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Canberra Through The Eyes Of The Rockstars – Arrival And Chill Out

Posted on July 11, 2013 by admin

Sorry for not responding to comments, even with our own wifi and calling the company couple times the pages load real slow – and Disqus practically doesn’t load, which is probably why I’ve had Facebooks in the past saying they … Continue reading →

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Except The Kitchen Sink

Posted on July 8, 2013 by admin

Occasionally I feel the need to tell everyone I’m a serial over-packer. And then I remember you already get pics. 9 hour flight, 2 hour stopover, then another 55 minutes to our destination; as always we travel with no help … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots, Traveling With Rockstar | Tagged acquaintance, antiseptic wipes, baby tables, bath seat, bowls, breast milk, breast pump, cars, disposables, hormones, kitchen sink, leaks, milk bags, nightstand, product reviews, running out of time, single one, stopover, stroller, toys | 5 Comments

Rockstarism #271: Goodbye Year 1, Rockstar Wrote

Posted on July 6, 2013 by admin

#271 Rockstar: You took a picture of my phonics books! Did you even look inside? Me: Uh… I’m going to. Rockstar: Yeah you should. It’s awesome. How about today? <pause> Rockstar: I’ve such a good feeling this is the right … Continue reading →

Posted in School For Rockstar | Tagged cliffhanger, cunning plan, diary essay, excerpts, favorite friends, friends at school, grandpa, kobra, lt, midst, phonics books, playground, reptile show, shrugs, snake, spelling mistakes, time one, viper, yikes | 3 Comments

Things No One May Have Told You About Yet, This Friday

Posted on July 5, 2013 by admin

1) Cats Are Liquids I grew up with near-zero cat experience because I’m allergic and after we once got the most obnoxious half-grown stray kitten camped out in our car engine to campaign how Cats Are People Too, Especially When They … Continue reading →

Posted in The TGIF Posts | Tagged animal sacrifice, barbie, barbies, car engine, cat torture, cousins, demon worship, dribble, dribbling skills, finesse, liquids, mammals, neighbors, new age, old girl, real cat, stray kitten, tanned skin, transformers, x men | 2 Comments

Impressionism, Expressionism and The Planets (Or, Enjoying Your Child’s Art Part 2)

Posted on July 3, 2013 by admin

Rockstar comes in the door after school one day, interrupting one of Little Miss’ playdates. Me: Hello, darling, how was school? Rockstar: (All nonchalant) It was fine, I guess. One of my mum friends: What did you learn at school … Continue reading →

Posted in School For Rockstar | Tagged art projects, baby book, caption, claude monet, closest planet to the sun, famous artists, favorite painting, greenhouse effect, hottest planet in the solar system, how was school, impressionism, math and science, metropolitan museum of art, metropolitan museum of art new york, museum of art, museum of art new york, school environment, thin atmosphere, trap heat, water lilies | 4 Comments

Little Miss’ First Haircut At Private i Garden Kids Salon

Posted on July 1, 2013 by admin

Flying pig with pearl necklace, wooden educational toy, salon DVD screen playing Happy Feet (completely to no avail, much to their surprise), my iPhone to capture every delightful moment and – yes, Little Miss screaming her freaking lungs out, blistering … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots | Tagged avail, baby boy, barber shop, Causeway Bay, couple hours, delightful moment, flying pig, haircut, happy feet, hiding places, highness, hk island, insensitivity, iphone, pearl necklace, plight, rituals, stroller, upscale malls, whim | 9 Comments

Today It’s Around The Mall, Tomorrow It’s Down The Aisle

Posted on June 30, 2013 by admin

Care on a wager? Which of The Mens do you think is going to be the more over-protective when she grows up; Mens on the right, currently very bothered by Her Highness sitting on the mall floor, or Mens on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots | Tagged aisle, binoculars, boy friends, highness, mall tomorrow, renegade, rockstar, shoppers, strollers, wager | 3 Comments

Enjoying Your Child’s Art (Part 1)

Posted on June 28, 2013 by admin

Note: I nixed linky party this Friday in favor of blogging some of my efforts to display Rockstar’s art from school because it’s the weekend plus almost summer hols and I figured lotsa parents would be getting their kids’ art … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstarisms | Tagged baby school, black paint, coming home, glue, good gifts, grandparents, grass, grasses, ikea, kids art projects, lt, maternity, odds and ends, picture frame, piece of paper, poster paint, realists, scraps, splat, summer hols | 3 Comments

Them Apples

Posted on June 27, 2013 by admin

It’s the last week of school before summer holidays, and most of Rockstar’s schoolwork came home yesterday… I know a lot of my girlfriends will be turned on by this (sickos :D) but before I got to that, my first … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstar Shots | Tagged apples, baby pork, first time traveller, free play, girlfriends, hand spring, hassle, haze, hot weather, metropolitan museum, packing, penfolds, pork roast, s books, schoolwork, sickos, ski lessons, somersault, structured play, summer holidays | 2 Comments

Rockstarism #270 – You Were Supposed To Think It Was A Boogie

Posted on June 25, 2013 by admin

#270 Recently… Me: OMG WHAT’S THAT??? PLEASE LET IT NOT BE A TICK PLEASE LET IT NOT BE A TICK PLEASE LET IT NOT BE GIANT PREGNANT TICK FULL OF TICK BABIES… Cautiously, I pluck it off the wall with … Continue reading →

Posted in Rockstarisms | Tagged apartment, babies, blue tack, boogie, eye level, freak, heaven, laser pointer, neighbors, roach, tick fever, ticks, tiny bit | 2 Comments