Drum roll please…. Comment #13 dittal86 said… “Oh and I forgot to mention I am a follower of your blog” CONGRATULATIONS!!! You have won an AMAZING prize from the gorgeous “Vintage Kid” Some divine Winter Pyjamas! Please send me a message via Facebook to claim your prize!!! Thank you to...

I have many loves.   Coffee, shopping, my family, teaching, party planning, blogging and  did I mention shopping? But truly the one love, that I strive to pass on to my children, is my love of reading.  As a child I was a self confessed book worm.  Well “book”...

What do you do with two kids, on a rainy weekend?   Go to the fair of course! I LOVE where we live!   Our regular Saturday grocery trip after swimming lessons turned into a trip to the fair! They regularly hold “Fun Days” at our local shopping centre...

The school hall, usually a place of indoor P.E lessons, assemblies and capturing school photos, for one night is transformed to another world…disco world.   The lights are dimmed.  The darkness broken by the occasional coloured flashing light. There are rumours in the playground, that some lucky schools even...

Vintage Kid Bib and Pants I have often thought that I was born in the wrong era.  The fashion of the bygone days of roses, frills, and cutesy patterned fabric has so hastily been replaced by licensed “cartoon and movie” products that lack individuality and innocence.  Whilst searching for...

This time last year I was sure I was the luckiest mother alive. Our beautiful daughter arrived into this world naturally, safely and most of all was in perfect health. Little Miss A is our miracle. Was it our prayers, our Irish luck or just serendipity? To be honest...

A piece of Birthday Cake for My St Patrick’s Day Baby…. HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY to our Little Leprechaun! Our little leprechaun:-a tiny elfin cobbler supposed to own hidden treasure (Irish folklore)!!! Ok so it’s not really wordless but I tried! Playing along with Faith, Hope and a Whole Lotta...

I still can’t believe our little miracle is going to be 1 on Thursday! I have thrown myself into birthday preparations  in hope that I won’t dwell on how quickly she is growing up 🙁 So….our theme for her 1st Birthday….is… Naturally our first swoop was on Anders Ruff…...

To market, to market,  to buy a new diary!! I was so sure that “Mathilda’s Markets” were on Sunday and realised in the nick of time that it was on Saturday!!!  I hadn’t put it in my diary and was relying on my memory…oh so silly! So…..Master O had...

Milk Bottles Ok so the crazy bird lady had to reappear just for a quick moment! How gorgeous is this new linen from Milk Bottles I spy a little pink birdie looking for a new home! Another little birdie is currently flying through Australia Post ready to land on...