[Photo Source] I was from a family of four. It was just my parents, my older brother and me. I don't recall ever wishing for a bigger family. I think I understood that I was a bit of a princess and that more kids would endanger the sweet little set up I had going as […]
Little Observations
Motherhood: 10 Reasons To Love It
1. Little Faces You make a little person and then you just stare at them. Endlessly. Stare at that little face that is so familiar and also, the face of someone you are just meeting. You marvel at genetics and how they have manifested themselves in this little person. The more kids you have, the […]
Spring Clean: parting is such sweet sorrow
Today was spent clearing out the shed. So much shit. How does one accumulate so much shit? Insane. There was stuff that I have held on to – and was happy to keep holding on to – that just makes Brendon want to headbutt me (he's a pacifist for sure but I know the headbutt […]
Why parenting is different to dancing
Anyone who has read The Little Mumma before will know that I am all about shining a light on motherhood. A glaringly bright, often unflattering light. Because I can't pretend that this gig isn't ugly at times. Or unrewarding. Or boring. Or real. Motherhood is a hard slap of reality right in the kisser. We […]
That’s Bananas!
I hate bananas. And not because they cost a bazillion dollars. For the record, that $17.02 bought me exactly five of the vomitous things. Both my sons adore them but the current prices relegated them to the luxury item category and thus, I removed from the weekly shop. I thought about that a bit and […]
After Dark
[photo source] So last Thursday, I took to Facebook in order to piss and moan about how I had errands to run and how I was disinclined to run them with two kids in tow. So at 8pm that night, I had the ingenious idea to utilise that hallmark of Thursday evenings, late night shopping. […]
I Ain’t Missin’ You At All
Oh, little girl, sleep in NOW! Before it's too late! Here is the number one question I would ask pre-kids Angie: “What the hell did you do with your time?” For the life of me, I can not fathom how I managed to achieve so very little back when I had nothing BUT […]
It Ain’t Pretty
[Photo Source] Meet Eden Wood. In American child beauty pageant circles, she is the reigning queen. And now, she's coming to Australia and with her, pageant organisers, Universal Royalty. A veritable shit storm has erupted over this and despite there being about a zillion voices already competing to be heard on the contentious issue […]