One of the best things about touring with Dad

Is the time I get to spend time with Mum out on the road

Although we have different schedules when we’re working

ie; she doesn’t stop – and I’m a world class napper

Every now and then, we get a night off

And tonight, Dad didn’t want to run with the big dogs had meetings & interviews

So Mum & I decided to find a nice restaurant

Of which there were almost too many to choose from

Auckland is quite the  mecca for foodies like us

Yay!

We found a great little place just up the road from our hotel

We started off all sensible with ourselves

“…let’s get a glass of wine…or maybe a bottle….that’s two glasses each…plenty!”

Which tuned into

“…”let’ have a brandy alexander OR FIVE”

Which ended with us having to do the drunk walk / stagger back to our accom.

I laughed so much my tummy hurts

There is no one, and I mean NO ONE, funnier in my entire family

Than my Mum

The fact that she has no clue just how hilarious she is

Makes her even more hilarious-ER

If I have HALF the fun with my girls as my Mum and I have when we’re together

I’m in for a pretty great ride

Hope your Mother’s Day was a great one ladies

Mine started out awesome

And just got better.

I know how lucky I am to have a brilliant relationship with my Mum

Some people love their Mum’s more than anything in the world

But they don’t have them around anymore

So on this Mother’s Day

Whether your Mum is sitting right next to you

On the other side of the world

Or your guardian angel

Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mums

Wherever they may be

x

When I look at the girls busy making their Easter crafts

Gifts for family

It’s scary how big they look these days

Macaroni is already up to my shoulder

She’s 7

And I’m a short-arse

Even Magoo, who’s 5

Loves to brag how she can head-butt Mummy’s boobies

Which is both weird and painful

They’re both growing like weeds lately

Then I look around the house

With all our Easter decorations everywhere

And it’s hard to reconcile the two big girls, colouring Easter eggs today

With the two little girls in all the Easter Bunny photos

People say it all the time about kids

“…they grow up so fast”

What they should say is,

“…they grow up faster than fast. Like, holy-shit one day you’ll get your 7 year old’s shoes, socks and tights confused with your own. And while you want them to make their beds and do stuff for themselves – one day you’ll wake up and they’ll have taken a bath, made their beds, breakfast, cleared their dishes, put their dirty clothes in the laundry and made toast & vegemite for you”

And then you’re like, wow

And then you’ll be like, boo

‘Cause it’s a bit sad too

And then you realise that they did all these wonderful, big girl things to hide the fact that they’ve deposited an entire bottle of Vampire Red Nail Polish in Magoo’s bed

But you don’t get mad

You didn’t like that colour anyway

And the sheets were old

It WAS kinda smart of them really

To distract you enough

Hoping you didn’t notice

But you’ll be too busy looking at old photos anyway

And then your ovaries will start to ache

And cry

And possibly just drop out

THAT’S what they should tell you.