January 2009

Preparing School Lunches

January 29, 2009

Image by Steve and Jemma Copley A lovely reader of the blog wrote to me earlier this month with a couple of starting school questions. I had already scheduled posts on a number of topics that were discussed, but there was one topic which I hadn’t and it was on school lunches. Thinking of interesting [...]

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10 Children’s Activities In Melbourne For February

January 27, 2009

We managed to get to a number of the children’s activities that I listed for January which were a lot of fun. With school heading back in February, we won’t be doing so many activities this month ourselves as we settle into the back to school routine. But as always in Melbourne there is a [...]

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Baby No. 5

January 26, 2009

You may not have noticed my absence for the last few days, due to the magic of scheduled posts, but last Thursday, 22nd January our beautiful son arrived at 9.11am. Complete with a thick head of curly hair, he weighed 4.16kg (9 pound 2) and was 54cm long. We arrived home today and he is [...]

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Preparing For The First Day Of School

January 22, 2009

Image by gemsling Possum is starting school this year. In Victoria (Australia) their first year of school is referred to as their preparatory year or prep for short. We have taken care of all the basic infrastructure type of activities as outlined in the Back To School Checklist and it is just over a week [...]

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Back To School Checklist

January 20, 2009

As the summer holidays creep towards their end, it is time to go through the check list to make sure that all is order for a smooth start for the back to school process. I utilised the post from a similar time last year and modified it for what we need to do this year! [...]

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Summer By The Sea – Fishy Business

January 16, 2009

Now in its thirteenth year, Summer by the Sea is Coast Action/Coastcare’s annual coastal activity program. According to the Coasts and Marines website: This year’s theme is ‘Life On The Edge’. Our coastal plants and animals are amazing survivors – life on the edge can be difficult for our precious biodiversity. Come and learn more [...]

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Planning Family Goals For The New Year

January 15, 2009

Towards the end of 2008 my monthly reviews stopped as the busyness of Christmas and end of school year caught up with me. I will aim (my first goal!!) to be more consistent with my monthly reviews this year. Familys Goals for 2009 Before I go on to the goals for January, I wanted to [...]

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