Back in the beginning of February the littlest one and I ventured over to Scienceworks Melbourne to check out a new monthly event they have started in 2012 – Little Kids’ Day In. We love Scienceworks and have written about is before, specifically about the Lightning Room and the Explore-a-saurus exhibition. Scienceworks is not only [...]

Month two of 2012 already! Here are some ideas of fun activities to do with the kids during the last month of summer here in Melbourne. The Picnic Room Now with school back, those of us with younger ones at home, maybe looking for new activities to do with the littlest ones. The Picnic Room [...]

We have a few simple balloon games that the kids love to play. They are great games to have up your sleeve if the weather is not conducive to outside play. Balloon Tennis We use the humble fly swat (you can buy them cheaply from $2 stores), balloon and string across the room to set [...]

This post is sponsored by Nuffnang. It is now getting towards the last couple of weeks of school holidays here in Victoria. I am often asked “how do you cope with school holidays?”. I know many mums who don’t love school school holidays and I think they think with 5 kids, school holidays must be [...]

The give away has now closed. The winners are Joanne Rudd – All designs are just gorgeous. We would have to choose the birdie, not only was it her first word, but it ties in nicely with the theme of her bedroom. Thanks for a great giveaway! Kirra Stone – Fantastic product! I would choose [...]

All of our kids have loved playing with cars. Over the years we have built up quite a collection of cars and associated Hot Wheels sets with ramps and tracks. But I find some of the greatest moments of fun and creativity come when the kids use materials from around the house and use their [...]