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Dear Arthur: Four years
My gorgeous boy, It’s been a year since I last wrote you a letter like this, and it’s hard to know where to begin in summing up how much you’ve learned and grown in that time. You’ve developed a lot of...
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Family noms: Curried cauliflower soup with sour cream and cracked pepper
You know how some kitchen scents are just fundamentally grounding and homey? Onions frying in butter. Coffee brewing on the stove. Toast. Well, this might be slightly unorthodox, but curry powder is...
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Arty’s Hello Kitty 4th birthday party
We had such an excellent time at Arty’s 4th birthday party, that I thought I’d better record it here for posterity. He’s a young chap who knows his mind, and when I asked him back in November what sort...
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Family noms: Cardamom, ginger, and lime poached pears
It’s no secret that our family enjoys a cafe brunch. We live in the inner northern suburbs of Melbourne where cafe culture is pretty much the only culture, and everyone is a coffee snob. One of Arty’s...
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The value of the parenting hive mind
Where does a modern parent go for help with the tough questions these days? Parenting advice from family and friends can be pretty fraught. It’s often unsolicited. It’s generally offered without much...
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Family noms: Two-cheese and veggie frittata
Everyone should have a couple of frittata recipes up their sleeve for nights when the cupboards are mostly bare, and you’re raiding the veggie crisper for whatever ingredients you can round up to make...
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Choc peanut butter mug brownies
You know how sometimes you just really want to give your kid a special treat? They’ve come to the supermarket with you without hassling you for toys, or they’ve played happily for like a whole hour and...
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Valentine tag book
It turns out I couldn’t fit everything I wanted to say to SJ in a card this year. I decided instead to make a tag book, telling her just some of the many reasons I love her. Here’s a wee video...
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Pocket pages: January 2016
I’m switching up the nomenclature for my pocket memory keeping, because it’s not just PL anymore. In fact, I hardly use any PL products these days, opting for a variety of different designers instead,...
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Mini banana bread muffins with blueberries
As I’ve ranted about before, I always seem to have a stack of overripe bananas in my fruit bowl, needing either to be put to use or composted. I like to avoid the latter, what with those suckers being...
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Arty’s 4th birthday mini book
I know I’ve been going on a bout this birthday a bit, but Arty’s an only child, so I don’t know what to tell you. This is how we roll. There were a lot of great photos from the celebrations – way more...
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The In Bed Project
Last week we had the pleasure of inviting the incredibly talented and good hearted Lisa White into our home, and our bedroom, to take a family portrait for the “In Bed Project”. Of her project, Lisa...
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Peach pear plum cakes
Did you ever read Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet Ahlberg? I used to read it aloud to my little brother when he was small, and it was one of the first books we regularly read to Arty too. It’s got a...
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Our naptime lullabyes
Okay, I’m going to become everything I hate, and indulge in some smug-mama posing for just a minute. I do this in the full knowledge that the karmic consequence of this will be that the thing I am...
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Three Cs pasta bake
I call this dish my Three Cs pasta bake because, apart from the pasta, its three primary ingredients are cauliflower, corn, and cheese. It could equally earn the name by being child-friendly, creamy,...
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Tutorial: Little love diptych
We’re hearing a lot of talk in Australia about marriage equality. It’s been a long time coming, and I fear it may yet be a long time off. I’ve written about it before (at different times and for...
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Pocket pages: Question/Answer
My kid really loves flowers. One of the few times he’s ever had a tantrum was when I refused to take him into a florist because we didn’t have time to stop. When we do go in – which is most of the...
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Cinnamon and vanilla poached peaches
After the fun of poaching some pears the other week, I found myself eyeballing the few peaches in my fruit bowl and wondering how they’d go with similar treatment. They were slightly disappointing as...
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Pocket pages: Hey there, handsome
Every time Arty gets a hair cut he seems to look a whole year more grown up, and the transformation kind of boggles my mind. We take him to this incredibly OTT hipster barber shop near our house, and...
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Strawberry and peach upside down cake
Summer’s over in the southern hemisphere, and we’re getting to the tail end of the summer fruit. Some of it is amazing, but some of it is better enjoyed after being cooked. This recipe is a brilliant...
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