Do you remember that scene in When Harry Met Sally, when Sally sobs to Harry, when she finds out her ex Joe is getting married, that, “And I’m going to …
How to Find “Us” Time
Remember when it was just the two of you? Weekends were full of possibilities. A trip to the arthouse cinema followed by supper at some fabulous laneway bar perhaps. Or a …
Three Take Home Messages from #PBEVENT
It’s taken me pretty much all week to mentally sift through all the incredibly interesting, inspiring and informative teaching I heard last weekend at this year’s Problogger Conference a.k.a #pbevent. As …
15 Tips for Keeping Kids’ Parties Simple, Fun and Stylish
A few years ago, I took the whole kids’ party thing a bit seriously. I planned my kids’ parties for months, sourcing the perfect decorations, invitations, activities and tableware from afar. …
My Mid Year Stocktake – July 2015
I can’t quite believe we are just over halfway through 2015. Can you? Increasingly I’m repeating that old cliche: wow, doesn’t the time fly? But it’s never been truer for me. In …
What to Wear to a Family Photo Shoot – Tips from Professional Photographers
Little Red Photography So you’ve found a date that suits and booked that professional photographer for that family photo shoot you’ve been planning for ages. Tick. Now the day is …
What’s New in Homewares – June 2015
I’m always crushing on homewares and checking to see what’s new around the traps. Now I have a blog, I like to call it “research”. Truth be told, I’ve always …
Ten Tips for Staying Sane in the School Holidays
Are you looking forward to the school holidays or dreading their impending arrival? This time around I’m actually looking forward to them because we kind of missed the Easter school …
Tips for Families Travelling to the US
Travelling to the US with kids is a big call. Firstly there is the distance to get your head around and that 14 hours or so direct flight between Australia and …
Welcome to the Weekend Rewind: The Holiday Hangover
Good evening and welcome! It’s a great pleasure to be the guest host of this week’s Weekend Rewind. Thank you Bron, Kelly, Sonia and Sonia for having me. It’s so good …
21 Awesome Things to do in New York
New York City is a place like no other. It’s also a place I find difficult to describe in words. For a start, it’s hard to convey the scale of it …
Tips for Disneyland
It was not my idea to go to Disneyland. When we were planning our recent trip to the US, precipitated by Mr SnS’s conference in San Diego, it was not …
Easter in New York
Happy Easter! It might be Easter Monday presently in Australia but here, in New York City, it’s Easter Sunday evening. Unlike our Easters at home which are full of traditions, …
Remarkable Happenings @ Shenanigans Central
It’s funny how life comes full circle sometimes. When I was 17 years old and in my last year of high school, I was ambitious, hard working and determined to …
What’s News at Shenanigans Central?
Well, just for something different, it’s been busy times here at Shenanigans Central. In amongst the usual first term shenanigans, I’ve been madly preparing for our upcoming trip to the …
Holidays with Kids: Where to Go in Australia
Updated July 2016 In today’s post, the third in this series of How to Holiday with Kids, I’m sharing some of our favourite family holiday destinations within Australia. (I’ve previously covered …
What to do on the Mornington Peninsula with Kids
Updated December 2016 I’ve been holidaying on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula my whole life. As a child, we spent summers visiting our cousins in Dromana, spending most of our time in …
Holidays with Kids: Where to Go in Victoria
Updated September 2020 Welcome to this second instalment of my series: How to Holidays With Kids. Thank you for the great response to the post How our holidays have changed …
How to Holiday with Children Part 1 – How Many Kids
Since we had our first child nearly nine years ago, our holidays have changed. A lot. We’ve had some OK holidays, some mildly enjoyable holidays and some downright shockers. Big …
Christmas Gift Guides & Fashion 2014
Over the last month, I’ve published a virtual sleigh full of gift guides. I’ve tried to cover all of the possible gift giving scenarios – work Kris Kringle, women, men, kids, …
Stocking Filler Ideas for Kids (Christmas 2014)
It’s less than two weeks to Christmas. Is that a collective “Eek” I hear? Or was that just me? I’ve finished my Christmas shopping, at least I think I’ve pretty …