From the category archives:

Planning

Doing The Washing, The Folding, The Ironing……..

August 12, 2010

Today’s post was inspired by questions sent in by Fleur who was specifically interested in:
Laundry routines, how do you get washing dry in the middle of winter, how do you keep up with the laundry folding, how to get kids (and husbands) more involved in household chores

When I read these questions I thought that I [...]

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Monthly Review, July 2010

August 5, 2010

As I did a half year review last month, I didn’t post my goals for July, so I will review my stated goals for June.
Review Of Key Tasks For June
My focus was on keeping it simple and balanced for June:

Read one fiction book.
I actually managed to read two! The first one was a book that [...]

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How To Cope When Dad Travels For Work (A Lot!!!)

July 29, 2010

This is the second guest post from my dear friend Annie. If you missed her first post, it was fantastic and received great feedback, you can read it here Discipline Strategies – Helping Boys With Their Temper.
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Due to his job my husband, the father of our two children aged 8 and 10 [...]

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Children’s Routines

July 23, 2010

Today’s post was inspired by a couple of lovely readers Gin and Sarah. They were interested in routines that I have for kids and any charts that I might use.
Children’s School Routine
Since my first child has been in school I have used a children’s timetable to help them keep themselves organised for [...]

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Spending Individual Time With The Kids

July 22, 2010

Today’s post was inspired by Polly at I was just thinking who asked how I managed to spend individual time with my children.
When I was halfway through my pregnancy with my fifth child, I was interviewed by Claire Halliday for an article in The Age on large families. When she asked [...]

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Tips For Flying With Kids On Budget Airlines

July 15, 2010

When we went to Sydney a couple of weeks ago, we flew with Tiger Airways. We flew with them because quite simply they were the cheapest! Flying a large family is an expensive thing to do, but as Sydney is only an hour flight from Melbourne, I had no problem flying with a [...]

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Christmas Themes Ideas For 2010

July 14, 2010

Last year I wrote about how for the first time I chose a theme for Christmas. It was very simple and based on colours- red, green and silver. I really liked having a theme for the following reasons: