2 thumbs & a dummy

I was stoked when I got the chance to review two books that were written for children about somewhat touchy/taboo subjects for many people. My girls (4 & 2 years old) were very excited when they saw that my parcel contained books for them. They absolutely love books and here is what we thought of [...]

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I grew up watching Sesame Street, and till today, I still sit down most days and watch it with the girls. Although it’s changed the format a little, the important bit which is teaching children the alphabets and numbers still remain and I’m so thankful for that. Most of the characters are also still there [...]

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It’s officially summer now and it’s that mad time of the year when school leavers or schoolies as they are known here, head off to Queensland’s Gold Coast, particularly Surfer’s Paradise, to party. For me, I think it’s a parents nightmare come true! The kids go absolutely wild because age wise, they are allowed to [...]

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Trophies bring me back to my working days when I used to be in charged of organising sports events for the upper management. Getting the trophy was no easy job because my boss was a very fussy man nad he used to make my life a living hell! So the next time I get put [...]

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I never thought that I’d someday say this but apparently, like Aussie kids, Arianna is hooked on The Wiggles. She is absolutely captivated by them and when she saw Dorothy the Dinosaur for the first time at 9 months or so, she didn’t freak out one bit. After all the dino was huge and jumping [...]

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Yup, toddler aerobics is the new in thing in Australia these days. Apparently, kids these days are getting more and more overweight, and the schools are now trying to get an exercise program going for school children. Kids as young as preschoolers are being targeted for this compulsory exercise regime which I think can’t be [...]

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Actually, it’s more like she watches what I watch. We’ve pretty much got a daily routine going these days. Arianna wakes up between 6.30am – 7am and then it’s straight to her first dose of booby juice in bed with Mummy. Then Mum wakes up and gets dressed and off we get out of bed [...]

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