Recent Posts Tagged With 'parenting'

• How to bow – the caterpillar lesson

  Posted on Wednesday November 11th, 2009 at 06:42 in parenting, youtube, son, cello, hugamuga

  I’ve been looking at some old family videos which we’ve recently digitised, and came across this one of my son’s second cello lesson. Here he is learning to bow. Or not. My friend The Poshi and I decided we’d share lessons an...

• The good thing about puberty

  Posted on Wednesday October 14th, 2009 at 07:10 in parenting, hugamuga

  Thanks to puberty, I have a decent chance of finally beating my son at Singstar. A Pyhrric victory” perhaps, nevertheless, a victory. *Cost to winner… pride, feeling of being a “good mother”… Share and Enjoy: RS...

• Exposed as a bad parent

  Posted on Sunday May 31st, 2009 at 01:28 in relationships, parenting, relationship, random, naked, exposure

  It was a VERY close call. Last night, I came in from bridge and immediately got ready for dinner at a friends house (a superb roast pork).   I jumped into the shower, then realised, getting dressed, that all my clean underwear was in the family room...

• Isn’t she lovely…

  Posted on Monday May 11th, 2009 at 02:26 in baby, family, parenting, photos, melbourne, niece

  How beautiful is my new little niece?! And how clever my sister in law? Okay… and I know you had something to do with it my brother but lets face it - your real work starts now! Love.  Love.  Love....

• Welcome to the world!

  Posted on Thursday May 7th, 2009 at 22:43 in family, parenting, birth, brother, cuzie

  I’m very excited to write that my brother’s first born entered the world this morning at 9.08am Melbourne time. My mother has already “done her numbers” and she has the soul urge of an artist. Three. So to celebrate her birt...

• A working boy

  Posted on Friday April 3rd, 2009 at 00:23 in parenting, hugamuga

  My boy started work at Red Rooster last night.  I am so proud of him. I can’t remember being so industrious when I was 14- all those years ago. Yesterday he got up at 6am to finish his paper round before school started at 8am.  After a full d...

• My Mum’s racy past

  Posted on Wednesday February 18th, 2009 at 09:34 in parenting, birthday, mum, introspection

  This is my mum and my daughter in 2005.  We were in Italy, in Venice in fact. I thought I wouldn’t like Venice.  I thought it would be too much of a cliche, too geared for tourism. It was.  I didn’t care.  I loved it. The other week I...

• No going back

  Posted on Wednesday January 14th, 2009 at 22:21 in children, parenting, doctor, teenagers, introspection, babysitting, cousins, dippity, hugamuga

  How did I look after my two kids when they were little? Yesterday, we picked up the younger cousins (4 & 3) for a sleepover.  My sister-in-law needed some free time to pack as they are moving house soon. The big cousins are fantastic with them....

• Happy Birthday Hugamuga!

  Posted on Sunday November 23rd, 2008 at 21:45 in parenting, birthday, discipline, hugamuga

  My baby is 14 today. And, poor thing, is lying in his unmade bed today. You see, Groover and I had birthdays in the last couple of months and the kids did not think it necessary to make a fuss. No cups of tea, no homemade cards, no thought on the mor...

• First birthday parties

  Posted on Tuesday November 18th, 2008 at 05:28 in parenting, birthday, party, parent, first, extracurricular

  I went to a first birthday party on Sunday. It was a bit weird. I didn’t go with my family, just me, and it did feel odd going to a baby’s party without a… well… baby. I was out of that space. It made me wonder about how the ...

• The birthday rules

  Posted on Monday October 27th, 2008 at 07:47 in work, parenting, birthday, traditions, rules

  Dear Hugamuga and Dippity, This is what I expect on my birthday.   Be aware this is the minimum requirement of you, feel free to exceed expectations. 1.  I expect you to enter my bedroom (after knocking) and wish me a happy birthday before I get up...

• First Job

  Posted on Tuesday October 14th, 2008 at 08:50 in travel, work, parenting, teenager, job, world challenge, paper round, hugamuga

  My boy started his first job today.  Yes.  A proper job requiring a bank account, commitment and well… work. He’s doing the paper round.   He’s being paid 10 cents a paper and delivering about 130 papers.  He has 24 hours to de...

• How can you be angry with a boy like mine?

  Posted on Wednesday September 10th, 2008 at 08:09 in parenting, maths, hugamuga

  I received an email from Hugamuga’s maths teacher today: Hugamuga did not do very well on his algebra test on Monday, partly due to being away. I told him that some work from him was necessary and I did give him some revision sheets and did tel...

• Growing my gorgeous girl

  Posted on Tuesday September 9th, 2008 at 07:09 in parenting, girls, mother, teenager, tweenager

  I was half-listening to the radio this afternoon while purging my filing cabinet, answering emails and dealing with spot fires - you know, the little problems that crop up that you have to deal with - and they were talking about growing gorgeous girl...

• Scene from the dinner table

  Posted on Thursday August 28th, 2008 at 04:06 in parenting, things kids say, career aspirations, dippity

  Okay then Dippity - what do you want to achieve with your life?  What do you want to do? Oh I don’t know… C’mon you must have something you want to do… Well… Yes? I’d like to take over the world with my army of ...

• Teaching the boy to cook

  Posted on Friday August 1st, 2008 at 10:34 in dad, recipes, parenting, teenager, cook, parent, son, teach, groover, hugamuga

  Isn’t bolognese the easiest thing to cook? It’s my go to dish when I really can’t be bothered. The kids will eat it - it doesn’t take long or too many ingredients. Well the other night my son walked past me as I was choppi...