On Leaving The Kids To Do Comedy (or, “One of my son’s first sentences was ‘Mummy
So next week I’m heading off on my second set of cruise ship gigs. I actually really hate being away from my kids. I love them of course,...
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Jenny Wynter Blog
Nov 23, 20122 min read
On Grief (or “When Does This Ever Stop Hurting?”)
Left: my mum and I making cookies 1983. Right: keeping the tradition going with my girlie, 2012. So Caleb (my 8-year-old) came and saw my...
Sep 10, 20121 min read
A Highly Succinct Yet Accurate Update
Feeling: Overwhelmed, anxious, out of control, like my house is never gonna look clean again, like I’m gonna crack one of these days and...
Aug 17, 20121 min read
Needed: A Family Friendly Version of Couch Surfing
Just stumbled across this at my local library: 5 Ways to Carry A Goat, a tale of how an Aussie travel blogger embarked on a trek of the...
Aug 7, 20123 min read
Some Changes Are Coming To Comic Mummy
Blogging, yo. Ever since I took to the streets – of cyberspace that is, paved as they are with glittery mountain dew – and asked for...
May 30, 20125 min read
Finding Clarity Through Crisis (or “The Lump in my Breast and My Throat.”)
Found on Facebook. Original source unknown. Yesterday starts out like any other. I drop the kids at school, drop Cass to daycare, I kiss...
May 22, 20122 min read
A Postcard from Reality: Wish You Were Here!
Sunset over Bribie Island last weekend. The most FAQ in any interview I do – I love saying that as if it’s a regular occurrence (which it...
Apr 29, 20122 min read
Postcard from Destination Burn Out
My monkey. So apparently I’m the only one who’s surprised by my collapse, physical and emotional, this week. I feel stupid to have not...
Mar 10, 20123 min read
Adelaide Fringe Festival Tour Diary: Approaching The Final Strait
Taking Mister 3 to the playground just pre-show, while my daughter and Keli, our fab au-pair, did Zumba! I just pretended that all...
Mar 5, 20123 min read
Adelaide Fringe Festival Tour Diary: On Touring With Kids
My little mouse spotting a poster! I love how excited she is about the show, soooo cute (though she would hate me calling her "cute" in...
Feb 28, 20122 min read
Adelaide Fringe Festival Tour Diary: Bad News and Caring Too Much
Trying my hand at "Skee Pong" on set with Jason Chong at Festival Fishbowl As I was heading into the Light Hotel this avo to get ready...
Feb 27, 20124 min read
Adelaide Fringe Festival Tour Diary: Improv, Sheer Loveliness, the Mayor of Salisbury and the Guilt/
Rockin out at the Fringe Caravan on the Mall Today was a little nuts, in theme with the rest of the festival itinerary thus far. I’m so...
Feb 24, 20124 min read
Adelaide Fringe Festival Tour Diary: “And So It Begins.”
Kids on a plane! AAAAGGGHHHH! If you’re one of these folks with an appetite for sympathetic glances from strangers, then might I...
Jan 25, 20122 min read
Things To Do With Kids in Brisbane: Get Thee To The Abbey Museum!
My little girl in a low budget ad for stranger danger? WRONG, silly! We're at the Abbey Museum! Oh YOU! Though my grandma always tells me...
Dec 1, 20112 min read
2011: MY YEAR IN REVIEW
After a beyond crapola 2010, complete with car accidents, toddlers breaking legs and husbands being hospitalised, I was ready for a...
Oct 27, 20111 min read
Tittilating adventures in toilet training!
Image courtesy of younglovin.blogspot.com I’m posting this pic as: a) it represents what has been taking up a majority of this week’s...
Aug 11, 20116 min read
“Putting the Family Last.” (WARNING: Major Rant Ahead).
FOR THE RECORD… I was a Vegetarian for 7 years. During this time, I noticed an interesting, if slightly irritating, phenomena. When...
Jul 11, 20111 min read
If you watch this, you will understand our family.
#introverts #wakingtoddlers #dominators #kids #peckingorders #family #extroverts
Jul 7, 20111 min read
Frankie and Jenny
My bestest friend. A long overdue visit. The beach. Seven – count em, SEVEN – kids between us. Connecting amidst and despite chaos. But...
Jul 5, 20111 min read
Strawberry Fields Forever (well, at least for a morning)
#family #holidays #kids #photos
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