Two Little Pirates

  The boys have never seen an episode of Batman, Superman, Spiderman or even Ben 10.  Nor have they seen any of the movies, nor have I bou...

                    Almost as much as Council Clean Up! Driving the Captain to school this morning, the boys in the back happily listening...

If you are unfamiliar with award winning childrens author Shirley Hughes, I highly recommend her wonderful books.  Written and illustra...

This weekend was rather frantic,  on Saturday I drove down to Canberra to attend my 20 year school reunion (yes, I am that old!).  On the wa...

The volcano that we made recently is well-loved, treasured even. The pirates play with it nearly every day. Mostly the volcano could be de...

Inspired by nature (and a few other clever Mamas who have made these for their broods recently) we built ourselves a volcano. The Captain w...