A lot of people asked whether this was possible. Clutter free and kids? That seem kind of like an oxymoron. Similarly, when we first welcomed Ally into the family, there seemed to be so much stuff that we needed to prepare. Retailers telling us that we needed this and that and promoting to you the…
Our DIY Christmas tree
In a previous post, I mentioned that Dave and I had differing opinions whether we should get a Christmas tree. In the end, I decided to make one. Well, I am proud to present our DIY Christmas tree. It’s simple, cheap, easy to maintain, and easy to dismantle as well. Best of all, we made…
Storage
Before we embarked on our home remodelling project, a few friends of ours told us this “Get your carpenter to help you build up more storage. With a kid around, you’ll need that”. It wasn’t just one friend who said this. Quite a few in fact. I told this to Dave and his immediate reply…
A simple birthday celebration (for your children)
By Kate It was Ally’s 2 years old birthday 2 weeks ago. In fact, both Dave and I actually took a day off way in advance on the actual day of her birthday, thinking then that we would probably bring her somewhere and celebrate her birthday together. On the day or her birthday, we were…
How much clothes do our children really need?
By Kate We have purchased a new 3 bedroom apartment and are in the final stages of the remodelling works. Hopefully, with the current rate of progress, we will be able to move into the new place sometime towards the end of September. As such, we have been really busy discarding, packing, minimizing our stuff…