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Tidy-ish
I cleared and sorted out this cupboard earlier...I'm very happy with how lovely and neat it looks now :-)I think this one will have to wait till next week!
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Homemade Lemonade
It's gotten warmer here in Ireland the last week or so and my boys are loving it! On Saturday they asked if we could make some homemade lemonade, unfortunately we don't have the luxury of a lemon tree...
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Vikings
Back in January I posted briefly on a hike we took to Luggala in the Wicklow Mountains just outside of Dublin. I have been dying to go back ever since and today we packed up our boys, jackets, hats and...
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Dublin Coddle
No don't leave!!! I know it looks horrendous but I promise you it's delicious!!! :-DThis bowl of boiled potatoes, onions, sausages and bacon (or rashers as we call bacon here in Ireland) is called...
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Heat wave ;-)
Well, the mercury SOARED to 27 degrees celsius here in Dublin today. You would think my Aussie boys, well used to temperatures in the thirties, would have still considered this bordering on cool, but...
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Howth
Well, the sunshine doesn't last long in Ireland without a break. On Sunday the blue skies started to turn moodier and stormy. This is our favourite sort of weather for a coastal walk, as the colour of...
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Paris with the kids :-)
Well, we finally did it! We brought our kids to our absolute favourite place in the world for a week and it was the BEST WEEK EVER!!!Yep, we brought the boys to Paris! We reckoned they might finally be...
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Awwww
Trawling through my photo backups the other day I rediscovered this photo from a post I did about 5 years ago. My boys' lovely little playroom in Sydney. At the time my eldest had just turned 5 and his...
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Goodbye Summer
My boys went back to school last week after an 8 week summer holiday. I'm always sad when the holidays end, they're such carefree times, no routine, freedom to do whatever we like, lazy mornings and...
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No Food Stylist
As you can see I am no food photographer/stylist. The instant I am served or have cooked a meal I just want to eat it. If something looks particularly nice I may occasionally (twice I think, one being...
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More Le Creuset!! Again!!
I'm long overdue a Le Creuset update! I haven't been lucky enough to find any in the charity shops here at all (some hope!!) but Ireland's proximity to France has meant I have been able to pick up some...
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Tapas with the folks :-)
One of my absolute favourite things about living back in Ireland is being able to see my parents whenever!! After 14 months back it's still a novelty being able to phone them and say "Call over for...
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Fraggle
Yesterday, after school and homework were finished with, I heard an excited little shout coming from the back window "There's a FOX in our garden!!!" There was huge excitement amongst the boys as this...
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Rut
I'm in a bit of a blogging rut. Â I know this happens to all bloggers at one stage or another. I think maybe my blog needs a new lease of life, a redesign, a new name, something!!!I came up with the...
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Three in a row
My "baby boy" turned 8 a couple of weeks ago!!! The perfect excuse to bake some cupcakes...My boys are now aged 8, 9 and 10. A lot of people think we were insane to have our kids so close together but...
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Christmas
I can't believe how quickly Christmas has come and gone this year! We've had a lovely time, the preps started weeks ago with cake baking, pudding steaming, gift wrapping, visiting the Christmas...
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Powerscourt House and Gardens
Happy New Year!!! It's hard to believe it's 2016 already!It's been a rainy, stormy week here in Ireland and with one of my boys having a bad tummy bug we've been stuck indoors a lot more than I'd like....
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Magic Rainbow Clouds
Whilst packing the kids into the car for the school run this morning my middle son let out an almighty screech of excitement and pointed up at the sky. Expecting the usual moon/bird/airplane/helicopter...
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Ruins
One of my favourite things about being back in Ireland is being able to show my boys the beautiful sights in our lovely little country. They are particularly interested in "really old stuff" and love...
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Another Kitchen
In the last 12 years we have lived in 6 different homes. In Sydney we traded up as we needed to space-wise, first we lived in a one-bedroomed apartment with stunning city views, then our first little...
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The weekend
Don't you just love a great weekend? Last weekend was one of those :-) We woke up to snow on Friday morning, there was MASSIVE excitement and screeching and that was just me! Needless to say the boys...
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Hello?
Wow, four months since my last post!! Hopefully somebody out there is still reading this blog :-)It's been a really busy four months!! We found a lovely house, spent two weeks bidding on it against...
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Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!!! I can't believe it's 2017 already!!! 2016 was a busy year, with buying our house, settling in, lots of family events and active little rascals.It was mostly a good year but sadly in...
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Beauties!
All my lovely Le Creuset cast iron casseroles together in one photo :-) Using these gorgeous pieces of cookware makes me so happy! I have built this collection up over the last 5 years so, many of the...
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