Blog Profile / Be A Fun Mum
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| Archived Since: | July 23, 2010 | |
Blog Post Archive
The Clock Was Slow
The clock was slow. I never really liked that clock; all white and plastic-y looking. The mobile phone is my timekeeper so I don’t rely on the plastic wall clock. Well, not usually. I was surprisingly organized on the morning in question. My husband had left a little later than his usual 6:30am departure time [...]
Father & Son Time at the Train Museum
Guest post by Matthew Burstow Redballoon Review — The Workshops Rail Museum Tour The count down was on in earnest! Every day in the week leading up to our trip to The Workshops Railway Museum, my son would remind me how many sleeps to go. We talked about everything and nothing in the hour or [...]
Cycle Laso: A Pink Suitcase
The pink suitcase became my mascot for this trip. “It’s like a shop!” my son said as I packed — excited by the sheer number of toothbrushes in one place. Life is settling back into normality at home but I’ll never forget how excited the Laos children were to receive toothbrushes on the day we visited a [...]
Burgundy Boots
I don’t care about trends. I enjoy to wear a mish-mash of what I like — old mixed with new — inspired by colours, shades and influences in my life; whether that be the seasons, nature, a book, movie or particular time period. I dress up most days — it’s one of those things for [...]
Not the way I want to wake up
The sound in the kitchen woke me from my too-short slumber. It wasn’t a happy sound. Morning. Already? “You made me spill the milk!” “You pushed me!” “I didn’t mean to.” The 7-year-old and 5-year-old were up early getting breakfast. Which is usual. The arguing continued in a ridiculous manner and I felt annoyance with [...]
Cookie Cutter Stencils
An idea for a rainy day: use cookie cutter shapes as stencils for drawing.
You Are Little in My Arms, Once Again
To all the mothers out there, who sneak small moments, to pretend they are little in our arms, once again — I wrote this small note to my son, for all of us. I stayed with you son, until the regular soft breaths of sleep prevailed. It’s because I miss you that I’m here tonight. [...]
Laos Cycle: A (Very) Clean Floor
The floors! I noticed how clean and shiny the tiled floors were! The cleanliness stood out to me particularly because one: I dislike cleaning floors; and two: in my experience of living in a home with six people, the floors get dirty so quickly, and frankly, I find it hard to keep up. To put [...]
You Don’t Have to Save the World Every Day
I braced myself for the jolt of the wheels as they hit the tarmac. Home. Light flooded my face with happiness. I could feel it. True happiness at the thought of coming home to the ones I loved, and who loved me. That is where my home is. The children were still at school, and [...]
Laos Cycle: Laos Skyline
About 4 years ago now, I decided to be conscious about noticing the beauty around me as I live. There’s a butterfly. Look at the contrast of those yellow flowers against the blue sky. See the lines of the roof tops? I’ve always been an observant person, but there was a period of my life where [...]
Paint the Sky
She had a pen. It had rainbows all over it. And so she painted the sky with colour. Sometimes, it’s good to stop, and watch. To see how these little ones interact with the world around them.
Cycle Laos: A Mud Map
I sat in a neat meeting room, sipping the juice directly from a coconut while listening to the local doctor share about the success of the hospital and surrounding 7 clinics in the Nan district. The implementation of the Save the Children Primary Health Care project in this district, servicing 54 villages with over 5,500 [...]
The Girl With 150 Toothbrushes
Have you ever wondered why Bobby Pins are called Bobby Pins? I hadn’t given it much thought until working down my list of things to pack for my trip to Laos for the Save the Children Mother’s Day Cycle Challenge. Well, now I know: The name stems from the use of such pins to hold [...]
Savoury Corn & Cheese Muffins Recipe (3 Ingredients!)
I’ve been slack. Well, maybe not so much slack as uninspired when it comes to afternoon tea food for the kids. As the cooler weather sets in, I’ve noticed the children are more hungry after school and I’ve found myself falling back on to biscuits to tie them over to dinner. Now, I don’t have [...]
Mother’s Day: Hilarious Photo Bookmark
A couple of years ago, I made personalised tea bags using photos of the kids. The reaction from my grandparents was priceless! They LOVED it. Using the same concept, I decided to create a bookmark this year. The idea is to give the impression that the children are hanging from a rope. When I did [...]
Paint Leaves
To celebrate Autumn, the younger children and I went to one of our favourite exploring spots for a rainbow leaf hunt. We also collected dry leaves to later paint and hang in the kitchen (we did this last year with maple leaves). I love doing this sort of stuff with the children because it has [...]
{Giveaway} Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream (yes, yes,yes)
Sponsored by nuffnang Mister Monster. Mister Monster. Without a doubt the most memorable cake from my childhood. Perhaps not the most predicable cake choice for a pre-teen girl, but I didn’t care. There was something venerable about Mister Monster that appealed to me. Looking at the image of the cake as I type this, gives [...]
{Giveaway} Baskin Robins Ice Cream (yes, yes,yes)
Sponsored by nuffnang Mister Monster. Mister Monster. Without a doubt the most memorable cake from my childhood. Perhaps not the most predicable cake choice for a pre-teen girl, but I didn’t care. There was something venerable about Mister Monster that appealed to me. Looking at the image of the cake as I type this, gives [...]
DIY Cute Knees Tights
I love feeling that chill in the air. It means the time has come to pull out the tights and jumpers. The girls and I had a bit of fun with the tights by drawing cute designs on the knees. So quick and easy to do! Materials Tights Black Sharpie Fabric Marker Designs For best [...]
How I Became A More Confident Mum
Understatement coming up: There are a lot of opinions out there when it comes to parenting, and not just from other parents. There are experts, authors, doctors, advertising campaigns, teachers, grandparents, blogs, and even the government — all setting some sort of invisible benchmarks for parents to attain. Oh, and not to forget people who [...]