May 2011

BPA Free and Waste Free Lunch Boxes

May 26, 2011

I have tried lots and lots of different lunch box combinations over the years. At the start of this year I decided that I wanted to have completely waste free lunch boxes (for my primary school kids anyway -secondary school son does his own lunch so can’t control that one so much!) I bought four [...]

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Westfield Give Ability Day – Doncaster

May 24, 2011

This post is sponsored by Nuffnang. As I noted in my post last week, on the week end I went to Westfield Doncaster to support and see in action the inaugural Westfield Give Ability Day. There is one sure fire tell tale sign that there is some special event on, as you walk through a [...]

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Kids Activities Melbourne – June 2011

May 24, 2011

The lovely Jo from Little Melbourne is guest posting again today, bringing us some of the best kids activities in Melbourne for the month of June. If you live in Melbourne and haven’t already “liked” Little Melbourne’s facebook page, make sure you do. It is updated regularly with loads of fun activities to do with [...]

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Choc Tops – The Mini Version and Other Little Creatures!

May 22, 2011

I was inspired to make these very cute Chocs Top of the mini variety after a visit to Little Creatures earlier this week (more info on this great little place after the recipe). I bought one each for my two youngest boys and thought they would be fun to make. Choc Tops – The Mini [...]

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Ask Me A Question

May 20, 2011

The best thing about blogging is the two way conversation that happens. I write stuff and readers give me their thoughts and ideas. Readers ask me questions and I can use the blog to answer their questions. The very lovely Christie from Childhood 101 has an interview with me on her blog at the moment [...]

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Artplay Melbourne – Family Dancing Sessions

May 20, 2011

During winter our week ends tend to revolve a lot around sport. Currently we have a soccer game Saturday morning, then two games of football on Sunday (at different times usually). While I like watching my older kids play sport, it isn’t so much fun for the younger kids to have to be dragged around [...]

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Organizing Homeschool

May 19, 2011

Today’s post is from the gorgeous and talented Shae from Yay for Home. Shae is an unschooler: It is simply learning from life and following the lead and interests of your child. The underlining principal is that humans are born learners and learn best with the freedom to be self motivated and learn what, when [...]

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Westfield Give Ability Day

May 17, 2011

This post is sponsored by Nuffnang. I can remember being pregnant with our fifth child and wondering had we pushed our luck too far? We already had 4 healthy and fully able kids, would we have the same luck again? When our beautiful son came along, he too was healthy and fully able. This isn’t [...]

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Poems, Songs & Story Times

May 15, 2011

PSST: Poems, songs & story times is a CD of rhymes and songs for young children. Created by the Young Readers Program, it encourages listening to rhymes and stories as an important early step in reading and language development. The Young Readers Program is a partnership between the State Library of Victoria, the Victorian Department [...]

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Blogging and Speaking

May 15, 2011

Friday week ago, I had the pleasure of speaking at the Bloggers Brunch organised by Kid’s Business and Room To Grow. It was special pre-mother’s day event to celebrate motherhood and our passion for connecting with other mums online. As I said as part of my talk, when you are a blogger and you go [...]