Archive for May, 2008
Saturday, May 31st, 2008
At the start of May I changed to my own server and it took me a while to sort out some problems and settle in. As such the Monthly Review for April did not appear. This therefore is a combined review of April and May and some ...
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Saturday, May 31st, 2008
I would like to apologise if (and I am pretty sure you have) had trouble accessing my site. Each night this week from about 8pm Australian Eastern time, my site has become inaccessible. Firstly my hosting company said it was due to faulty hardware which they replaced. ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Back in February I reorganised Possum's drawers and wardrobes. Possum has independently dressed herself since she was two and has an eclectic sense of style! For an example of this, see the photo in the Wordless Wednesday post preceding this.
The style I have learnt to cope with, but ...
Posted in Child Development, Menu Planning | 5 Comments »
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Background: WW stands for Wordless Wednesday and is where you post without words and simply use a photo. I realise that I am using words here, but thought as this was my first time doing a WW post I would fill you in on what it is about, ...
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
My children have their set jobs which they are responsible for on a daily basis. There are times also when I want them to give me a hand with some ad hoc housework that needs to be done.
Naturally this request is not always met with glee and joy, but ...
Posted in 10 Things, Child Development | 5 Comments »
Monday, May 26th, 2008
Cooking in bulk so I can freeze portions for later, is something that I always talk about doing, but in reality don't do very often. But from looking at our calendar, I can see that June is going to be very busy for us -lots of visiting friends, school ...
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Before I had kids, I didn't have that many views on what I would be like as a parent. One of the few things that I did have a view on was that I wanted to instill into my children an understanding of the broader world around them and ...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
In Victoria (and many other states in Australia) the Premier of our State holds a Reading Challenge each year. The aim of the challenge is "to promote a love of reading. It is not a competition, but a challenge to each student to read, to read more and ...
Posted in Books, Planning | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Thank you to everyone who entered the ickle kids Activity Pack Give Away.
I used a random number generator to select the winner and the winner was mamasutra, who chose the Ultimate ickle Activity Pack. I am sure her daughters will love it!
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
As I set out in my post about TV we limit the time our children have watching TV and we also deal with time on the computer in the same way.
I am happy to sit with my preschooler and teach her how to navigate the screens etc so ...
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