Emily

Perseverance (or what hanging out the washing with my son has taught me)

I was hanging out the washing recently (yes, I lead an extremely glamorous life) and Mitchell was trying to help me (yes, I'm a super-fun mum who only gives the best playthings to her children).He had a pair of his tracksuit pants (yes, I'm a ...

Book review – The Shadow Year and Barracuda

Welcome to this month's grown-up book review! Once again, I managed to get my mittens on a copy of the month's selection for the Pink Fibro Book Club. And read it. That's two months in a row! WINNER! AND I finally read the ...

Children’s book review – March

Welcome to another children's book review. This month, we went back to the library for some new titles, and we also went to the Children's Book Festival to meet John Marsden, Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton. (And to eat sausages in ...

Why questions revisited

I've written about toddler why questions before. But they deserve a rerun.Because that's what toddlers give them. Rerun after rerun after rerun...Pre-parenting, you look forward to the 'why' phase. Other parents obviously just don't get it. It's ...

The World’s Greatest Shave

On 24 February, my dear friend Heidi posted this on facebook: My gorgeous 10 year old daughter, Charlie-Louise, wanted to participate in this years ‘World’s Greatest Shave’ and as a supportive (but really scared) mother I have said I will ...

People of the past, characters of the future

Writers love to procrastinate. How can I possibly write 1,000 words today when I have to do four loads of washing? And the dishes? And prepare and cook dinner? And run baths? And get kids in bed?And bake cupcakes for no reason? And sing Old ...

Big little girl

I blinked. And I missed it.I looked at Ashleigh the other day, and realised it had happened.She's not a toddler anymore. No remaining trace of baby or infant.I blinked. And I missed it. The moment my girl grew up.She's a person. A little girl. A big ...

Book review – The Paris Wife

Time for another book review! And this time, for the first time in a long time, I actually managed to get my mittens on a copy of the month's selection for the Pink Fibro Bookclub facebook group. And read it. A+ for me! Thank you, ...

International Book Giving Day winners

Hello! Thanks for dropping by today.I usually supply a list of my favourite reads of the week on Sunday. But I've had a crazy week. Cuh. Razy.So I haven't read much on the interwebs. I have, however, selected the two winners from my recent ...

Children’s book review – February

It's children's book review time again! And this month, I'm doing what I did last month. But with different books, obviously.I'm reviewing some of the books the kiddlywinks received for Christmas.----Dear Zoo / Rod CampbellImage sourceI wrote to the ...