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World Book Day was a Viking inspired affair... due to a friend having a Horrible History party a little while back and I knew our costum...

On Anzac day we went to the Arboretum to explore new places and visit favourite spots - the obligatory pod park of course.  The first stop...

Anya was home sick from school three days out of five last week, she caught her brothers nasty cold and then got a tummy bug on top of tha...

This is what the last few days have looked like in one corner of my world, lots of muddy mud fun. Yesterday the kids played out there for ...

Josiah helped me pick out a beautiful bunch of babies breath for Anya this morning at the market.  I have put them in her room as a surpr...

The pod park opened in Canberra's Arboretum last week and we popped by on Monday to check it, with half of Canberra it seemed. Anya w...

On the weekend I read an overwhelming and challenging post on Ann Voskamp's , (author of New York Times best seller, "One Thous...

This orange cake is simple and delicious.  It is a recipe from my great-grandmother Annie that I didn't get to meet.  I was extremely ...

Some shots from our life over the past week or so!  I joined in on the photo a day challenge with Fat Mum Slim for a bit of fun, I am gui...

This A1 print of my two lovelies cost me two dollars and five cents at my local Officeworks !  It is a 'plan print' mostly for arc...

Yep I joined the Mothers of school aged children club today!!  Anya started Kindergarten and was so excited to get out the door and just ...

A small snapshot of my Friday night!  We went to Cafe Sydney and I would highly recommend it for a function or just dinner.  The earlier ...

photo  via It is my 10th wedding anniversary today - quite the milestone!  We are going out for dinner tonight to celebrate with my fami...

I made this cake for Anya from the Women's Weekly - "More cakes for Kids" book (as seen here ) and I thought it turned out p...

There is no doubt about it my girl loves to pose, don't let the first two photos fool you - she's no wall flower!!  I keep asking ...