Ahhhh holidays. The excitement, the anticipation, the sense of impending adventure. We went on our first family holiday at the end of October with our then five and a half month old baby boy, and Noosa was our destination. We couldn’t wait to frolic amongst the sunshine, the surf, and be surrounded by the sweet sweet air of anywhere else but here. (more…)
Posts tagged “lunaticmummy”
The Fitness Journey. Oh God.
Well, it’s official. I have decided to put myself on a “Fitness Journey”. I recently decided that I am sick of not being able to fit into my pre-pregnancy “skinny” jeans without my mummy belly (which is a full size bigger than my legs these days) completely oozing out over the top. On the bright side I can still essentially do them up, however I just about have to forgo breathing for the entire time I wear them. And if those jeans don’t have room for lungs, then they certainly don’t have room for chocolate. And we can’t have that now, can we? (more…)
7 Sneaky Ways To Get Exactly What You Want For Christmas
Do you have something you really want for Christmas, but are too polite to come right out and ask for it? Errrr, yes?! Thats me EVERY blooming year! Well friend you have come to the right place, because here is a foolproof way of getting what you want without actually having to wade through bags of undies that don’t fit, or last Christmas’s re-gifted broken box of Monopoly from crazy Aunt Jenny. (more…)
Rochel’s Delectable Chocolate Crinkle Cookies.
Oh. Em. Gee. Chocolate Crinkle Cookies. These melt in your mouth, decadent, rich, chewy Chocolate Crinkle Cookies are heavenly. They are divine. They are life changing. They are so good they should be illegal. (more…)
The Toy Sale
It was early Saturday morning, and it was the day of “The Toy Sale”. My husband and I drove to The Toy Sale completely pumped. We had carb loaded the night before for energy, and had blood pumping music roaring through the car speakers on the way to the event, to put us in the mood for the biggest toy grabbing throw down this side of the Southern Hemisphere. (more…)
The Parenthood Perfection Pressure
The Parenthood Perfection Pressure. Yessir, there is a whoooooole lot of pressure to be able to do it all once you have a baby. The pressure for life to carry on just like it was before, and to manage everything with relative ease, whilst dodging vomit explosions like a ninja and to do it all with a smile on your face. (more…)
Ten things all new mums want (without having to ask)
Ahhh… Becoming a new parent. The excitement. The joy. The new baby smell, and the precious awareness of new life. We parents wander around in a state of delirious bliss for those first few months whilst adjusting to life with our brand spanking new baby. We are entertained by a continuous stream of visitors all wanting to spoil us and spend time with our baby, enabling us to live those initial days out in an exhausting but happy bubble. Life is beautiful. It’s magical. It’s bliss. However the visitors stop. (more…)
Parent or Crazy-pants?
I love babies. I mean, I have always thought they were lovely and fine and blah blah blah, but now that I have one of my very own I have found that I really REALLY love babies. They are so freaking cute, and all seem to be such squidgy, wriggly, happy little souls. (more…)
The fear, Oh the fear.
Do you ever get that creeped out feeling, like you don’t want to look behind you because you are sure that someone is there?? I get that feeling all of the time. And I mean ALLLLLLLL of the time. (more…)
Groundhog Day. Welcome to Parenthood
Sigh…It’s Monday again. The fleeting time we had over the weekend with the hairy husband is over and back to the grind it is for all of us. Again. Double sigh. (more…)