Tutankhamun and the golden age of the pharoahs

Tutankhamun and the golden age of the pharoahs at the Melbourne museum



The minute I saw this advertised I bought tickets... It opened just after I had Mace so I knew that this would be his first trip to the museum... I have always been infatuated with ancient Egypt, and look forward to a time when the kids are old enough to take there...

The exhibition is good, and if you haven't left Australia before you would probably think it's amazing... There are loads of interesting artifacts, but ultimately the exhibit at the British Museum in London is a thousand times better... So if you have a few grand for a trip to the UK don't bother with this one...


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Kylie Minogue Aphrodite Les Foilles

I am only semi embarrassed to admit that I am a Kylie fan from way back... Her cheesy pop and dance hits have been part of soundtrack to my life... As a little girl doing the 'Locomotion' with my cousin, 'Better the Devil' you know at 3 Faces when I was an underage teenager, 'Confide in me' when I was sussing out what direction my life might take, it goes on... I am the first to admit her more recent music sucks, and that she can't actually sing, but that's okay... I am nothing if not loyal...

Her latest album didn't float my boat at all, and I wasn't going to go to the Aphrodite tour, but when a 3rd show was released it was like a sign! We got brilliant seats on the floor 3 rows back, couldn't have asked for more...

Please excuse the extremely bad quality of my iPhone pictures, but they are to give you an idea of the amazing set up... The stage was mind-blowing, a beautiful sensory overload... Visuals of an underwater paradise, to quote Michelle, it felt Atlantis... I felt almost teary with all of the beauty!



The show started off amazing, but honestly it got worse as it went on.. Poor song choices and versions, along with less coordinated themes and costumes as the night went on... The lovely thing about her costumes are that while it's clear that she still has a smoking hot body, she covers it up a little, unlike the atrocities that Madonna had worn and performed in her very late 40's... By the last part of the show, I was done, close to bored, and then there was the encore...


Only a few meters in front of us, the water part of the show... The highlight 'all the lovers' with everyone all wet writhing around, it really was amazing... She did well to go out with a bang... All of this said, I think it's over with her, I have seen her 5 or 6 times live and I think it's all I need...

My second take on True Blood...

I am going to start at the start with this one... When True Blood started in the US we started watching it... We had recently seen 'The Starter Wife' which stars the actor that plays Bill, he was awful in it, dude has no screen presence at all... To find him as the lead in True Blood gave it an automatic negative... We tried the first 8 episodes, found it unbearable and stopped watching..

Fast forward to my pregnancy with Mace, I think we should give it another go, download it and put it away...

A couple months ago my BFF is raving about it, talking about it like it's truly awesome, so I give in and decided to watch it... I did feel like I had to power through those first 8 episodes, but the distance from my Bill experience did make it vaguely easier to watch him... There is lots of bad acting, but there is definitely something about this show, something addictive... And it does keep getting better! I watched the first 3 seasons whenever I could, whenever the children were asleep and am eagerly awaiting season 4!


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Elmos Monster Maker App for the IPhone

As we prepare for our trip to the UK, I have made a page of apps for Marley on my iPhone... Her latest favourite is Elmos Monster Maker App...

You choose the monster, eyes, nose and hat, then your monster can play with Elmo... Marley loves it! She zooms through the different face options, checking out all of the ways you can put your monster together and is always happy when her monster gets to play with Elmo...

A fun app for your little one...


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Yo Gabba Gabba Live in Melbourne

Saturday morning we took Marley to see the live version of her favourite show 'Yo Gabba Gabba', the most important thing I must convey is that if you get a chance to take your kid to see this show DO IT!!! The first half hour flew by, song after song, we sang and danced and I was shocked when it was already time for the intermission...

DJ Lance Rock was great, as was the cast! The dancey dance friend was Dave Hughes, who was hilarious in his bung attempts to do the peanut butter stomp... Another highlight was Biz Markie, charming all of the kids with his beat of the day, getting kids out of the audience to do beats with him... Marley was so happy to see him! It flew by, left the kids wanting more and she has talked about it loads since... A good time...









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Rastamouse is coming to ABCkids

Finally Rastamouse is hitting Australian shores on ABCkids Tuesday at 3.50... An awesome kids show, with a very catchy theme song... Looking forward to seeing them at the Lollibop Festival in London in August!


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The art of the brick

The art of the brick - Federation Square


We got tickets to this because I thought Marley and Mark would like it... I must say Marley did get into it, she ran from piece to piece, favouring the dinosaur, apples, peace sign and globe...

From a parents perspective it was a big mission for a surprisingly small exhibit... Not many pieces in the grand scheme of things... I was glad that Marley had fun, but it didn't take long to get through the whole exhibit twice!



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