January 2010

Mums Card Give Away Winner

January 29, 2010

Thank you to every one who entered the Mums Card give away. Using the random number generator, the winner was: Which was Miss Carly! Miss Carly if you would like to email me your details, I will then make arrangements for your wonderful prize.

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7 Essentials for Guilt-Free Living for Business Mothers

January 28, 2010

Back in December I was lucky enough to be approached by Jayne Jennings to become involved in a free 7 Week teleseminar series, that she was running with Valerie McDougall – 7 Essentials for Guilt-Free Living for Business Mothers . Jayne and Valerie are work life balance coaches and they have organised international experts to [...]

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Preschool Morning Routine

January 28, 2010

Our beautiful Babaganouski (who has quite outgrown this name!) will start 3 year old preschool this time next week. As he has three older siblings, he is actually quite used to getting up and out the door every morning during school terms, but I wanted to make the start of preschool a bit special for [...]

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New Look Planning With Kids

January 26, 2010

As you may have noticed Planning With Kids has a new look! (If you are reading this through a reader or via email, click here to have look.) I have my lovely, lovely sisters to thank for the new blog theme. When they asked me for a suggestions list for my Christmas present last year, [...]

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10 Children’s Activities In Melbourne For February 2010

January 26, 2010

There are a number of community based activities in Melbourne during February, which provide plenty of excellent quality and free entertainment for the kids! 1. Remembering Sir Edward “Weary” Dunlop I didn’t know that The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne ran children’s activities! On Sunday 7 February at 2pm, they are having a free Children’s [...]

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Mums Card Review And Give Away

January 22, 2010

Thanks to all those who entered the Mums Card Give Away, the competition has now closed. It is only a matter of weeks before the new school year starts. For our family the start of the 2010 school year brings the following: Babaganouski starts 3 year old kinder. Baby will start one morning (9am -12pm) [...]

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School Starting Age – Our Personal Experience

January 21, 2010

Last week I discussed School Starting Age – Latest Research On Australian Children. There are some fantastic contributions in the comments that I would highly recommend you read, if you are contemplating what age your child should start school. In this post I will share our personal experiences on the issue of school starting age, [...]

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10 Things You Can Do For A Mum With A New Baby

January 19, 2010

On Friday, my beautiful fifth child will turn one! I honestly find it difficult to express the pure joy he has brought to me and the whole family. While I do lament that he will soon no longer be a baby, I also look forward to the new stage of life that this will usher [...]

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Weet Bix Kids TRYathlon

January 16, 2010

When the packaging on the Weet Bix breakfast cereal the kids eat changed late last year and started advertising the Weet Bix Kids TRYathlon, there was quite a bit of talk between our two eldest boys about how it would be fun to give it a try. Then when Santa delivered a new bike for [...]