Today’s post is actually an excerpt from the Planning With Kids book! You can purchase signed copies of the book here on the blog or you can also find it in most book stores and Big W. I am taking an online holiday until Monday 16th January. Over the next couple of weeks, I have [...]

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This post is part of my 10 week Christmas Preparation Plan for 2011. With less than three weeks left until Christmas, now is the perfect time to start thinking about what activities and tasks you can do ahead to make the work load for Christmas day lighter and less stressful. I have compiled a list [...]

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This post is part of my 10 week Christmas Preparation Plan for 2011. This originally was planned to be a post for Christmas gift ideas for boys, but I had a number of readers email and ask could I include Christmas gift ideas for girls too. So I have collated a list based on age [...]

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This post is part of my 10 week Christmas Preparation Plan for 2011. In my Christmas in July series I posted tutorials for some handmade gifts that would suit teachers as well as other friends and family. In today’s post I am highlighting bought gifts that I think would work well for teachers. It isn’t [...]

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The give away has now closed. Congratulations to Miranda who won the DIY Christmas Button Kit from Jackobindi. This post is part of my 10 week Christmas Preparation Plan for 2011. What I love about a plan, is that it gives you flexibility to work around and swap activities depending on changed circumstances. This week’s [...]

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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 [...]

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