Blog- Just Bring the Chocolate

Normal family life at my place…

Published on 10th Mar 2012 by Renata

So here it is, my very first go at setting a blogging challenge for my creative blogging friends. For a bit more background into what this is all about have a read of this. To start things off I would like to share a series of pictures from the dusty depths of my computer. For those people that have read my blog for a while, you may recall me referring to Dominic having eaten Lilia's homework before. Believe it or not, his situation isn't a one off- leave a book lying next to him and he'll ensure the ending remains a ...

Sometimes Mother Knows Best

Published on 3rd Mar 2012 by Renata

Sometimes the things that once hurt the most become the source of most joy. I've got used to hearing about everything that Dominic can't do, and I can honestly say that I find it easier to stomach after 5 years practice than I did when I was more of a novice at this. It doesn't mean that I get any less satisfaction in proving people wrong though. You could say it's one of my favourite hobbies, not the most endearing of qualities admittedly, but I do think that the smug look suits me, so I try and wear it as ...

Stop Wishing for Normal

Published on 1st Mar 2012 by Renata

Dominic smiling in his pram with a nasogastric feeding tube

My early memories of motherhood ranged from being amazed, and slightly repulsed, by how much baby sick it is possible to pool in your cleavage at one time and the apparent disregard that baby poos apparently have for gravity and claims of absorbability from nappy companies, as they stain your baby’s back, and your last clean babygrow, bright mustard yellow. After all, being a parent is a messy, dirty, exhausting and confusing job and you’re the one responsible for not screwing it up.

Happiness is…

Published on 6th Jan 2012 by Renata

Dominic Blower photo with quote reminding you to appreciate what you've got

You know that feeling, when you wake up and make a dazed stagger towards the bathroom still half asleep, but conscious enough to dreamily run through the previous night's events in your head? You can enjoy soft focus highlights as you prop your not-quite-ready-to-be-awake-yet head in your hands, your elbows enjoying your bed warmed legs as you sit on the toilet and gather the strength to tackle the day. That was me on the first morning of 2012. My head foggy and uncooperative I sat with my eyes shut for a while recalling the feeling that the night before had ...

The One Where I Confess

Published on 12th Dec 2011 by Renata

Elliot, Lilia and Dominic Blower sticking out their tongues

In the spirit of openness and honesty, for all the people who accidently landed here courtesy of Google, let me just state that at no point in this blog post am I going to be talking about anything that involves my boobs. This isn't that kind of confession. Nor have I found god. Sorry Catholics. I know it is never a good to start a post by simultaneously disappointing and ostracising two such large sections of society, but I am trying to honest here. So now that is out of the way, and I guess it's just me and the ...