The topic of ‘sleep’ seems to have taken up a disproportionate amount of words on this blog to date. It’s mostly linked to sleep deprivation which is a turmoil we are going through as a family at the moment and generally goes a little something like this – Chips wakes in the wee small hours, I … Continue reading
This week, I am thrilled to have written a Guest Blog Post for the KalliKids website, called ‘Confessions of a mother of a high-energy child’, written specifically about my experiences of being a mum to Gammon, who I secretly nickname the Tasmanian Devil from the Looney Tunes cartoons. KalliKids is a brand new UK website … Continue reading
It hardly seems like a week goes by without another round of blogging award nominations at the moment. And, yes, here is another one! The BritMums’ ‘Brilliant in Blogging’ Awards 2013. Sorry, I know that I’ve been asking an awful lot of you of late, my lovely followers, with regards to various blogging awards, but … Continue reading
This is a follow up post to my one last week entitled ‘Marbellous fun in the snow!’ If you’ve read that post, you’ll know that, during the latest lot of UK snow, I had the great idea to attempt to make giant ice marbles with Gammon and Chips as an activity we could do while … Continue reading
I’m tired at the moment. Very tired. I obviously look terrible, because the first thing my parents comment on when I Skype them in Australia first thing on a Wednesday morning is how tired I look. And I’ve run out of Touche Éclat, so that doesn’t help either. The reason I’m tired is because I’ve … Continue reading
Well, with the recent (very surprising) cold snap and loads of snow here in Brighton, I’ve been looking for fun activities that I can do with Gammon and Chips whilst being snowed-in. I saw a pic of these really cool Ice Marbles on Pinterest (photo courtesy of Queen Vanna with caption by Slay My Boredom) and … Continue reading
As I’m sure many of you know (I’ve been banging on about it so much that I’ve even bored myself to death!), I’ve been chosen as a Finalist for the 2013 MAD Blog Awards. These are awards which celebrate mummy and daddy parenting blogs in the UK and I’m so excited and honoured to be … Continue reading
Today’s blog post is about a fab portrait that has been done of Gammon and Chips by a very talented lady called Ashley Jayne Nye. Ashley is a portrait artist based in South East England who specialises in portrait art of babies, children and families. All you need to do is to supply a photo … Continue reading
Wow wow wow wow wow! I am so excited! A girl couldn’t hope for a better International Women’s Day! Who’d have thunk it, but I’ve only gone and somehow got myself into the finals of the 2013 MAD Blog Awards! In not one, but two categories! Yes, my lovely labour of love, my Gammon and … Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago I was approached by the Expat Family Health website on Twitter (@expatfamily), as they had come across my recent article ‘My Top 10 Tips for Surviving a Long-Haul Flight with Children‘. They were interested in my story as an Aussie expat living in the UK with two children, and wanted … Continue reading
Last week, HSBC Expat Explore (@expatexplorer) found me on Twitter and asked me if I would adapt my blog post on Surviving a Long-Haul Flight with Children for the ‘Top 5 Lists’ section of their Expat Explorer web portal. As a proud expat and keen traveller, I was very happy to do so! You can … Continue reading
OK, so it’s probably not what you think it is, but believe me, after me having had two children (Gammon and Chips), an all-inclusive holiday to Tunisia in September, and Christmas in Australia, you will be very thankful that it is not what you are expecting! Take a trip over to fellow blogger With Some … Continue reading
Hello my lovely Gammon and Chips followers! Well, this is a first for me. As a newbie blogger, I have no real idea what the whole ‘blog awards’ thing entails, but it sounds like lots of fun, and seems to be a really good way of getting your blog out and about, so I figured … Continue reading
As an Aussie expat living in the UK with 2 children under 4 years old, the pull to get back home regularly to show off the kids/get some help with babysitting have the kids spend some quality time with their grandparents, cousins, and uncles and aunts is very strong. I’ve done the London to Sydney … Continue reading
With 2013 firmly underway, I thought I was due a blog post looking back on the year that has been. When I sift through my sleep-deprived 2012 memory for possible highlights, apart from fun times on two family holidays, socially we have pretty much battened down the hatches this past year, courtesy of our narcoleptically-challenged one … Continue reading
The build-up started in earnest about a week and a half ago in our house. You know the way it goes – the seemingly constant TV ads about it; the mentioning of toys every time we go within a 3 mile radius of a shop; the asking at least 15 times a day of “Mummy, … Continue reading
We are no longer a mere family of 4. Overnight the number of we Sinclairs has increased to 11 with the acquirement of 7 fish, which, along with an aquarium starter set, were Gammon’s 3rd birthday present from Nan Nan and Bampop in Australia. If Gammon’s levels of excitement are anything to go by, our … Continue reading
I should have guessed that something was up yesterday when Gammon came home from nursery. The normally 12-hour-a-day ‘tigger-like’ toddler walked slowly in the door and headed straight over to the sofa, cuddling up to the cushions and announced “Mummy, I’m just going to have a little rest”. I didn’t even know the word “rest” … Continue reading
Today mine is: “Not having to abandon an almost full (including frozen goods) shopping trolley in the condiment aisle of Sainsbury’s in order to take my son Gammon to A&E after he gleefully told me that he’d put a raisin up his nose”. At least if I had gone to A&E I wouldn’t have had … Continue reading
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