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School holidays - top tips please!

Posted by WonderWoman in : Kids stuff , 5 comments

Having done a quick whip around the net to check out school holiday activities, seems the Birrung Marr ArtPlay wins in the popularity stakes… all (week day) school hol offerings are already booked out!

What’s your pick of holiday activities nooksters? Do tell. Please.

Bunny moulds desired

Posted by WonderWoman in : Eat & Drink , 4 comments
I’m seeking moulds for bunnies that I can fill with marshmallow. Anyone know from where I can purchase them?

Remember privacy?

Posted by WonderWoman in : My life , 2 comments

The world has gone mad over privacy, I know.

And I find myself in the unfortunate situation of having it discussed within the four walls of our humble WonderHome!

A scene from My Life, about a month before Christmas last year:

WonderWoman is having a shower. WonderGirl (aged 2) barges into the bathroom with a flourish, then takes a seat and settles in.

She thinks.
She smiles.
She speaks:
“I’m having pry-cy with you Mummy.”

Sharing privacy, now there’s a concept.

Safety in the number

Posted by WonderWoman in : Eat & Drink , 3 comments
If I bought, say, bacon, from a deli, within how many days must I use it before it becomes a weapon of mass destruction?

Talent time

Posted by WonderWoman in : My life , 1 comment so far

Which talent do you wish you had and why?

I wish I had tact, which I don’t even think counts as a talent.

Slugs, snails and headlice

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WonderGirl was intently inspecting WonderBoy’s head as WonderWoman (that’d be me) combed WB’s hair with a headlice comb, searching for recalcitrant lice (head had been treated earlier for the infestation).

WG (aged 2): “Whatchoo doing Mummy?”
WW: “Combing WB’s hair.”
WG: “Why?”
WW: “He has bugs in his hair.”
WG: “He has bugs in his hair?”
WW: “Yes.”
WG: Pauses. Then smiles. He got bugs in his hair; I got snails in MY hair.

Which school? Enculturate me!

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Ever been asked - in a job interview in particular - “which school did you go to?”? I am not a native of Melbourne, or Victoria for that matter, and so am negotiating my way through the Melbourne middle-class ideas on schools.

WonderBoy and WonderGirl have to be educated somewhere!

I am wondering: are employers here at all interested in what school you went to?

(I went to a shocker, in Qld, but it didn’t stop me doing what I aimed to do post-school).

Are the private school networks invaluable? Of any value?

Pls enculturate me!

Bones for a play house

Posted by WonderWoman in : Kids stuff , 6 comments
I think I could make the fabric “shell” for a house in which my toddler can play… but am stumped by where I might get the “bones”; the frame, if you like. Anyone know?

Japanese-style lantern for the garden

Posted by WonderWoman in : Shopping , add a comment

WonderLove is renovating the garden; ripping up the lawn and replacing it with a Japanese-style garden (lots of rocks) with native Aussie influences.

However, finding a Japanese-style lantern (not Thai, Chinese or Balinese) for the project has proved troublesome.

Would love a tip on where to buy such an item - for less than $2000. Less than $200 would be even better.

Cleaner in Flemington, Kensington, Ascot Vale

Posted by WonderWoman in : Local services , 2 comments
Help! My house needs rescuing - from the Grime Lords of Ascot Vale. Can anyone refer me to a reliable cleaner nearby?