A special guest

A great-auntie who is truly a great Auntie. Much loved all round.

Real Food, Real Kitchen, Real Parenting

Inspired by Calamity Jane's post on "real kitchens". Here is my kitchen after an afternoon of cooking with two small children in tow. Lasagne, beef and lentil stew and chicken stock if I remember correctly, plus assorted snacks for the larger child and myself.


And after an hour (yes, an hour) of cleaning...

New Shoes

Simple livin' be darned. I've got a shoe fetish (it seems). Today I bought a black pair to match my red mary janes that are pretty scuffed and I've got three pairs for A (yes three) and a pair for M on order from here. Not that she needs any more shoes but it wasn't fair...