From the monthly archives:

November 2008

Menu Plan Monday – Seasonal Fruit And Vegetables For December

November 30, 2008

1. Dai frutteti di Carassai, 2. Cherries, 3. Cucumbers, 4. DSC_0032.JPG
We are really enjoying the in season fruit and veg at our house at the moment. Stone fruits like apricots and cherries are not lasting very long in the fridge as the children snack on them. I am also loving the crispness [...]

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Children Walking To School

November 28, 2008

Image by Gaetan Lee
Back in February in “Planning To Let Go, One Step At A Time” I wrote about how I was preparing myself and my eldest son for him to be able to walk to and from school on his own.
Researching the subject came up with the age of 10, to [...]

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Christmas Planning – Decorations Part 1

November 27, 2008

Four weeks to Christmas! My goal this year was to have completed all my shopping before Dec 1. My lovely older sister is looking after my children for me tomorrow for a few hours and I should be able to buy the remaining 7 presents that I need to get. This will [...]

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Children’s Activities – What Have We Been Doing?

November 25, 2008

Yesterday I posted a list of children’s activities on in Melbourne for December, something which will become a regular part of my posting schedule. Apologies to non Melbourne readers, but the feedback has been positive, so I hope you don’t find it too boring!
In November I posted a list of activities also, and I [...]

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10 Children’s Activities In Melbourne For December

November 25, 2008

If you are looking for Children’s Activities for 2009 please check my recent posts:

10 Children’s Christmas Activities For December 2009 In Melbourne
10 Children’s Activities For Decmeber / January School Holidays In Melbourne

You wouldn’t currently guess it by our current weather patterns, but summer is approaching in Melbourne and so too are the summer school holidays. [...]

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Menu Plan Monday – Easy Muffin Recipe

November 23, 2008

Image by blair christensen
Each week I aim to bake a treat for the school lunch boxes. This week I am making on request White Chocolate Chip Muffins. This is such an easy muffin recipe to make that my children can actually do it by themselves. It does help that we have been [...]

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Growth Fetish

November 21, 2008

I have written a few consumption driven posts of late, so this is a bit of a balancing and perspective post for me. During the lead up to this Christmas period I have also begun reading Growth Fetish by Clive Hamilton.
It is certainly an interesting time to be reading this [...]