May ~ My Month of Grateful
My year always starts in a whirl wind. Summer holidays – family road trip – start of the new school year – AJ’s birthday – our anniversary – our holiday away sans kids – PJ’s birthday – my birthday – throw in Easter and this year Kidspot Voices of 2014 and I am well and…
Read MoreIs it wrong to buy trading cards on the internet?
Walking my son through the playground to his classroom he turned to me and begged, “Mum I want to collect the DreamWorks cards!” Not even knowing what he was talking about, I used my throw-away answer “There’s no such thing, honey.” “But everyone at school has them, Mum!” Moments later we entered his classroom to…
Read MoreConversations with Superpowers
I entered a competition, not too long ago, which asked one simple question: if you could have one superpower what would it be. Surprisingly, so many answers said they wanted the power of invisibility. Others asked to be able to read people’s minds. Many asked for the power to fly. My answer was raw and…
Read MoreNatalie: A Heart in Uganda
For most of us heading overseas, checking the Smart Traveller website and seeing the warnings ‘reconsider your need to travel’ and ‘do not travel’ and immediately we would change our plans. For others warnings on websites mean nothing. When you feel such a heart stir, such a deep set knowing that you must follow the…
Read MoreDisco Batman birthday party
Turning five can be hard work, especially when PJ couldn’t possibly have just a disco party or just a Batman party – they had to be together, “because that is just awesome Mum.” Almost everything PJ settles his heart upon is quite awesome. Once again, my sister came to the rescue of PJ’s birthday dreams and created…
Read MoreKidspot Voices of 2014
There is good reason you should always check your spam folder. Sitting at breakfast in the Sunrise hotel in Hoi An mindlessly scrolling through my Facebook feed with one hand and holding my Vietnamese coffee with the other. I received a text from my sister “any emails from Kidspot?” Breakfast was our time to chat,…
Read MoreThe Confucius Cup
I was standing in Tan Ky House; a house that was two centuries old and had been home to seven generations in Hoi An. I was lost in my own world. The voice of the tour guide drifted past me; I was distracted by the heat, my sore feet and the longing for another Hoi…
Read MoreDo You Look After Yourself?
Probably second to “how do you manage to do so much?” I find myself being asked “are you looking after yourself?” Since having my boys, I have stopped even knowing what that question means. When I was juggling a newborn I thought it meant “are you getting enough sleep?” Quite seriously in that case, the…
Read MoreDisco Batman party!
Twenty four hours before everyone was due to arrive at our place, all ready to disco dance and Batman groove through PJ’s 5th birthday – I was sitting at the local doctor’s clinic. Head throbbing, ears piercing, chest heaving and ready to lay flat on the cold tiles and not move till it was all…
Read MoreKara’s Party Ideas Workshop
Sometimes opportunities tap you on the shoulder and you leap at the chance to dive into them. Other times you need a little convincing. When the news of Kara’s Party Ideas Workshop popped up on my Facebook feed I cannot deny that I was excited about the mere idea of being in the same room…
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