Mummy's Makeup

In my busy harried state of a million chores and other nonsensical responsibilities, my two younger children, 5 and 2 years of age, ...

There is a certain quaint charm that attracts me to wooden toys. The modern brightly coloured, Disney themed plastic play gadgets of...

Okay I've been thinking really hard about this latest revelation that I have overheard in my playpen for one. Well it all went d...

The parent to child relationship goes through many twists and turns, and eventually, in some cases it ends up being strained and dif...

Holy smokes!.. What time is it!!! I woke up in a daze. It's the weekend and I need to beat the rooster before it's morning c...

Parenting indeed is the most difficult vocation to find oneself in. You tirelessly do all for your children, only for them to turn a...

With Mother's Day around the corner, everywhere you look there will be promotions to celebrate all mothers. Yes indeed one must ...

I was lucky to be part of a generation that regarded the lost art of “stitching” as a popular pastime for any child to l...

I'm so excited and I just can't hide!.. Okay to be honest dear listeners I'm not really sure why I have to be excited bu...

With the recent Avurudu holidays, parents and children were out in public enjoying the beach, tourist attractions and so forth, in t...

The other day my older children, were fooling around with the weighing scale at home, after weighing themselves my son who is nine ...

I’m so excited I feel like hopping like a little Easter bunny. Mother dearest probably guessed my thoughts because she’s...

My children love being creative, they enjoy drawing, cutting, pasting, painting and bringing a work of art together. It is definitel...

Everyone has heard of the age old adage “ Spare the rod and spoil the child”. Is that always the case one must ask? If y...

Well honestly dear readers it’s been awhile and I’m afraid a lot has happened. At the moment you find me in dire straits...

My five year recently had an activity day at school where she had to bring in the required ingredients and make her own vegetable sa...

  Legs don't fail me now, I'm on the run. These funny appendages that allow me the freedom to quickly evacuat...

  As a mother, my children are my main priority and I am always wondering how I can be a better parent. What extra li...

In the middle of one of my 'mummy rants' in which I was admonishing my ten year old on her ability to waste time in front of...

Mother dearest flounces into the living room…”My gawed!, my playpen literally rattled,  what just happened Mummy d...

Our recent holiday season, Christmas is usually described in any Hallmark card, which now seems to be the anthem of everyday society...

Well parents, 2015 has dawned with a bang and once again we have another whole year stretched out before us in which we can give &ls...

“Ay, ay, ay…it’s Christmas and I don’t have a gift for the you!”. Hey how did this happen, here I was...

Sometimes on the days where you are banished to your playpen, diaper soaking, having to eat mushy food and people not taking you on ...

As parents we concentrate our entire focus on making sure our child achieves exemplary scholastic grades. From the numerous self hel...

Roll out the Christmas puddings, wibble wobble with the jelly trifles and make sure you always have a candy cane on standby for it i...

“It’s MINE”, I scream “Everything is mine, the table is mine, the chair, the pen, the nanny, IT’S MINE...

It’s going to happen sometime. Your child will curse. She or he will let loose that four letter word that rhymes with duck and...

Quite recently I had my neighbors’ one year old over for a visit and in the midst of gleefully playing with my three children ...