Our first family ski trip! Five days in Queenstown with a 4yo and 6yo: what we did, what worked, and what we’d do differently next time.
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If you’ve followed me over from Lazy Girl Fitness then you know that when it comes to exercise, I’ve always been an advocate for working smarter rather than harder. That ethos has never been more relevant than once you become a mum and your available hours shrink from total flexibility down to approximately 47 seconds. When my kids were really little (and honestly, still today) bodyweight workouts are my go-to when I need something that can be completed in one episode of Octonauts (or one sleep cycle). Today I want to share with you one of my favourite bodyweight workouts from the trenches. Please note that this is not prescriptive…
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It was pyjama day at school today and I’m telling you, making this just an annual event is doing a disservice to parents everywhere. I would be all for paying my gold coin donation weekly – one less outfit to wash, one less thing to do in the morning. And after being chained to the house with a sick kid and his brother for the past three days, it was a nice little carrot for getting them out the door (at long looooong last) this morning. I never thought I’d be a stay-at-home mumMy parents owned their own business, and working long and hard in an out-of-the-home environment was pretty…
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Seven years ago I’d just discovered I was pregnant with our first child. I steadfastly (and exceptionally naively) believed my life would stay the same after I had a baby. Back then, I was running Lazy Girl Fitness (if you know me from those days, hi! It’s been a minute), a personal training business and fitness and lifestyle blog. I loved every second of it. In fact, I loved it so much that I was sure I’d be straight back into it after giving birth. I had it all mapped out. But then, well, I had an actual, real-life baby and everything I thought I knew was flipped on its…
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Let me kick things off with full disclosure: I am not a very good baker. As a general rule, I live my life a little haphazardly, and this is reflected in the kitchen. However when I’m baking for the kids, I generally bake with the kids. It’s a great activity to do together, and I find I’m more inclined to follow the recipe closely when I’m working with them (monkey see, monkey do I hope?!). So with that in mind, you can believe that these 5 easy lunchbox snacks are exactly that: easy. 3-ingredient pancakes by Lucy at Bake Play SmileI’m always overly optimistic on our banana consumption, therefore always…
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So, you’re having a baby huh? Well, there aren’t many milestones more significant than that… nor more valid excuses to go shopping. Word of warning though, I learned the hard way that you don’t need half the stuff you think you’re going to. So before you go out and purchase the entire newborn section of your local department store, take a look through my baby essentials checklist. I created it for a good friend of mine a couple of years ago, and now it’s yours. I’ll pop a downloadable version towards the bottom of the page in case that’s preferable for you. If bottle feeding: Keep in nappy caddy: That’s…
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Mornings with kids can be chaotic, especially when they wake early and there’s 465 hours until you can drop them at school. If you’re looking for ways to keep them entertained and (relatively) quiet, here are five tried-and-tested screen-free morning activities for kids that work in our home. Workbooks Alfie and Charlie both enjoy doing these, though Charlie obviously needs a lot more parental help with reading and understanding the questions. Some of our favourites are: Magnetic Tiles These have been a winner in our house since Alfie was 18 months old. In the beginning it was all about colour and shape sorting (they still love to do this sometimes),…
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Was there ever a more convenient snack than the humble bliss ball, made popular by the Bondi-living, Lululemon-wearing, selfie-posting women of the 2010’s? (oh hi, it’s me). Well let me answer my own rhetorical question; the answer is no. And you know who loves bliss balls even more than 2014-Jess? Mum-Jess. I have made more variations of bliss balls than I care to think about, but for mums, these post-natal bliss balls are the ones I keep coming back to. I make them for friends in the post-partum period, and I have a stash in the freezer for myself and the boys, quite literally at all times. Made with almond…
