May 2009

Children’s Mail Swap

May 29, 2009

On Monday we sent all the letters photographed above (needed to use the coloured blocks to obscure the addresses) to towns all over Australia and the world! We participated in Pigeon Pair’s: I submitted four of my five children’s name to participate in the swap. This meant that we needed to write a total of [...]

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Increasing Independence In Children – Cooking Dinner

May 28, 2009

This post is part of a series of simple activities that can help increase your child’s independence. These activities are aimed at children aged two and above. Previous posts can be found below: Juicing oranges Cutting Food Grating Food Making Their Own Lunch We have been teaching our eldest son Thinker, who is 10 to [...]

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Milky Way Cars

May 27, 2009

Parties With Kids is your complete guide to planning your kids party. More info found here, or click to buy! Parties with kids includes: 38 paged ideas & planning e-book 20 paged recipes booklet 3 party plans to spread the work load 3 party menu plans with shopping lists and much more! Last year I [...]

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10 Children’s Activities In Melbourne For June

May 26, 2009

The activities listed below are for June 2009. You will find a current list of activities on my post 10 Children’s Activities For June 2010 In Melbourne. 1. The Light In Winter Festival The Light In Winter Festival is an annual event held at Federation Square and is a celebration of community life in Melbourne [...]

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Book Review – The Slap By Christos Tsiolkas

May 22, 2009

This is the first fiction book that I have read in over a year and it was great to get back into fiction with such a compelling novel. Thanks to my friend Deb who lent me this fantastic book! The publisher describes The Slap as follows: At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child [...]

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Increasing Independence In Children – Making Their Own Lunch

May 21, 2009

This post is part of a series of simple activities that can help increase your child’s independence. These activities are aimed at children aged two and above. Previous posts can be found below: Juicing oranges Cutting Food Grating Food Having a child make their own lunch is a very simple but liberating activity for a [...]

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10 Albums I Love At The Moment

May 19, 2009

A slight diversion from my usual lists at this time of the week, but I have been going through my album collection at the moment, in order to put music on my new iPhone. (I was very lucky for my birthday and received the iPhone from the hubby and kids, which I just love .) [...]

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Book Review – Surprise!

May 15, 2009

My five year old daughter received this book from Santa last year. Santa was even clever enough to have it signed by the wonderful author Karen Andrews (Miscmum)! I first heard this story when Karen read it at the Melbourne Writer’s Festival. I was impressed by the warmth of the story and the inspiration it [...]

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Increasing Independence In Children – Grating

May 14, 2009

This post is part of a series of simple activities that can help increase your child’s independence. These activities are aimed at children aged two and above. Previous posts can be found below: Juicing oranges Cutting Food Equipment: 1 small grater. (I picked up a couple of these graters at Kmart a couple of years [...]

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10 Tips For Coping With A New Baby

May 12, 2009

Our beautiful little boy is three and half months old now. It is amazing how much you learn with each child. Some of this stuff I wish I knew when I had my first and second children, so I thought I would share some coping strategies for life with a new baby. (1). Enjoy your [...]