On the weekend we celebrated Ava's 6th and Alex's (upcoming) 4th birthday with a Paddington themed birthday party. Our little ones birthdays are six weeks apart, so this year we decided to roll the celebrations into one and we hosted a joint party three week after Ava's birthday and three weeks before Alex's. We took their gorgeous little friends to a screening of 'Paddington 2' and kicked off the celebrations with a pre-movie party in the Lido Cinemas foyer. The kids had th

Our family has just returned home from a magical overnight mini-break at the Mansion Hotel & Spa + Rhythm of Africa event at Werribee Open Range Zoo. With Ava starting school next week, and Alex starting kinder the week after, I am cherishing every second we get to spend as a family. As soon as I heard about the Rhythm of Africa event I immediately started planning a weekend away at Mansion as knew it would be a perfect school holiday treat for the kids. We checked into Mansi