This post is sponsored by Nuffnang. A number of years ago, Mr I and I were in the final stages of packing for a weekend away without the kids. We were going to be flying to our destination and it all of sudden dawned on me – we were both going to be on the [...]

From the Family Finances Survey results one of the biggest factors in determining how much we spend on food was whether or not we shopped around. Only 25% of respondents regularly went to more than one place to take advantage of specials and this was significant in reducing their expenditure. As noted in the original [...]

This is a review post. We have had lots of discussion recently about extinct animals. The preschooler had an incursion from the Melbourne Museum last week and they brought along a dinosaur exhibition for the kids. Today we rotated some of the toys around and brought out the box of dinosaurs. I think it is [...]

We are working on building up the 9 year old’s narrative writing at the moment. One of the narrative writing activities we do is to use prompts (like the image above, which if you cannot see in your email click here) and have her creative a narrative around the pictures. On the page you can [...]

This is a review post. We had such a lovely afternoon today. The kids are fans of theme days – we usually have at least one every school holidays. We have had a blue day, The Indian In The Cupboard day, Harry Potter Day and today with it just being the younger three we had [...]

It was a late activity for us today as part of the 21 Challenge, fitted in after netball and futsal games. It also has a different angle. Tonight it was my daughter teaching me how to make something – a chatterbox. I used to make these as a child, but couldn’t remember where to start [...]