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10 Children’s Activities For June 2010 In Melbourne

May 25, 2010

Almost winter! Readers of the blog are probably aware that winter is my least favourite season, I am not a fan of cold weather. But at least there is still lots of fun things to do in Melbourne even if it is cold! NB. All images are from their respective sources. 1. Winter Solstice Bonfire [...]

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Breastfeeding Baby and Long Car Trips

May 21, 2010

Image by Corey Leopold A friend asked me recently about how I went with the long car trips to Mildura and babies still breastfeeding. Mildura is 550kms north-west of Melbourne and is the country town in which I grew up. My parents, one sister and much extended family are still there, so we make regular [...]

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Doing Things Differently – An Update!

April 28, 2010

Last week I wrote about how I was struggling to stay on top of everything around the house and lacking in motivation. To try and remedy this I listed 10 things that I was going to do differently last week. I had such a lovely response to this post. It was comforting to hear that [...]

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10 Things To Do Before You Go To Bed

April 13, 2010

I am a morning person. I love the potential the early morning brings and the clean slate you have to start with. Over the years we have developed some routines that we at night before we go tot bed, which have made mornings with 5 children enjoyable and a form of “organised chaos”. Taking about [...]

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Getting Organised At Home

April 8, 2010

Over the last month Planning With Kids has had many new readers, so firstly I would like to say hi and thanks for reading! And secondly to help those new to the blog, I have put together this post to give a quick guide through some of the key tips, templates and processes that we [...]

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2010 Quarter 1 Review

April 1, 2010

Back in December I set myself 10 goals for 2010. So instead of just reviewing my monthly goals for March, I am going to review the first quarter of this year and see how I am tracking! 1. Revamp the blog. First phase is complete. I have a second set of changes that I am [...]

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Keeping Family Harmony

March 11, 2010

Today I had the absolute pleasure to present a talk on Keeping Family Harmony at a local MOPS group. It was the first time for me to see a MOPS gathering in action and I was impressed with the warmth of the group, the smooth running of the morning and what a wonderful opportunity that [...]