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 …
MPM – Back To School
Image by thebittenword.com After a very quick two weeks, we are back to school on Monday. Personally I could do with another week away from the school and after school running around! …
MPM – Easy Family Friendly Food
We only have two weeks left of the first school term this year! I am looking forward to the school holidays and the reprieve it gives us from the run around of …
Monthly Menu Planning – Why It Works
When things are very busy I find it incredibly helpful to do bulk menu planning sessions. Sitting down for one session using my menu planning process I actually find that it saves …
Menu Plan Monday – Here At Last!
Quite a bit later than usual for MPM today. The plan has been done (I am doing them in monthly lots now!), but we had a small birthday party for Possum this …
10 Family Meals That The Children Will Love
I have a lot of discussions with other parents on the topic of meal time and about getting smaller children to eat a healthy meal. There are a number of things that …
Menu Plan Monday – The Benefits Of Pre-Planning
Image by nate steiner Before I started the 30 Day Challenge in August, I went ahead and did a family meal plan for the month. It was great to get to Sunday …
Menu Plan Monday – Brevity
Image by Stormy Sleep We have had an amazing last few days. Mr I and myself went away for a couple of days WITHOUT the children and then yesterday Mr I, was …
Menu Plan Monday – Retro Food
Image by avlxyz Growing up as a child in the 70s and 80s, traditional dinner fare consisted of meat and three veg. The only pasta we ate was spaghetti bolognaise and there …
Menu Plan Monday – Taking It Easy
We have two week school holidays now, which both myself and the children have been looking forward to. As such I am planning on enjoying the slower pace and will be keeping …
Menu Plan Monday – Getting Warmer
Beautiful image by Trey Evans We had absolutely beautiful weather when we were away in Mildura and we have also managed to have quite a bit of sunshine in Melbourne since we …
10 Things To Do Before Christmas
Image by tanakawho As I mentioned in my last monthly review in order to achieve everything I want to before Christmas, I needed to create a short term plan. Below is the …
Menu Plan Monday – Short Week
Image by Teamaksins We (me and the kids) will only be at home for dinner from Thursday this week. I have taken the children to Mildura for a few days so that …
Menu Plan Monday – One I Prepared Earlier
Image: Fimb Last week went by in a blur. I am so glad that I did my big planning session at the end of July. With the pace that I have been …
Menu Plan Monday – Keeping It Simple
Image by Roland I am in week three into the 30 Day Challenge now and feeling a little tired. This combined with having visitors staying for Mon and Tue night (family of …
Menu Plan Monday – Is It Still Winter????
Photo: avlxyz It happens every year at about this time. I start to fret that winter will go on forever and that the cold and wet weather is never leaving. I know …
Menu Plan Monday – Quick And Simple
(Photo Source: flickr – jslander) When I planned the menu for the family this week, I had to do so with a different cook in mind. Mr Infrastructure and I are doing …
Menu Plan Monday – Better Late Than Never!
From Wednesday of last week, we were lucky enough to have two young pilgrims stay with us on their way to World Youth Day in Sydney. They were from Cannon Falls, Minnesota …