From the Editor
Will you help Elijah?
As parents, we would do anything we can for our children – including going to the ends of the earth ...
Happy Lunar New Year, and welcome to the Year of the Pig!
The Year of the Pig is upon us. Yesterday I took Master Seven to the local library and he noticed ...
Is the first week of school over yet? Because we’re tired
Summer isn’t over, but the children are about to go back to school. One of mine started yesterday, while another ...
Three steps to post-holiday weight loss
It’s about that time of year when “get fit for 2019” adverts are showing on TV, and hire-a-treadmill flyers are ...
It’s beginning to look at lot like… Easter?!
Christmas is less than two weeks away, and I’m panicking. Not because I still have a few gifts to buy ...
5 minutes for a full face of makeup? Yeah, right
I was idling in bed reading the news on my phone five minutes before my alarm went off, and the ...
The lie-in that wasn’t
This morning something miraculous occurred in my house: There was time for a lie-in. Usually I’m up at what my ...
In praise of Thanksgiving
Tomorrow is the American holiday of Thanksgiving. I know that Thanksgiving isn’t a Kiwi thing, but I really love the ...
Tears in the frozen food section of the supermarket
Have you ever got in touch with a shop to complain about something? I admit I’m not usually one to ...
Yes, I *am* a socially awkward, weird mum
The other day a friend sent me an article called “When you’re a socially awkward ‘weird’ mum”, commenting, “Can you ...
Netflix and zzz…
My kids love on-demand TV. Their TV consumption is, of course, strictly rationed and consists of only the highest-quality educational ...
Christmas shopping in October is making me feel inadequate
I know it may seem to be a little bit early to start talking about Christmas shopping, but it’s not, ...