Part of the cooking fiesta I have been on this week to stock the freezer for my absence, was making cookie dough to freeze, so the kids could still have a home made treat in their school lunch boxes. Freezing cookie dough is also great way to be able to whip up something quickly if [...]

This post is part of my 10 week Christmas Preparation Plan for 2011. Each year since we have had a couple of kids, we (me really!) have made a photo based Christmas Card. Over the years I have improved on the card and for the last three years, I have had the talented Kate from [...]

At a party infamously known as the Rae Street Massacre (an annual party at a share house in Rae St Fitzroy, Melbourne), I once played this song by the 4 Non Blondes so much, nearly everyone wanted to lock me in a cupboard! I still do love this song (click through if you can’t see [...]

This was the first time I had made Butter Chicken in the slow cooker. We had Mr I’s nana over for dinner and I thought I would do something different to what she would usually have for dinner. Nana is 99, still lives on her own and is one of the loveliest and most inspiring [...]

Each year before Christmas comes, I like to go through the house with the kids and sort out what we no longer need, but still works and would be useful to others. Today I wanted to share with you a couple local places in Melbourne that could use your help, if like me you have [...]

{If you are reading via email you may need to click through to see the video.} I have posted before about the daily schedules (timetables) that I create with my kids to help them keep themselves organised for kinder and school. This video show how I update the daily schedule for the younger kids. It [...]