tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315813441386653699.post7378576676693317298..comments2024-01-21T20:50:37.612+11:00Comments on GourmetGirlfriend: Simple lovelinessGourmetGirlfriendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14540195749908936684noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315813441386653699.post-84242467810882982402011-01-13T14:30:20.569+11:002011-01-13T14:30:20.569+11:00Loving this post for so many reasons! I love the i...Loving this post for so many reasons! I love the idea of a slow childhood, so much so that my kidlets don't have one of those schedules where I rush them to a different activity every day. No activities scheduled at all, in fact, and we spend our time exploring and playing together. It's blissful.<br />It was lovely reading about your dinners as even though my boys are 4, 3 and 1, I insist that they sit together for dinner - no toys, no one is excused early if they finish before the others. We talk about what their favourite thing for the day was and general things like what we'd like to do together. I'm hoping that it leads to the dinners when they're older that you now enjoy and we still share our lives, hopes and dreams over the family table. "Gorgeous moments to savour" truly is a great way to think of it.<br /><br />As for that recipe, yummo, can't wait to try it out. xxNatalie (tiny and little)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11754725909016120079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315813441386653699.post-42642733328375470502011-01-13T08:26:34.789+11:002011-01-13T08:26:34.789+11:00Oh! I feel like dresssing up. Well some would sa...Oh! I feel like dresssing up. Well some would say I always do (having not been able to go past the hippie look, as you know.<br /><br />Going to try the delish zucchini - got some wonderful homegrown ones from my friend Rhonda yesterday. perfect. It'll be fab for thoses vego girls next week too!! Can't wait. Thanks a million, dear Ruth. Must bust out the Bowie too! How many time was that played during, before and after dinner???? xxxx JomaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315813441386653699.post-82915823734971734122011-01-11T09:18:29.763+11:002011-01-11T09:18:29.763+11:00Of course our dress up box is OVERFLOWING- also mo...Of course our dress up box is OVERFLOWING- also mostly fabulous op-shop finds and other ones I have sewn with joy as requested- such as a request from my eldest (then aged 4) for an Elvis in the Vegas years costume! And another from the same child for a boy fairy (because of course you could never buy one in the shops!) . I had THE BEST time sewing that- pink & chocolate felt with real bells & gold edges & golden wings fashioned form fabric stretched over wire coat hangers! Boy did we have fun! OK....maybe I had THE most fun! <br />So lovely to have your beautiful feedback FranklyFeisty & Ciara.<br />xxGourmetGirlfriendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14540195749908936684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315813441386653699.post-71002758487669415152011-01-11T09:10:53.291+11:002011-01-11T09:10:53.291+11:00WELL!!! Where do I start!! How fabulous is that? O...WELL!!! Where do I start!! How fabulous is that? Our posts are so similar it's ridiculous!! Although you far outdo me for expanding on the topic. :-)<br /><br />I couldn't agree more on your points about dinnertime, and bedtime, and ensuring precious time to connect with each child. And about being mindful. MINDFUL!! Oh! for perfect mindfulness. But we will always be Good Enough, no matter what, won't we?<br /><br />And Indian food? I am sold. Will definitely be trying this one out, it looks delicious. <br /><br />@Frankly Feisty, dress-up boxes are alive and well in Ireland I can tell you! :-)<br /><br />Thanks, for a wonderful post, as always! C xCiara Brehonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10583812950426579762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315813441386653699.post-38819475903232992582011-01-11T08:45:36.018+11:002011-01-11T08:45:36.018+11:00Fabulous post! Gorgeous scrum-diddly-umptious phot...Fabulous post! Gorgeous scrum-diddly-umptious photos. Fantastical clip of Mr Bowie. Well done. Did you see the doco children and play last night? It was fascinating...takes so little to get children to use their imaginations. The dress up box was always a massive hit at our place. A huge cane basket filled with all sorts...clothes, shoes, hats, fabrics, bags, jewels.; mostly from regular op-shop visits. Is it me, or has the dress-up box all but disappeared?<br />And the joy of books...my kids, and MY, favourite shop was not the toyshop, but the local independent bookstore where we would sit on the floor and read books in the childrens section and then struggle to decide which one to take home. And yes, early bedtime is imperative for all kids...well documented and researched. Time in their beds...not necessarily sleeping gives them the chance to have their private thoughts and some peace and alone-time and of course there is NOTHING like the time of day where you, as a parent get to collapse on to the couch vino in hand, knowing you have got yourself and your kids safely through another day! XBang and Whimperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01488642623403197312noreply@blogger.com