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
Apr 4, 20162 min read
This Is Your Birthday With Kids
Maybe I’ll just leave it. Last year the suggested gifts were iron and sugar, and H is still a bit grumpy about the bits of toffee that...
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jdettmann
Dec 21, 20153 min read
Life’s A Treat
Last week Garnet turned three. He’s not a hundred per cent ok with that. The boy has a complicated relationship with the ageing process....
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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
Oct 22, 20133 min read
Nearly Three Years In
Tomorrow is May Blossom’s third birthday. If you’d asked me three years ago what I thought my life might look like now, I would have...
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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
Apr 3, 20122 min read
Gracious Is My Middle Name
I actually had a very, very nice birthday. May Blossom decided that I should enjoy the day for as many hours as possible so she got up at...
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jdettmann
Mar 12, 20122 min read
You’re Older Than You’ve Ever Been And Now You’re Even Older
Approximately how many candles I will need for my birthday cake this year. It’s my birthday soon. I’ll be older than ever before. There...
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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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