MamaTuppa

Being an oral health therapist and a mama is really hard over Easter. You walk into all the shops with your kids and all you see is chocolate, eggs, bunnies and bilbies and more chocolate. So much colourful alfoil and underneath all of that alfoil is sugar. So much sugar. Too much sugar. A ridiculous amount of sugar. And I mean a ridiculous amount! One of my childhood favourite eggs is The Humpty Dumpty Egg (165g) which I looked at the box yesterday and it has 25 teaspoons of sugar! Therefore approximately half of Humpty is sugar. My stomach churns at the thought of sitting down to eat 25 teaspoons of sugar. All kids need new toothbrushes, floss and toothpaste to remove the sugar! I saw mamas and papas on Easter Saturday  in department stores getting angry at other because they took the last of the chocolate eggs with some sort of ridiculous toy in the box. I saw another mama actually hit another mama as she snagged the last of a bag of hunting eggs for an Easter egg hunt. Is ...

After being home for a week it made me think about our so called family beach holiday! We spent the week on glued to the television watching one of Queensland's natural disasters unfold before our eyes.  Watching the rain pour down As the days went on, Cyclone Debbie was wreaking havoc across Queensland and Northern NSW. We couldn't believe what was occurring. Literally could believe it. As this week has unfolded, Rockhampton's Fitzroy River was rising. It was just heartbreaking to watch. Doing vegetables to roast in a BBQ as we had no power on holidays As the week progressed, I just kept thinking how lucky we were to have each other, be in a house that is standing,with no flood water swirling through. Lots of cold cups of tea to be had due to no power, but at least we had clean running water Being back home, as my 4 year daughter and 2 year old son were getting cranky about who pressed the dishwasher buttons, I sat back and reflected....we are beyond l...