Poor neglected wee blggy

My poor wee blog. I keep saying I will get back into writing in you more regularly but I am just such a busy girl that I keep running out of time!
I am keeping well up to date on NW Work at Home Parents Showcase and at The Mummy Diaries but this blog, well, it's not that I have nothing to say, I just keep forgetting to write!

Anyhoo, have been quite busy since getting back from holiday. I had meant to make another tutu, this one for my cousins little girl, back in April, but ran out of time. She has just turned 3 and is starting ballet lessons so what better time for a funky purple tutu? Her dad (my cousin) comes up to see her this weekend, so I thought if I can have it ready by then, I will shoot over and give it to her.

I better go rescue my grizzling child, will update properly with pics of latest creations over the weekend

Nikki xx

Busy Multi-Tasking Mummy

Dex meeting his "cousin" Anna for the first time.

So I just realised it has been over a week since I last posted! And that post was a blah post too. Oops. Sorry bloggy friends. I will try harder.

So what have I been doing?

Well, I have been busy over at The Mummy Diaries, we had our first giveaways, one for the blog and one for the Facebook Page. The birth stories keep rolling in too, which is great, please feel free to send yours in, with pictures if you like. Email them to us here.

Trying to do "surprised" faces. I don't think Dex got it.

On Friday last week, I set up a new blog page called www.nzwahmshowcase.blogspot.com. The idea of it is to give free advertising to Work at home parents. It was initially WAHMs but I decided that was a little sexist of me and so changed it. Of course I will support WAHDs as well! So anyway, the idea is that as WAHPs can join up and as they post new articles to their blogs advertising their products/services, I will have them added to mine, to increase the traffic to their pages, and hopefully increase their business. At some stage I would like to have paid advertising on there also, but for now, the site is totally free and I am doing it from the goodness of my heart :) Cos I'm nice like that. So if you want to be on board, please email me. There is only 4 followers so far, but I hope that as it builds up a little, there will be more people wanting to advertise their products/services and more people to read about them!

There is also a permanent page which will eventually have a proper built up directory that you can go to to find particular services in your area, as there are more people to put in it!

No, he didn't drink the bourbon (so daddy tells me)

Moving on!

I made my first tutu! Not too bad for a first attempt I think. I have another under way now. This one is for a 9 year old, and the new one I'm making is bright blue and is for a 6 month old. As you can see I changed the ribbon, the pic with 2 ribbons is what it looks like now.

I have been working, walking and weight watching. 300g down last week, which is better than gaining weight, which I was doing for the few weeks before this one.

Besides that, I have been trying to spend lots of quality time with my 2 favourite boys.

So that's me! The last 9 days of my life. Now I have to go feed the cat before she...
A. Wakes up Dex with her constant meowing.
B. Drives me to insanity with her door scratching.

And then it is bed time. Night Night all!

New Post over at The Mummy Diaries - Emotional Eating.

Happy Monday!

It's my turn again today for an informative post over at The Mummy Diaries. You can check it out here. A "from the heart" post about Emotional Eating.

We are about to start up our first giveaway, when we reach 30 followers. More details to come, but be sure to go over and follow us!

Also, you can "like" my page, Multi Tasking Mummy, by clicking here.

I'll be back later today for a proper post, but for now, my Mummy job calls :)

Nikki xx

My favourite places to be

Below is my post I just put up on The Mummy Diaries page. Feel free to check it out here or over there!


I haven't travelled a whole lot so far, we are saving up for when we have grown up kids, or places we can take them when they are older.

With my 2 favourite boys. A given, I know, but I best put them in here anyway!

Hamilton Island - Where we enjoyed a week of our Honeymoon almost 4 years ago. We stayed at the Beach Club, which is an adults only resort, and it was AWESOME! We got treated better than any other hotel we have stayed at, and did not want to leave. Of all the Islands in the Whitsundays we stayed at, this was by far the best. Needless to say, if we get back there in the next few years, it will likely to be at one of the "family" hotels, but that's ok. I could do a whole post on Hamilton Island, but I wont!

Mount Maunganui Beach - About a 10 minute drive from our house and a great place to be Winter or Summer. In fact I prefer it on a cold, clear Winters day.

Fiji. Tambua Sands on the Coral Coast to be exact. We stopped off here for 2 weeks on the way home from a month in Australia, and it was fantastic!

Anywhere that is with my friends. All of them great friends and none that I see anywhere near often enough! Hence some of these photos being up to 4 years old. The wonders of becoming parents and living in different towns I guess. 

So there you have it. A few of my favourite places to be. Ok so a couple aren't actual "places" but hey, they make me happy :)

Nikki xx

Latest Blog Post Over at "The Mummy Diaries"

Good Morning!

So I worked long and hard last night and got the latest article for The Mummy Diaries, and it is now up. This week it is about spending quality time with your kiddies, not just watching them play, or half-watching them while you surf the net. It's a tricky balance, especially if you really do need to get stuff done!

Anyway, would love you to go check it out. The Mummy Diaries

Happy Monday!

Nikki