plan the dramatic pause? Not quite, and I have been wondering why I haven’t been so active here…

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New decade, new mum-mom adventure

One of the unexpected byproducts of having five children (other than, obviously, joy and laundry in both equal and unrelenting measure) – is that if I suggest to anyone that I have some news they…

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