January 2012

Aidan’s Play Space

04:52PM | January 30, 2012 | 23 comments

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Aidan and I play all day long but there is one particular part of the day that gets us both pretty excited. After watching his favourite show on ABC2 “Mr Maker” (think along the lines of “Art Attack”) we try and recreate whatever he did that day. If I don’t have the supplies we still [...]

Aidan’s Big Boy Room

06:58PM | January 28, 2012 | 27 comments

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I made a promise a few weeks back to show you Aidan’s room and finally everything has come together (including the weather) so I could take some photos. Below is a few photos and a bit of a tour, if I haven’t covered something please feel free to ask any questions in the comments section. [...]

No Nappy, Jocks In Bed

05:03PM | January 27, 2012 | 7 comments

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Earlier this week Aidan made the decision to go to daycare wearing only jocks, no nappy. I was scared for him and worried that if he had a bad experience he would back track completely, I was no longer in control. I had a bit of a meltdown that day, had lots of time to [...]

No Accidents

06:00AM | January 25, 2012 | 11 comments

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I dropped Aidan off at daycare (only goes one day a week) and I’m a little irritated. This morning Aidan asked to wear his jocks to school, he wanted to show his friends and carers that he could do “no accidents“. He was ready, I knew it and so did he but I wasn’t prepared, [...]

Up My Own Ass

08:24AM | January 24, 2012 | 21 comments

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Today I tried something new and it didn’t pan out. I’m writing this exactly twelve hours after my last post, the post that failed. I followed all the blogging rules, used great SEO techniques, involved the community, shared the post gracefully and got great google search results. People were commenting and engaging with me, I [...]

How To Take Awesome Instagram Outfit Photos

10:57AM | January 23, 2012 | 33 comments

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Snapping my outfits quickly with my iPhone before I leave the house has changed the way I share my passions online and introduced me to a whole new world of “everyday fashionistas”. The photos I posted when I started using Instagram were quite crude, kind of boring and lacked a bit of imagination. It’s only [...]

Dinosaurs Play

11:39AM | January 22, 2012 | 3 comments

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It’s been a week and Aidan’s potty training is going great guns. All his 1′s & 2′s are on the potty, most without our assistance or reminders and he’s now also nappy free at nap time which took me by surprise. He just simply asked not to wear a nappy, I was on edge for [...]

Busy Bathroom

04:11PM | January 21, 2012 | 16 comments

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This is NOT a sponsored post. I wasn’t sent anything and no-one knows I’m writing about this. Tackling my bathroom has been on my mind a lot lately and I wanted to share what’s been going on. I link to products I bought and use because I think you might like them too. – Dani [...]

#DPCON12 Conference Pass Giveaway

03:36PM | January 19, 2012 | 34 comments

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Click each thumbnail to enlarge gallery photos… See how much fun blogging conferences are! These pics are from the Aussie Bloggers Conference (company renamed to Digital Parents after the event). I attended a lot of events and conferences last year, I’m pretty sure almost all of them to be honest (and all out of my [...]

Forget Toddler Tantrums

07:10PM | January 18, 2012 | 9 comments

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I was reading Good Golly Miss Holly‘s story about not wanting to be a mum who yells and it hit a nerve, recently I’ve been thinking about how I discipline Aidan and if I was going the right way about it. You see my mum has looked after babys and toddlers for as long as I [...]

Potty Dinosaurs

09:40PM | January 15, 2012 | 9 comments

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Steve and I had big plans for the Christmas break but it had nothing to do with parties, trips away or gifts… we were preparing ourselves for toddler toilet training. We’ve always made the toilet and potty a part of his daily life but we were quite relaxed about the whole thing, we just trusted in [...]

In My Handbag

02:43PM | January 13, 2012 | 13 comments

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I’ve been playing along with #janphotoaday which has taken on a huge following (there are currently 81,453 photos in the feed and it’s only day 13!!!) and today we had to share what is in our bag. I’m competely hooked on the feed, sneaking peeks into peoples lives and seeing inside so many strangers handbags [...]

DIY Shellac Polish Removal

12:34AM | January 9, 2012 | 10 comments

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I’ve always been interested in beauty. I read text books, watch video tutorials and stalk a lot of beauty blogs. I’ve never trained in any professional capacity, I just think it’s a whole lot of fun. I’ve been getting Shellac polish (Not Gellish which is terrible) applied for the last few months and whilst I [...]

Fit for a King

08:30AM | January 6, 2012 | 18 comments

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Aidan’s room was in need of a major clean and revamp. I had to bite my lip, cry a little and part with things he’d outgrown. I listed some things on ebay, donated lots of toys to friends and have bags and bags of stuff waiting for the op shop to reopen. It took two [...]

She Wore Flowers In Her Hair

11:57AM | January 3, 2012 | 16 comments

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I’ve been slightly addicted to Lana Del Rey, she moves me, I can’t wait until her album is released at the end of the month. She has beautiful videos and she’s always seen with flowers in her hair, so glamorous. I thought it might be fun to make my own headdress so I bought several [...]

Cheeky Clean

05:45PM | January 2, 2012 | 14 comments

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One of my favourite reads since before forever has been Marriage Confessions, sometimes it’s like we’ve been living parralel lives. Katie has a little boy around Aidan’s age and on a domestic/marriage/everyday level she just clicks with me. Besides a few random facebook messages and tweets we’ve hardly spoken but I feel like if we [...]

Stuck to My Goals

05:16PM | January 2, 2012 | 10 comments

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Being accountable helps me achieve goals which is why I think posting photos of my breakfast everyday (#dailybreakfast) will be successful. The thing is, I’m usually so zoned out in the morning it’s not that I don’t eat breakfast on purpose it’s just that I forget so I had to figure out a way to remind [...]

The Possibility of New Beginnings

01:17PM | January 1, 2012 | 14 comments

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That’s what New Years is all about isn’t it, the chance to start anew, to set and reach new goals, to de-clutter, to refocus. The possibility of new love, new life experiences and renewed hope. As my ever cynical husband said “It’s just a day like any other” and in a physical sense he’s completely [...]