I have recently been collating my 10 internet finds for the month around one theme. This month however, there was a few finds that I was just busting to share and they …
Planning With Kids Second Anniversary!!!
On the 2nd of January it was officially two years since I started blogging!! I have to honestly say that when I started I was never sure how long I would stick …
Fun Activities For Kids To Do When It Is Hot!
As we are in for some warmer weather this week, I have updated the post below sharing some ideas of things to do with the kids when it is hot outside. We …
10 Family Goals For 2010
2009 has been a truly fabulous year for us as a family and as such I will farewell with it with fondness. It was an incredibly busy year (probably a little too …
10 Posts With A Dash Of Christmas
A little later than usual with my monthly wrap up of some favourite posts. This collection are all spiced with a dash of Christmas! 1. Gift Wrapping 101 Image by grabadonut Written …
10 Things To Do With Tired Children
Image by Richard Stebbing Now obviously tired children need more sleep, but there are times in a family’s life and stages in the year when this just doesn’t quite happen. We are …
Characteristics of Three (and a half) Year Old Behavior
Some time ago I wrote a post on the Characteristics of Two (and a half) Year Old Behavior. In recent weeks, my fourth child’s behaviour has become rather challenging. I was trying …
10 Online Games To Practice Sight Words
In a previous post I wrote about 10 Resources On Children’s Literacy. They were resources on the web that I have used for ideas, strategies and to educate myself in the area …
On Motherhood: The Juggling, The Judgement and The Loss
Just one of the benefits I have found I receive from blogging, is that I have the opportunity to read many heart felt, thought provoking, funny and sad posts on motherhood. Blogging …
10 Reasons Why Planning Works For Me
(Image by Dilbert – one year for Christmas my lovely husband gave me a beautifully framed version of this comic strip. It makes me laugh, but I still love planning!) As a …
11 Questions about Dad
Post Updated 17th August 2022 This post was originally published in 2009 – 13 years ago – the kids were so little back then, the youngest was still a baby! I read …
10 Great Australian Blogs
I have recently updated my blogroll. For those of you not familiar with that term it is the list of blogs that I frequent and is listed on the right hand side …
Large Families – How We Cope
A lovely friend of mine Carolyn suggested to me recently that tips and strategies on coping with a larger family would be great fodder for a post. It is a question I …
10 Things To Cherish About Having A Young Family
Towards the end of June, just before school holidays started, I had one of those very tough weeks that comes with the territory of life with a young family. Some of the …
10 Favourite Posts For June
I have come across some great new blogs this month, along with the fabulous regulars that I visit. As we are still in school holidays here in Victoria (Australia) this list has …
10 Children’s Activities For June/July School Holidays In Melbourne
EDIT: The post below lists activities from 2009. Here is the post for these school holidays – School Holidays Activities Melbourne – July 2011 Friday is the last day of Term 2 …
10 Questions With The Kids
I saw these questions on the blog Harmzie’s Way a little while a go. The idea is to ask a series of questions about yourself to the kids. The original by Harmzie …
10 Things I Never Thought I Would Do As A Mother
I had my first baby at 26. I was the first of my siblings and close friends to have a baby, and to be honest did not know that much about them. …