April 2010

Would You Like Someone To Come And Clean Your Bathroom?

April 29, 2010

Sponsored by Nuffnang Do you ever read something and think, this is too good to be true, I must have read it incorrectly? Well that’s what happened to me, when I read the email from Nuffnang saying that Vileda would like to send a SWAT team to my house and clean my bathroom for me. [...]

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Doing Things Differently – An Update!

April 28, 2010

Last week I wrote about how I was struggling to stay on top of everything around the house and lacking in motivation. To try and remedy this I listed 10 things that I was going to do differently last week. I had such a lovely response to this post. It was comforting to hear that [...]

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10 Children’s Activities For May 2010 In Melbourne

April 27, 2010

Time for a look at what Melbourne has to offer for kids in the upcoming month. All images used in this post come from the respective source. 1. Cardboard Spaces ArtPlay are having foundation year architecture students from Monash University constructing four creative spaces for children out of an unusual building material: cardboard! Spaces will [...]

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Book Review: Conspiracy 365 January by Gabrielle Lord

April 23, 2010

This is a guest post by Thinker, my 11 year old son. Back in January I did some research and listed Books For Boys – 8 to 11 Year Olds. The Conspiracy series was one of them and it is a series that Thinker loves. Conspiracy 365 is a novel by Gabrielle Lord. The Conspiracy [...]

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Beau Coup Give Away Winner

April 23, 2010

Thank you to all those who entered the Beau Coup give away. The winner drawn randomly was comment number 31 – Melissa . I will be in contact shortly to arrange delivery of your $US50 gift certificate, Beau Coup have wonderful products, you will have fun spending your gift certificate.

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What Bothers You About Me?

April 22, 2010

Image by trekkyandy This was the question that I asked my 11 year old a couple of months ago. What bothers you about me? It was a confronting thing to do and it wasn’t a question that I wanted him to answer lightly. I asked him to think hard about this question and write down [...]

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Super Easy Button Snap Clips

April 21, 2010

How gorgeous are these self cover button snap clips? And the great thing is not only are they gorgeous but incredibly easy to make! Now if you have been reading this blog for even a small while, you will now that I am very fond of self cover buttons. So I felt particularly lucky when [...]

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10 Things That I Am Going To Do Differently This Week

April 20, 2010

Photo by aussiegall Let me preface this by saying that I love my gig as a mother, but sometimes the repetition of the daily chores that go along with mothering and taking care of a house with 5 kids wears me down a little. I felt quite flat last week with kids starting term two [...]

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Beau Coup – Unique Party Favors Give Away

April 16, 2010

Thank you for visiting Planning With Kids. The give away is now closed. Beau Coup have a completely gorgeous array of party and wedding favors. Their simple online ordering process allows you to personalize your chosen party favors and have them sent out to you within a matter of days (depending on where you are [...]

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The Bridge Of Adolescence

April 15, 2010

In August 2008 I posted a series of discussions on He’ll Be Ok: Growing Gorgeous Boys Into Good Men by Celia Lashlie. In part 2 of my discussion, I noted the stage that Lashlie described as “The Bridge Of Adolescence”. “The Bridge of Adolescence” starts from around 11 and continues to 18. As parents we [...]