This post has been inspired by Fat Mum Slim’s September Photo a Day challenge x When people ask me where I’m from, it often means “Why are you an Asian looking person living in Australia? How did you get here?” I’m fairly happy to answer that I’m adopted and that I’ve been in Australia all my life – it’s pretty much all I’ve known! Earlier this year, I got to visit my birth country (South Korea) for the first time. The photo above is a shot I took at night time on the beach of Busan, the city I was born in. While it brought up a lot of…
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Wish: Spring, where are you???
This post has been inspired by Fat Mum Slim’s September Photo a Day challenge. image I am a big fan of thinking positively, but I’ll be the first to admit that I need to have a bit of a silly rant… I thought I had escaped the winter blues. I really thought I had beaten them. It really really helped being away for the month of June and spring tricked us into thinking it was here early – showing exciting signs as early as August (something quite unusual). But no. The rain, the cold and the wind are back. Very clever, winter. Very clever. I see what you did there.…
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Game.
This post has been inspired by Fat Mum Slim’s September Photo a Day challenge (only a few days to go)! I’ll keep this one short (long weekend and all)… This is a photo of the Little Mister in a playground cubby house at the winery we visited today (for a very special high school friend of mine’s 30th birthday). He became fast friends with my friend Liz (the nicest person on the planet and great with kids haha) and they played a little game together. She would knock on the window, they’d open the shutters (he couldn’t quite do it on his own), he’d greet her with a lovely “hello”…
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Celebration: The little things.
This post has been inspired by Fat Mum Slim’s September Photo a Day challenge. So I woke up this morning after a terrible sleep (someone who shall remain nameless may have snored a lot bit and the weather wasn’t so quiet either). Then there was a power failure at home. Then I dropped Mr Unprepared off at the train station so he could go and watch the AFL grand final with friends (which then caused the Little Mister’s heart to break). Then I saw a dead seagull on the road, which is weird, because when do you ever see a dead seagull in the road? I’ve never seen one hit…
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FMS Photo a Day: Angle. Best. Best angle?
This post has been inspired by Fat Mum Slim’s September Photo a Day challenge. I took this photo of the Little Mister while he sat next to me at the dining table. He was wearing his adorable new little Monsters Inc shirt and he looked so grown up, yet so little, that I wanted to eat him all up. This angle is my favourite. I get to see his beautiful eye lashes (he didn’t get them from me – lucky little bugger) and it kind of keeps him looking little when I know he certainly isn’t going to stop growing any time soon! We had just got home from the best…
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Loud.
This post has been inspired by Fat Mum Slim’s September Photo a Day challenge x Life is certainly not as quiet as it used to be. It’s amazing how much sound can be generated by just one tiny human. It literally starts right after they’re born and it never stops! Trying to have an adult conversation or survive a phone call is quite the experience, while silence becomes something we’re suspicious of (unless we’re lucky enough to have a break and we know our child is happily making noise elsewhere)! There are loud car ride conversations, constant toddler questions… “Where has your hat gone? Where are my (sun)glasses? What is…
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Triangles and one grubby little hand.
Triangles on the Little Mister’s IKEA toy box cushion (it doubles as somewhere to sit). A grubby little hand. “Take a picture, Mummy!” “Triangles!” he proclaimed with great pride. “That’s right!” I exclaimed with the same amount of pride. Maybe even more. I knew he has his colours sorted, but shapes? This is a wonderful new development. I think the Little Mister is experiencing a growth/developmental spurt again. He’s been eating like a maniac and one time? One time, he actually ASKED me if he could go down for a nap EARLY. He’s also a bit clingy and easily frustrated. More so than usual. It always signals the same thing.…
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Crisp…and delicious: Apple chips!
This post has been inspired by Fat Mum Slim’s September Photo a Day challenge x OMG. Check out these apple chips. Yes. Apple. I found a version of this recipe on Pinterest and it sounded just like something I needed in my life! It’s easy, reasonably healthy and low in calories! Not to mention, bloody tasty and surprisingly sweet! Fantastic treat to help beat those sugar cravings without going overboard(much better for us than M+Ms no?) and something yummy to help encourage the Little Mister to try new things (spoiler alert: he loves them). Look, they’re not sugar free, but you need so little because the apple’s natural sweetness comes out.…
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Favourite word(s).
This post has been inspired by Fat Mum Slim’s September Photo a Day challenge x I am a bit confused. I don’t know if it’s ‘thankyou’ as one word or if the correct term is ‘thank you’ with two words. Either way, after much deliberation, I have decided that my favourite phrase is ‘thank you’, anyhow. I like saying it to people, to show my gratitude, and it always feels absolutely amazeballs to receive it. I always turn to ‘thank you’ when life feels a bit shitty, because I try to remember what good there is to celebrate. It helps me to keep perspective. I like to be in the moment,…
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Beginning.
This post has been inspired by Fat Mum Slim’s Photo a Day challenge. Here are some inspirational bits and pieces I’ve found online with the theme of ‘beginning’, and some of my accompanying thoughts x image How I feel about the Little Mister. His joy for life is so contagious. image Something I wish everyone (including myself) could realise. It can take a crapload of courage but often it can be quite rewarding at best and character building at worst! image Oh yeah. For me, right now it’s how I feel about beginning a new, healthier life routine. It doesn’t come completely naturally just yet, but I’m going to get…