baking and making with my family of 9
I’ve always wanted a rustic fence or gate to throw a blanket or quilt over to photograph. And now I have the choice of a few nice spots and was spoilt for choice this morning. Unfortunately we have lots of chicken wire on the fences so it was delicately placed on the gate and very […]
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This post is brought to you by Woolworths In this house dinners need to be quick, easy and gluten free. I’m trying to supervise homework and sometimes we’re late in the door and we don’t have a lot of time. I love dishes that you can just whack in the oven and leave and come […]
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Just 2 more rows around the edge, a bit of weaving in ends and I am done! It feels good getting to the end of this blanket……even if I did start it at Christmas as my holiday project. But these things take time and it’s always good to have an easy project to pick up. […]
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My lovely blogging buddies at The Remarkables are in Noosa this week and it is sooooo tough not being there. And since I’m not there enjoying the sunshine, beautiful beach, food and shopping here are a few of my favourite Noosa snaps from our last trip there. Noosa is such a great holiday destination and especially for […]
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Well it’s the weekend and daddy took charge of doing rugby and swimming this morning. That left me to mind the biggest and the littlest and photograph the gorgeous thick mist outside. My little guy also discovered a big hole in the chicken wire around the fence and escaped…………adding that job to the ‘to do’ […]
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I’m doing a parenting course at the moment for parents of special needs kids and it’s been so informative and helpful. I had missed last week because of the accident but went last night and it was about conflict and also managing our anger and feelings. I drove home and realised the reason I’ve been […]
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Another day and another crochet pattern from the archives. This one comes from 2010 and I’m still finding hats I made from this pattern around the house. It’s another super easy one and made holding 2 strands of wool together to make it a faster knit. Sizes : baby (toddler, preschooler) what you’ll need : 2 […]
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Next month marks 7 years of blogging as retro mummy and I have a lot of blog posts. Here is one I found from 2009 that I thought I would share with you again. I love making these before I have a baby as they are great to use in the bath. My kids call […]
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There has not been a lot of time to knit around here. Our big girl is still camped out on the couch and carried around the house if she needs to get anywhere. One of us sleeps on the couch to be near her and give her some more medicine during the night. I did […]
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