Mini vacay!

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sparing the gram from holiday spam! poolside perfection three sisters four cheeky monkeys these two – love! rare snap with dad! Holi-YAYS! Our family just returned from a little mini vacay in the form of a two night stay at the Crown Metropol, Perth Western Australia. It was such a beautiful get away except for the fact that […]

Cool Gifts for Minis

  With Christmas just around the corner, it is the perfect time to share a few of our favourites by IS Gift. Of course if you follow us on the gram, you would have by now seen the slight obsession we have with our new inflatable cactus (pictured above). This on-trend inflatable catcus has made such a funky alternative […]

Let’s Flamingle!

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FLAMINGO BIRTHDAY PARTY We recently celebrated our mingo loving, palm tree hugging, cactus vibing, pineapple crushing Oceanna’s 8th birthday. She had a few close friends over for a flamingo themed pool party / lets have ‘no sleep’ over. Food was kept pretty basic doing as many things as we could in advance. Summer (our resident […]

Tsum Tsum Central!

So it looks like the Tsum Tsum craze has hit my little monkeys since their arrival on our Aussie shores. Based on popular Disney characters, Target’s Disney Tsum Tsums are a cute line of collectible plushies. The name “tsum tsum” is derived from the Japanese verb tsumu meaning “to stack”. These Tsum Tsum plushies are designed to sit on top of […]

My Little Play Pack

Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Fred Rogers We have been having so much fun playing and creating with our “Little Play Packs”. These beautifully gifted play packs have been cleverly designed to help children develop important skills as they learn through […]

Peppermint Playhouse – Can I move In?

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Play Kitchen that doubles as a playhouse! When we recently tried out an amazing new product by global company Plum, it looked like the birthday fairies delivered a little early for our little Nins. It came in the way of a deluxe two in one peppermint townhouse/interactive kitchen – a unique space saving children’s toy designed […]

When Freo #rocksthatwall

One of the many things I love about Freo is the arty edge this popular, eclectic port city exudes. Apart from being one of our favourite weekend hangs to grab a bite to eat, soak up the good vibes and browse the many funky markets, cafés and store, Freo is also one of my favourite […]

Happily Ever After

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We recently added a super cute NAME IT print to Indi’s room. Designed in Melbourne by Kate Korber (the creative behind ‘Happy Ella After’), these gorgeous prints not only look amazing but they can help children to learn one of the many important literacy skills required in the early years of schooling – name recognition. […]

Hola – Toby Turns Six!

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Party Time! We recently celebrated Toby’s 6th birthday party. Inspired by the work of Studio DIY it was a fun filled mexican theme party using the current trend of catci as the starting point. One of the biggest impacts for the party was the helium balloons. As a low cost decoration, 30 of these balloons […]

Banishing the Winter Blues

After Indi destroyed one of our favourite ice-cream garlands in Ocea’s room it prompted a quick reshuffle of some of our favourite things to say goodbye to winter and bring back the funshine. All it it took was a little play with what we already had and using things in an unconventional way to change […]

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