{If you are reading via email you may need to click through to see the video.} I have posted before about the daily schedules (timetables) that I create with my kids to help them keep themselves organised for kinder and school. This video show how I update the daily schedule for the younger kids. It [...]

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This post is inspired by a question from a lovely reader. You can see some other answers to questions from readers here. You talk about taking the kids to swimming lessons and was wondering (a) how do you take five kids swimming?? and (b) what tips do you have to make it easier? This year [...]

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Tomorrow my eldest starts his first day of secondary school and then next week the other two school kids start Term 1. I am going to be sorry to see the end of the school holidays. I loved the slower pace, the reduced running around and most importantly just spending more time hanging out with [...]

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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 school. [...]

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Photo by aussiegall Let me preface this by saying that I love my gig as a mother, but sometimes the repetition of the daily chores that go along with mothering and taking care of a house with 5 kids wears me down a little. I felt quite flat last week with kids starting term two [...]

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Our beautiful Babaganouski (who has quite outgrown this name!) will start 3 year old preschool this time next week. As he has three older siblings, he is actually quite used to getting up and out the door every morning during school terms, but I wanted to make the start of preschool a bit special for [...]

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