July 2008

Christmas Planning In July – Home Made Works Of Art

July 31, 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 activity which can be done with [...]

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Guest Post: Role Reversal Experience – Mr Infrastructure

July 30, 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 after her final round [...]

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10 Top Posts For July

July 29, 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 are in no particular order: [...]

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Getting Out And About

July 27, 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 that we have some time on [...]

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Dance Mosiac

July 26, 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, I had the opportunity this [...]

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The Impact Of Background TV

July 25, 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 years. In this research, children came [...]

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The Role Reversal Experiment

July 24, 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 Mr I’s hours. We have [...]

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Christmas Planning In July – Making Handmade Fabric Notebooks

July 23, 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 indulge by planning nerdiness as she is a far [...]

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The Lazy Bloggers Blog Post Generator

July 23, 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 – A Lazy Blogger Blog Post Generator. It is a [...]

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10 Guiding Principles For A Happy Family

July 22, 2008

When trying to reorganise files from back ups onto my new computer, I came across a document that I created a number of years ago which outlines some guiding principles that I had collated. These were principles that I felt should make family life happier and contain less conflict. It is funny how the timing [...]

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Menu Plan Monday – Quick And Simple

July 21, 2008

(Photo Source: flickr – jslander) When I planned the menu for the family this week, I had to do son with a different cook in mind. Mr Infrastructure and I are doing something of a role swap this week. The aim of this for me to do some long term planning, complete the preseason for [...]