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Jodie said...

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Brilliant posts this week Little Mumma!

If so, firstly, might I just say thank you for your kind words. And secondly, congratulations! You won! And I should point out, won randomly. Compliments are appreciated here on The Little Mumma but they can not win you aroma diffusers. Only Lady Luck can help you with that. And today, Jodie, Lady Luck has smiled upon you. So shoot me your mailing deets to thelittlemumma[at]gmail[dot]com so that we can send out your prize.

For everyone else, don't forget that for a limited time Andatech are offering 20% off products in their Wellness range using the code MUMMA at checkout. Go to andastore.com.au for aroma diffusers, juicers and much more.

In other news...

 

Dress-Up Party = Disco Zombie ...obviously

...let me confess that I got stunningly shitfaced this Saturday past. I drank the better part of a bottle of bubbles and then, judging by the stiffness in my neck today, proceeded to hair whip like a demon. In my defense, it was Saturday and it was a party. For a six year old. So...it was probably fine. I don't know. I'm not the arbiter of appropriate drunkedness around small children but you know what, neither are you so don't, alright? Just don't.

Because actually, everyone was having a great time until I went into the back yard to find Harlow crying in an esky of water... Turns out six-year-olds are BAD babysitters. They all looked afraid and a smidge guilty as I tearfully clutched my soaking baby to my chest but how could I even enquire as to WHY she was in there when the only real answer is because her mother was too hammered to watch her. At that point, I remembered why I don't drink much these days. 

So there it is. My gift to you. No matter how shitty your worst day of parenting is this week, you can rest easy knowing that, at the very least, you are not me. 

A vote for me is a vote for poor parenting choices and dodging bullets...

 

Meet Me At The Beach: our shoot with Angie Baxter

So back in November, we had some new family portraits done. Once again, we were lucky enough to have Angie Baxter shoot them for us. She did another session with us back in 2011 - you can read about that here.

Harlow's arrival last year meant that we needed an update so we headed to the Brighton beach boxes early one crisp November morning. This was after I had pushed back the date once citing "too fat for photos" as my excuse. Even now, I look at these pictures and think, Someone was cooking waaaay too many brownies...and then eating them. But despite my frankly tiresome self-loathing, I am madly in the love with this session and the little moments Angie was able to capture.

Harlow was tired, Luca and Zig just wanted to run and the wind was insane - but still, we ended up with this series of treasures.

Check it out.

Like I mentioned earlier, I have been so fortunate to have a professional family portrait session done (twice!) with Angie. But I appreciate that not everyone has the dough to do it. But you know what? People are buying $2000 Thermomixes so let me just say this; professional photography is an investment. And it is NOT the same as going to a shopping mall photographer who entices you in with "FREE" offers and then slugs you for prints of their (seriously sub-standard) work. Cheesy poses and white backgrounds? You can do better, people! Much better.

Tax time is coming up and if you're getting any kind of refund, think about getting some family pics done. Do your research, check out websites of the photographer's work, make sure they have an aesthetic that matches yours, make sure they're transparent about what things cost and even have a chat with them on the phone before booking because a good rapport will go a long way to making you feel at ease during the session.

And of course, if you're in Melbourne, you should just book Angie. Obviously.

Disclaimer: Angie gifted these family portraits to me in exchange for a review of her eBook. She did not ask me to write this post. But I did anyway. Because of awesome. The end.  

If you care about the welfare of butterflies, you should totally vote for me below (voting completely unrelated to butterfly welfare).

 

Have I (Robo)maid your day?

Here's me trying to escape my children...

Let's just say that Mothers Day 2013 will not be remembered as one of my best. It's not that I wasn't spoiled or that I don't feel blessed. I was and I do. It's more that when you're 5, 3 and 1 year old, you don't give a shit what day it is and someone better get you your breakfast NOW or else you'll scream the house down.

It was a long day and unfortunately, Bren couldn't be home for it so this Mothers Day, life went on. And life with three very small children....is relentless. We celebrated yesterday instead but as I mentioned previously, kids love the idea of Mothers Day as it extends to present opening and going out for lunch but only if it doesn't interfere with what they need, when they need it. 

So I'd like to write something flowery and sentimental about motherhood but the truth is, right now, I ain't really feeling it.

But I can say that my own mum was super-awesome on the phone tonight when I'd had a glass of wine and needed to pour out all my woes. 

And now for the truly excellent news, a winner! Thank you to everyone who entered the Robomaid giveaway and for those of you who shared on Facebook. But there can only be one;

Kelly said...

I laughed out loud about the crunchy floors and the Dyson in the cupboard. YES YES YES!

So I would rather have my kitchen dance party with the kids minus the crumbs than vacuum. :)

Congratulations, Kelly! Hopefully your very own Jeffrey will help facilitate many crumb-free kitchen dance parties in the future. Shoot me an email thelittlemumma[at]gmail[dot]com with your mailing address. 

For everyone else, I noticed Robomaid are having a sale with free shipping. Check it out here.

Happy Mother's Day, you bunch of incredible babes, you!

xxx