From the monthly archives:

June 2008

Menu Plan Monday – School Holidays Week 1

June 29, 2008

School holidays finally start this Monday which I have been looking forward to. School holidays tends to make planning the weekly menu easier if anything, as I don’t have the after school activities to work around.
However I do need to alter my shopping in general because when the kids are home they seem to consume [...]

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Are You Turning Your Child Into A Wimp?

June 27, 2008

This is the title of an interview by Andrea Sachs in Time magazine with the author of a new book called A Nation of Wimps: The High Cost of Invasive Parenting. Hara Estroff Marano is the author in question and she is editor-at-large at Psychology Today magazine.
Marano believes firmly that there are [...]

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Planning Time For The Park

June 26, 2008

When Thinker (now 9.5 y.o) and Little Rascal (now 7) were toddlers/preschoolers we spent a lot of time at parks and playgrounds. As we have had more children and the number of activities we fit into the day increases, I noticed earlier this year that Possum and Babaganouski really don’t get to the park [...]

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Six Word Memoir

June 25, 2008

All the way back in April the delightful PreSchool Mama tagged me for this meme. The aim of which is to obviously write your life memoir in six words. I filed it away to take some time to ponder what beautiful bit of prose I could whip up!
I have to admit [...]

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10 Reasons To Look Forward To School Holidays

June 24, 2008

I genuinely look forward to school holidays. I think with this long term, I have been counting down the days as much as the children have been!
Sometimes it can get a little hectic with all four home, but by balancing school holiday activities with quiet time and a positive attitude from mum, I generally [...]

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Menu Plan Monday – Unplanned Purchases

June 23, 2008

One of the reasons why I love to menu plan is that it really helps to limit the unplanned purchases that occur at the supermarket, compared to when I go without a planned comprehensive list. There always seem to be items jumping out and calling me to buy them. If I have my [...]

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What To Expect When You Are Expecting An Adolescent

June 20, 2008

This was the title of a talk that I went to Thursday evening at my children’s school. It was presented by Associate Professor Nicholas Allen from University of Melbourne. He is a clinical psychologist working in the Faculty of Medicine.
I am four or so years of expecting my first adolescent, but I [...]