From the monthly archives:

August 2008

Sunshine Mosaic

August 30, 2008

1. Sun Kissed…, 2. Sun bathing 2, 3. Come on sunshine, 4. Cosmos in the field, 5. Cherry blossoms, 6. Tulips to the Sun, 7. Craving the sunshine, 8. Sun bathing 1, 9. Girasoli
Kate at Picklebums chose a theme very close to my own heart this week: Sunshine! We are officially in the second [...]

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How Do You Discipline Children?

August 28, 2008

Image: christine cbszeto
A lovely reader of Planning With Kids, “Lifewith3boyz” wrote me a great email recently and one of the questions she asked me was:
“I was also wondering what sort of discipline tools you use. What happens in your house when someone does the wrong thing.”
I find the subject of discipline a really [...]

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Pregnancy Update – Half Way!

August 27, 2008

Having been completely focused on the 30 Day Challenge this month, I haven’t had much time to think about the pregnancy. It was wonderful then today to see our new little one during the ultrasound.
The photo above is not of our little one, but is roughly what our little one looks like right about [...]

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10 Favourite Childrenâ€™s Books – Babaganouski’s Choice

August 26, 2008

During the month of August I have been making my way through my children’s favourite books, in celebration of Children’s Book Week (officially this week in Australia). So far we have had:
10 Favourite Childrenâ€™s Books – Thinker’s Choice (9.5 y.o)
10 Favourite Childrenâ€™s Books – Little Rascal’s Choice (7 y.o)
10 Favourite Childrenâ€™s Books – Possum’s [...]

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Menu Plan Monday – One I Prepared Earlier

August 25, 2008

Image: Fimb
Last week went by in a blur. I am so glad that I did my big planning session at the end of July. With the pace that I have been going at in August it has been great to have one less thing to think about and just access the menu [...]

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30 Day Challenge Update – Tired!

August 24, 2008

Image by Waffler
This week has been very tiring. I was lucky enough to have the beautiful family of a close friend come and stay with us and also have some friends drop in that I hadn’t seen in months.
However the 30 Day Challenge keeps going and so I had quite a [...]

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He’ll Be Ok: Growing Gorgeous Boys Into Good Men (Part 4)

August 22, 2008

Image: Ahmed Rabea
This is part 4 in a review of the wonderful book on adolescent boys “He’ll be Ok: Growing gorgeous boys into good men” by Celia Lashlie.
If you would like to read the previous posts, you will find them here:
He’ll Be Ok: Growing Gorgeous Boys Into Good Men (Part 1)
He’ll Be [...]