March 2011

Sharing The Workload

March 31, 2011

I have one child who will be 3 in may & the other is 7 months. Until the youngest was born I was working full time and feeling fairly equal to my husband. Now I’m not so sure he feels I am pulling my weight in the house. I do look after the kids and [...]

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Gorgeous Kid’s Wicker Basket Give Away From CycleStyle

March 30, 2011

Thanks to all who entered! The winner is Paula who left the comment: I love this wicker basket, and think Daisy would too so thought I’d enter. I’ve checked out the website and in addition to baskets, I also love the Ocean flower helmet. **************** Sometimes it is handy to have an incentive to get [...]

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Melbourne School Holidays April 2011 – Kid’s Activities

March 29, 2011

****** Click here for September 2011 School Holidays. ****** For this school holiday round up, the wonderful Jo from Little Melbourne has collated an amazing range of activities for some special outings over the school holidays. Little Melbourne is THE guide to all the latest happenings in and around Melbourne for babies, toddlers and kids. [...]

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Pre-Order The Planning With Kids Book!

March 28, 2011

I am very excited to share with you the cover of the Planning With Kids book. It is not long until the book will be making its way on to bookshelves around the country. As a way of thanking you for reading the blog, I am taking pre orders of the book at a discounted [...]

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Teach/Learn Carnival – Imagination

March 28, 2011

Welcome to the new Teach/Learn. Here are some of the posts bloggers across Australia and the world have come up with on this month’s theme, ‘Imagination.’ ‘Imagine that …’ with Leechbabe at Stuff With Thing, learning through our search for fairies and dinosaurs, a child’s world is a wonderful place to be. ‘Imagination Towers’ with [...]

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What I Learnt From Organising The Aussie Bloggers Conference

March 27, 2011

Thanks to Dani from Dannimezza.com for letting me use the photo. As you would have known, last week end I went to Sydney to attend the Aussie Bloggers Conference. I had an amazing time, starting off with getting to see my sister on her birthday and cuddle my niece and nephew who I hadn’t seen [...]

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Recycled Creations

March 24, 2011

I have talked about the fabulous Reverse Art Truck before on the blog (here and here). I love the idea of the kids using their imagination to make creations out of recycled materials. If you live in Melbourne it is worth the trip to visit Reverse Art Truck in Ringwood. Last time we went, it [...]

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New Parenting Resource on Exercise and Nutrition For Kids

March 22, 2011

This post is sponsored by Nuffnang. Both my husband and I exercise regularly and aim to eat pretty healthily. As this is something we want our kids to do, it is important we role model the right behaviours and the right attitude. To me exercising isn’t a chore, it is something I love to do [...]

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Me Talking Mummy Blogging on The Circle

March 21, 2011

I had the pleasure of going on to Channel 10′s The Circle today to talk about mummy blogging in Australia. If you didn’t catch it – here is my little segment!

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Slow Cooker Rogan Josh

March 20, 2011

This was one of the dishes I made in advance before I headed away on my own! Although I didn’t have a full serve of this dish, I did taste it and will certainly be cooking it again. Slow Cooker Rogan Josh Ingredients: 500 grams diced blade (or lamb or chicken) 2 cloves garlic 50 [...]

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Getting Organised For Going Away……ON MY OWN!

March 16, 2011

Image by Always Bë Cool As you most likely know, for the last eight months or so one of the projects I have been working on has been the Aussie Bloggers Conference. Well the time has finally come and the conference is this Saturday. It sold out weeks ago and it looks set to be [...]

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Nana Clairs Give Away

March 16, 2011

Thanks for entering and this give away has now closed. Congratulations to Annette Reynolds and Julie Schmitt who have one a set each. Please look out for your email! One of the things I love about having this blog is being able to support other small businesses. Nana Clair’s Gifts is a family owned and [...]