The Krafty Mommy

The day of love, they say is Valentines To show your love, for the love of your life But how do I express, the lifetime of love In all but one day, when it is in fact in every single day Flowers and presents, lavish dinners and frills Is not what proves our love for each other It is the tiny little things of everyday That say how you love me and me you Love is felt and is not shown By the way you look at me The way you play the balancing act And let me be completely me Love is in our cheesy fights, of screaming and making up When you say no more and just come up with a warm hug Its in the duties that you take upon yourself Like feeding the dog, or the kids and I Mowing the lawns or putting the bins out Packing the school lunches and even fixing mine For not waking me up and letting me snooze When I am tired and doze off during the day For understanding my needs, today and always I love you today and I love you everyday For being my pillar of support Wheth...

Heya peeps! Long time, and no see. I've been lost. In a world of chaos, of family trips and household routines. Of kids school and activities. Community and their well-being. And now I am taking the time for my own. I am making a conscious effort to break free from the rutt and spend some time with my thoughts. To organise them and then try to bounce back and record them here including all the mum thoughts, the parenting, the fun and activities with kids and all else that may arise from it all. Hoping to be more active in journaling here for noone else, but me. World beware, I am on a path to find myself.

Another popular school holiday activity / hack is the sharpie shoes. So we thought we'd give it a go too.

Diwali or Deepavali (deep - earthen lamps and avali - row of) is the biggest and most popular festival of Hinduism. It symbolises the victory of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance. It is celebrated on the new moon day of the Kartik month of the Hindu lunar calendar which usually falls between mid October and Mid November. Historically, there are many legends to the origins of Diwali. Some believe it is the celebration of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi’s birthday - the goddess of wealth, fortune and prosperity. Diwali also commemorates the return of Lord Rama from his 14 year long exile back to his kingdom Ayodhya with his wife Sita and brother Lakshman after vanquishing the demon-king Ravana. On their return, the kingdom of Ayodhya was illuminated with earthen lamps and festivities to welcome their lord. In the modern day, Diwali is celebrated with a lot of pomp and show. On the day, people clean and decorate their homes, dress up in their best outfi...

I sometimes wonder, in today’s world of technological and information overload, what are the indispensable skills that we as parents should empower our kids with to be prepared for the world in 2040’s as they venture into their work life? Will it be beneficial in 2040 that my child can code in scratch/ Javascript/ C# ? Will it matter they can do long division of a 6 digit number ? Will it be helpful that they could solve fractions and quadratic equations in Grade 6 ? I found the answer for all these questions to be NO. It won’t be beneficial. It won’t matter. And it won’t help. In today’s day and age, our children have a tsunami of information. Not wealth, tsunami. There is no end to the data available to them if they have access to internet (and lets be real, who doesn’t?). And the concern is that it is un-censored, un-checked information. A multitude of opinions and accounts from every Tom, Dick and Harry about every subject you could imagine. Even as adults, we struggle to...

So with all the big Victorian supermarkets banning single use plastic bags this month, environment and sustainability is a hot topic these days. Apart from the positive outcome there has been concerns from 'some' shoppers about having to carry their own bags when going shopping. Its hard changing habits, so it will take a little time to remember taking our bags. But its an exciting time for DIY hacks and creative possibilities are endless!😂 So here's a simple T-shirt bag hack we executed today in less than 5 minutes!!!!👍 Old T-shirt Cut sleeves and collar off Thread ribbon through the bottom of T-shirt and tie it off Invert the shirt inside out so the tie is inside...voila tote to go!

So Anya had this favorite denim she loved and sadly grew out of. Just the length though.. the waist n fitting was perfect... But she made me put it in the corner of her wardrobe.."don't charity it mumma" she said!  So it was just lying there for weeks... until this weekend. I went to get a shorts for her n couldn't find one...Of course they were either washing or drying or waiting to be ironed...n instead I got my hands on this jeans taking up valuable realestate.. Lol ! So I took it to Anya and asked her if she wanted to MAKE a NEW shorts...and those 2 words there got her extremely excited! And so we got out a pair of scissors and She told me how short she wanted her shorts...we experimented really... first cut it to knee length... Then she tried... n then got me to make it a shorty shorts !  And then of course began the fashion show... showing off the new outfit ..with the accessories (the remaining legs) lol! And then looking at what fun Anya was having.. Anam ...