Games For long Car Journeys
I recently took the kids on a road trip to Canberra (and back again!) for the school holidays. I wouldn’t
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Author: Octavia Orange
Leftovers – Motherly Musings
It’s pretty normal to have leftover food in the fridge, but vegetables aren’t greeted with quite the same enthusiasm as
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Top 10 Things I Say The Most As A Parent
Ever hear yourself repeating the same things over and over again? Once you have children it’s as if you are
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Mid-year School holidays
Mid Year School Holidays – the long and the short of it. Day 1: Trip to playground #1. Take
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Grocery shopping: With Children vs Alone
With children: You get to play human Tetris as you insert your gangly 3 year old into the trolley seat
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How To Make Rosiecakes – Flower Cupcakes
It was Rosie’s 5th birthday last week and I made these flower cupcakes – Rosiecakes – for her to take
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Learning Is Hard Work
Rosie started school this year, at the grand old age of 4 (4 years and 9 months, whereas Sam was
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A Day In The Life Of Octavia Orange
Saturday morning, early: Rosie comes running past, shrieking and laughing, wearing gumboots, a Hello Kitty dress and a tiara. She
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How to dress in Queensland vs New Zealand
While my kids and one of my cats are Queenslanders, I am from the deep south of New Zealand (the
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Parenting Bingo
Parenting Bingo: sadly there are no actual prizes for matching a row or achieving Bingo, just the satisfaction of knowing
Read moreOctavia Orange – Provider of sandwiches and tasty bowls of fruit
Octavia Orange aka Mum/Mummy/MUUUUUUM – Provider of sandwiches and tasty bowls of fruit! Providing food for hungry kids makes me
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Reasons Why Children Are Exactly Like Cats
After spending some years now in the company of an energetic horde of small children and cats, I have reached
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