December 2009

Yearly Review – Family Goals For 2009

December 31, 2009

Today is the last day of 2009. As I said when I posted my family goals for 2010, this year has been a busy but fantastic year for us. As you will see from the review below, I didn’t achieve everything I set out to this year, but I have also added at the bottom [...]

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10 Children’s Activities To Do With The Kids When It Is Hot!

December 29, 2009

This post was originally published on Jan 9, 2008. It was written in my first week of blogging and was the first “10 Things” post I ever wrote. It has been almost 2 years since I have been blogging and during this time, every Tuesday I have posted a list of things family or planning [...]

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Those Last Minute Things and Merry Christmas!

December 24, 2009

Today the kids and I will make some more Marshmallow Christmas Trees as the last task of our Christmas Preparation Plan. The last week has seen me finally complete some Christmas Preparations that I had planned to finish a lot earlier: Christmas Shopping – Actually only finished it on Sunday. I had only a few [...]

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10 Family Goals For 2010

December 22, 2009

2009 has been a truly fabulous year for us as a family and as such I will farewell with it with fondness. It was an incredibly busy year (probably a little too busy) but one which exceeded my expectations in so many ways. This doesn’t mean that I achieved everything that I had planned and [...]

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Marshmallow Christmas Tree

December 19, 2009

This is a super quick Christmas treat that the kids can make by themselves. It takes about 5 minutes to put together and then sets in the freezer for 10 minutes (a few minutes extra if you add the ribbon). Ingredients: 16 marshmallows 50 grams good quality white chocolate 15cms Christmas Ribbon Method: Break chocolate [...]

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Enjoying The Spirit Of Christmas

December 17, 2009

If you are trying to get organised for Christmas, check out my 10 Week Christmas Plan. Only 1 week left until Christmas! On my to do list from my Christmas preparation plan was Enjoy the spirit of Christmas. Probably seems a little odd to actually put that on the list, but I find it can [...]

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Junior MasterChef Kit Give Away Winner!

December 16, 2009

Junior MasterChef Cake Kit The winner of the Junior MasterChef Kit as drawn by random.org was No.16 – Monique, who said that she would love the Cake Kit as pictured above! Congratulations to Monique and thank you to every one for entering the competition. As well as being available at Big W, Kmart, Myer and [...]

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10 Posts With A Dash Of Christmas

December 15, 2009

A little later than usual with my monthly wrap up of some favourite posts. This collection are all spiced with a dash of Christmas! 1. Gift Wrapping 101 Image by grabadonut Written by Montessori teacher Anne, itty bitty love is a long time favourite blog of mine. In this post Anne takes us through a [...]

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Lego City Helicopter Transporter – Winner

December 12, 2009

And the winner of the fabulous Lego City Helicopter Transporter below is Marilyn, who wrote: Although I am Antique, Grandchildren think I am Unique! Through 3 generations I have played, And many different LEGO Dinosaurs made! Thank you very much to every one who entered. For Christmas this year, LEGO has created a website with [...]

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Junior MasterChef Review And Give Away

December 11, 2009

Thank you to every one for entering the Junior Master Chef Give Away. The competition is now closed and the winner will be announced later today. It wasn’t only adults that became absorbed in MasterChef Australia earlier this year, but kids too. It was a show that the whole family could watch together and it [...]