Hello Kitty

So we have been the whole week without nappies and only one incident.  Well one incident and one accident. The incident in question… I took little OL to the doctor yesterday and in the waiting room there was toy with a “Hello Kitty” sticker on it.  I pointed it out to her at which point [...]

By example

I want my daughter to be proud of me.  Of who I am and what I have done. I remember when I was a teenager my mom was talking about one of her friends and that she had au paired in Switzerland in her early 20’s.  I was impressed.  Up until that point the woman [...]

I’m not ready!

Potty Training I am not very good at it; thankfully Little OL seems to be coping just fine on her own. I am not encouraging this at all.  The whole concept scares me, so much so that I have pretty much let her get on with it on her own.  In fact the first few [...]

Its wakey time – not!

Mr OL was in Botswana for the night last night – and when he is away I am extra vigilant about security (read paranoid) and let Little OL sleep in our room with me and then I locked the bedroom door and alarmed the rest of the house… (actually the sleeping in our bed is a [...]

Freedom of the open road

This week I was totally selfish and I loved it!  It was just what I needed. Mr OL and I had decided to take the weeks leave and go on holiday.  Unfortunately at the last minute his leave was cancelled.  I mulled over the idea of cancelling mine too but in the end I decided [...]

The best laid plans

So my Birthday did not go exactly according to plan. Little OL started vomiting on Friday night; we could just not keep anything in her so I took her to the doctor on Saturday morning.  He booked her straight into hospital and onto a drip overnight.  Yes, so I spent my 40th birthday eating hospital [...]

Cookies, cookies and more cookies

You would have thought that by getting unlimited wifi at home my blogging might have increased.  As you can probably tell, that did not happen.  I have realised that I don’t do internet at home.  When I am at home and Little OL is awake then I will spend the time playing with her.  If [...]

Helping Mommy

The terrible two’s?  Yes sometimes, but most of the time I just absolutely love this age. She is such an independent little person, she wants to do everything herself, which can be bit frustrating for both of us as her desire out strips her ability at the moment.  She also wants to copy everything I [...]

DIY Cake Stands

For all my saying “I hate Pinterest” I do spend a remarkable amount of time on it and have found some quite fun ideas.  One of them was cake stands made from candle holders (or glasses or terracotta pots or basically anything).  I had two candle sticks that I found in a second hand store [...]

More Teddy Bear’s Picnic photos

In addition to my first set of photos, here are some more.           All in all I was very happy with the way everything turned out.  I made almost everything, including the cake stand that the cookies are standing on… yip you read that correctly.  I will share details shortly.