February 2008

Planning To Shop For The Children’s Clothes.

February 28, 2008

Before I go shopping, I like to write down what the requirements for each child are. There is so much choice available, that I can get overwhelmed when I am in the stores and buy things that they don’t actually need, just because I love it!! Taking the time to do some planning for this [...]

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10 Parenting Books That I Love!

February 26, 2008

I do like to read on parenting issues. Usually I head to a book when I know that there is new stage of development on the horizon. This is my way of planning how I can then best deal with this impending stage. One of the beautiful things about children is that they are all [...]

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Menu Plan Monday – Inspiration From The Fair

February 25, 2008

Last week I mentioned that I was making a risotto, pretty much just so that I could make the risotto balls with the left overs. Well things didn’t go according to my plan. I did cook the risotto and it was great (so great that I have actually attached the recipe below), but when I [...]

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Selecting TV Programs For The Kids.

February 24, 2008

I have mentioned before that we limit the amount of television/computer time that our kids have. During the week days in school terms, I am also more selective about what it is that the children watch on the TV. There are lots of programs that although they are rated G or PG, that I do [...]

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Ten Things We Should Never Say To Kids.

February 22, 2008

In my Internet travels this week, I came across the above title, which I just had to investigate further. This is actually the name of an e-book written by Jim Hancock, which is currently free to download from “the tiny company called me” website . For those of you who are not familiar an e-book, [...]

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Reorganising The Children’s Drawers And Wardrobes.

February 21, 2008

Last week it was the toy shelf, this week I have been reorganising the children’s drawers and wardrobes. It an ideal time to do this job, as all the shops have started to stock their winter range, so I need to sort out what we each child has and what, if any new items they [...]

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10 Things We Do To Make Meal Time Enjoyable.

February 19, 2008

(1). Involve them in planning the meals. Planning meals ahead and avoiding a hectic lead up to meal time is important for me. It means that I am much calmer and in a more jovial mood by the time I sit down to eat with them. By allowing the kids to help me plan, they [...]

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Menu Plan Monday – Back On Track!

February 18, 2008

I have had some technical issues (hard drive died ) with my laptop over the last couple of weeks, so it was great to get back my laptop on Friday and to be able to use some of my planning tools again. Although I post my menu plan on a weekly basis, I actually plan [...]

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Useful Box

February 16, 2008

I made a trip out to the Reverse Art Truck this week to replenish supplies for our useful box. This was part of the rotation of toys that I was implementing at home. For Australian readers you would be familiar with the useful box from Playschool. Basically it is a collection of items like cereal [...]

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Planning My Role For The Future.

February 15, 2008

From an environmental perspective, I try to print out very few articles that I read when I am crawling the Internet. But there are some that I find and I know instantly that I need to print them out for future reference. The article Degrees of separation from The Age on 4th February, fitted swiftly [...]

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Reorganising The Toy Shelf.

February 14, 2008

Now that we are fully into the swing of term 1, I have set myself a plan of reorganising or de-cluttering, spots in the house that have been bothering me. Having the kids things organised provides a solid foundation to work from with the kids and sets an example of how I expect their belongings [...]

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10 Things To Do Before Summer Ends!

February 12, 2008

I have to admit that I am a summer girl. I grew up in north west country Victoria, where it is hot- really hot in summer and I love it that way. Last week was unseasonally cool for Melbourne and I was quite horrified to realise that there is less than 3 weeks until summer [...]

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