Billy, Don’t Be A Hero
Seven year olds can make their own fairy bread. That’s dinner for the rest of the year sorted. I’m a long way through the writing of this...
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jdettmann
Oct 25, 20164 min read
The Man Who Had No Birthdays
Someone’s kid has an extendable arm that only comes out when there’s a chocolate fountain. Handy. May Blossom turned six on the weekend...
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jdettmann
Oct 29, 20152 min read
You Might As Well Have a Hotdog
On Sunday we threw her an awesome Peter Pan-themed party, attended by seven Peters Pan, two Captains Hook, one mermaid, one Wendy (the...
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jdettmann
Oct 19, 20154 min read
A Very Peter Pan Birthday
Three weeks out she started saying, ‘I don’t want to hear it’s anyone else’s birthday before mine.’ Now we’re down to four days and she...
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jdettmann
Apr 1, 20153 min read
Ten Years? You Get Less For Murder!
I settled on going as a snake charmer. I do know that’s not an actual carnival or circus thing. I didn’t dress as an Indian sitting on a...
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jdettmann
Nov 22, 20122 min read
Talking Turkey
Actually, this year the game of Move The Tables From The Verandah To The Garden And Back Again Thrice As The Weather Changes was knocked...
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jdettmann
Nov 18, 20121 min read
Probably For The Best
Must dust cat. To our dear friends whose hen’s and buck’s nights we failed to attend last night, the following conversation is what we...
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jdettmann
Nov 13, 20123 min read
Children’s Parties for the Back-yardless
Invitations: To get the numbers up, it’s useful invite people to your party. I used Paperless Post for electronic invitations. It is...
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jdettmann
May 1, 20123 min read
Secret Fairy Business
Everytime a child says “I don’t believe in fairies” there is a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead. J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan...
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jdettmann
Mar 14, 20122 min read
Smells Like Too Many Spirits
This week I moved all our wine from the hall cupboard into wine racks on top of the spare room wardrobe, relocating the spirits to the...
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jdettmann
Jan 9, 20124 min read
Cider Road
I am a hoarder. I come from hoarders, I married a hoarder and together we have bred a tiny hoarder. Over the years, H and I have...
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jdettmann
Nov 25, 20113 min read
Givethanksing
For forty-odd years several dozen of these people, with occasional additions for worthy new friends and subtractions for bad behaviour...
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jdettmann
Nov 1, 20113 min read
The Race That Stops a Nation
For those of us who don’t go out of the house to work, office sweeps are more of a challenge. Two years ago I was freelance editing from...
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jdettmann
Oct 28, 20112 min read
Do Yourself A Favour
This morning, between baking four huge chocolate cakes and dealing with a toddler suffering from what I thought was fear of the noise the...
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jdettmann
Oct 26, 20111 min read
Down With Diversity
Where are your friends? If this is some sort of sock conspiracy to make me lose my tiny mind and turn to the cooking sherry before nine...
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jdettmann
Oct 24, 20113 min read
Play Along At Home Cake
May Blossom's Birthday Cake May Blossom turned one and it was a marvellous day. There were blueberry pancakes with maple syrup and bacon,...
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jdettmann
Oct 19, 20112 min read
Great Cakes in History
In the lead-up to May Blossom’s birthday, the cake preparations continue. Today’s post is an homage to some of the great cakes of my...
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jdettmann
Oct 13, 20113 min read
The Cake Files, Part I
In the lead-up to May Blossom’s birthday, there has been a lot of cake talk. First of all, her Uncle Superchief (my older brother)...
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jdettmann
Sep 21, 20113 min read
Tissue Paper Pompoms: A Bridge Too Far
This coming weekend I am co-hosting a baby shower for one of my dearest friends. I love the idea of throwing parties. I start looking at...
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