Writers will write

January 16, 20156 Comments

So apart from this blog right here…I’m sometimes featured elsewhere…most of you know about THESE

But did you know that recently I chatted about comparing myself to other moms…for Parenting Hub

And I wrote about my hair journey for J-Star Blomag

and I made a few new things for BlogShareConnect

BlogShareConnect also interviewed me

So did SAMomBlogs

and Cindy Alfino

and this one time I wrote about my trip to Brazil

I also write for our local newspaper that’s how I pay the bills these days but I always keep the self indulgent writing above separate from my work here

Have a good Friday all

Oh look there goes your sleep routine

January 15, 20156 Comments

Aidan passed out on the floor , because apparently this is more comfy

Like with many toddlers I know, the holiday from day care messed with their routines good and proper. A month is a long time in toddler time.
Aidan for one is so not about the sleeping these days, yes this is the same child who will lay down in the middle of a shopping centre because he needs a nap…
The bed time routine of :mommy lays with you reads, sings, prays and then tip toes out while you lay there all drowzy is a thing of the past ,hey Aidan
Now I find myself begging for him to just be quiet for a second and sleep for the love of all that’s holy sleep!

He has started all these stalling tactics when it comes to bed time, like putting his farm animals to sleep individually (I kid you not, blanket and pillow,the works) he sings along to lullabies and acts out bed time stories (wish I was making this shizz up) he tried to blow his play house down after the three little pigs, and re-enacts Goldilocks eating porridge oh and gets way too excited about colourful monsters.
He isn’t afraid of the dark and will walk around in his room if I don’t restrain him. The little procrastinator even uses the I must put toys away excuse.(like he ever cared that one of the blocks isn’t with the others)

Last night he decided there was not enough milk in his bottle (take note that he doesn’t drink his bottle to fall asleep, it was leftover milk from earlier).
So he just gets up in his dark room while his exasperated mom watches him join his dad in the kitchen, a few seconds later he emerges with milk from the fridge and his bottle which I need to top up…because bottles need to be full to stand by your bed. (the milk out of the fridge thing is no surprise though, he has been known to “start” his snacks, he will go into kitchen take out pack of provita, milk, a fruit or fruit puree and give it to me to assemble)

He has even started making his nightly prayers longer so he doesn’t have to sleep…God bless ma, pa, mummy daddy…… now has cats trees cars balls and needs to be repeated twice or thrice.

In an attempt to tire him out a little I started jumping on trampoline with him after work, tonight I’m adding a bike ride around the block…. Hopefully he will get tired and I will get fit…2 birds meet 1 stone

Meanwhile this is me:

DIY baby shower prizes

January 14, 20153 Comments

I’m in the process of planning my sister’s baby shower… In my experience there are three types of baby showers
1. The come have tea and watch mom open gifts shower
2. The lets all play games and win little prizes shower
3. The humiliate the the mom shower

I never got number three, why would you want to make the mom feel bad? Why would you write on her, make her wear skimpy clothes and parade her around. Also what’s up with the drinking apple juice out of a potty with chocolate floating in and don’t get me started on smearing her head with a flour concoction. My sister and I had an agreement we wouldn’t let people subject us to number 3 and this weekend she threatened to host a random party just to humiliate me if I don’t keep up my end of the bargain. Needless to say I’m going with number 2….

Games and eats and prizes 🙂
Naturally I’m going to throw some DIY into the mix, here are some prizes I found through my friend pinterest, will see which of these I can make…

And here are some ideas from my own archives…

Playing the role of interior designer…

January 13, 20151 Comment

I love decor and I love being challenged so when the people over at US based modani furniture asked me to do a mock-up of a lounge I jumped at the chance 🙂
I decided to go for a dream lounge, as it’s international make your dream come true day and as I have a toddler and this much white and grey is currently JUST A DREAM… sooooo what do you think 🙂

PS. you can follow modani on both instagram and twitter

This weekend we…

January 12, 2015Leave a comment

So we take Aidan to a restuarant with awesome play area and he goes for play dough, REALLY!

Aidan starts day care again today so I stocked the snack cupboard, it makes for easier mornings
The staples are, cracker bread (dry please) , these little gluten free crackers he likes , kinda like goldfish crackers (he has no problem with gluten just loves them) plain pretzel sticks and laughing cow cheese wedges to dip them in, safari fruit sticks, raisins, and squish veg puree oh and these tiny little 100% juice boxes and on a Saturday he gets Oreos with his milk, we share those little packs,it’s become our thing 🙂 and a calorie shared…..

Had a very emotional weekend…my stars feel out of sync I think… Rob got me a little car package, gotta love the man even if he chooses to ignore diets 🙂

Aidan helped me make a birthday card for my sister/his Godmother

I just LOVE beautifully packaged gifts LOVE IT… the brown paper is for my friend Trudy’s daughter and the card and glass jar filled with goodies for my sister

Aidan decided he wanted to get into the crib after months of wanting nothing to do with it…
It’s Caleb’s now so lets see how that plays out

We did a sundae bar for my sisters birthday 🙂

10 things I learnt this week…

January 9, 20153 Comments

– cottage cheese mixed with apple and sprinkled with cinnamon rocks as a snack

– my son can be a little jerk, he gets “angry tired” these days, throws toys, tries to hit you, tired

– Aidan is extremely busy and can mess up a clean home in no time flat , a friend dubbed him Tornaidan

– He is never a jerk at other peoples’ houses ‘(thank goodness) so I look like a loony toon who doesn’t appreciate her good mannered son, he will go as far as wiping up his own spills

– He can “talk now” he knows quite a few words and can say little sentences too…some sweet like, “Momma hair pretty” some cute, “daddy bring keys. go shop” others annoying “mama go away, go away I bath”

– I’m an “at least once a week someone needs to come help me with my house work” kind of girl, our cleaning lady has been gone for a month, my sanity is slowly joining her. Working a full looong day and then coming home to clean, spend time with Aidan, make the lunches, jaaaa I’m not one of THOSE moms I know many moms are, I’m just not

– I’m a chronic over thinker, and will put myself in an institution if I don’t learn to RELAX

– An institution didn’t sound so bad a couple times this week…being back on the field after three years of desk work has me quite exhausted thank you very much

– My sister is turning 21 this week so I’m officially old…if anyone you used to bath and dress and so on and so forth “comes of age” you are officially old,lol

– I need a routine, who knew, here I thought I was a free spirit, but you take routine out of my life and I’m grabbing at the air looking for something solid to lean on…

Just Ella Bella