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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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The War Card Game is a favourite with my kids. It is a great game for youngsters (4+) who are just starting to learn the relativity of numbers, eg that 3 is bigger than 2, 8 is bigger than 4 etc. It is a two player game and although we have a specific War Card [...]

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This post is sponsored by Nuffnang. I have been lusting after an iPad for awhile now, so jumped at the chance when Vodafone asked if I would like to review one (I do have to give it back though!). Vodafone now have plans where you pay nothing upfront and get to take home a very [...]

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Thanks to all who entered – Kim was the winner and has been notified – “The little girl who lives next door, her parents are alcoholics and don’t believe in Christmas”. This post is sponsored by Nuffnang. We have had the Vtech Storio for less than a week and I can already see it is [...]

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