Archive for July, 2008

Christmas Planning In July - Home Made Works Of Art

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

SPOILER ALERT - To my family and to the children's "special" friends, please do not read on as you may see your Christmas Gift for this year! Last week I showed the handmade books that I have set aside for Christmas Gifts this year. Today is a very simple ...

Guest Post: Role Reversal Experience – Mr Infrastructure

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Photo by Cayman Girl This is the first guest post on Planning With Kids and I am very proud that it comes from my gorgeous husband! Here is his experience from trading roles with me last week (completely unedited!!!). Back in 2003, Anika Sorenson (world #1 female golfer) addressed the media ...

10 Top Posts For July

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Here is a look at 10 posts that I have really enjoyed in the month of July. Normally I try to categorise them into headings, but it is too diverse this month, with the posts being to hard to define into 3 or 4 neat little sections, so here they ...

Menu Plan Monday - A Big Planning Session

Monday, July 28th, 2008

When I sat down to plan the meals for this week, I realised that this week would see the start of August. For me, this year August has particular significance as I am doing the 30 Day Challenge in this month. I won't bore you with ...

Getting Out And About

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

I had the opportunity to get out of the house a couple of nights this week and see some interesting stuff. I love having the chance to see new things and I do make an effort to book Mr Infrastructure and myself to attend some things, to make sure ...

Dance Mosiac

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

1. strike a pose, 2. Untitled, 3. Fantastic Foto Friday 06.08.07, 4. En Pointe, 5. Fine Art - Ballet, 6. En Pointe, 7. arabesque, 8. Shinta, 9. little legs Creative Kate at Picklebums features Flickr Friday each week. This week the theme is Dance. And on the subject of dance, ...

The Impact Of Background TV

Friday, July 25th, 2008

(Photo source: flickr - szeretlek) I came across a number of articles regarding a new study, published in the July/August issue of Child Development. The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Massachusetts. They looked at group of 50 children, who were aged from 1 to 3 ...

The Role Reversal Experiment

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

This week Mr Infrastructure kindly took a week's holiday leave, so he could stay home and allow me time on projects that I needed to work on. The Role Reversal Experiment has been an interesting insight for both of us. We agreed that I would work a similar schedule to ...

Christmas Planning In July - Making Handmade Fabric Notebooks

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

Earlier this month I got together with a talented and craft friend to make the first batch of hand made Christmas Presents for the year. Our first get together in July was a planning meeting. For my crafty friend, this was very kind of her to ...

The Lazy Bloggers Blog Post Generator

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

Have you ever been to Aussie Bloggers? You don't have to be an Aussie to enjoy this place. This week is a very exciting week at Aussie Bloggers as it turns six months old and to celebrate they have given a present to the blogosphere ...