School holidays

School Holiday Tips – Keeping The House Tidy

January 17, 2012

Firstly notice that the heading of this post says “Keeping The House Tidy”. It doesn’t say perfect or spotless! To be honest I don’t think it is possible to do that when you have kids home, nor do I really want it to be that like. What I do want though, is the house in [...]

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How Do You Cope With The School Holidays?

January 12, 2012

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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10 Things My Kids Do That Remind Me Of My Childhood

January 18, 2011

Hello! I am back from my online leave. We have been having a wonderful time. Doing lots of hanging out, playing games and some fun activities away from home here and there. The pace has been wonderfully slow and after such a busy end to 2010 I am loving it. Over the last couple of [...]

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Bored Kids

December 30, 2010

Image Source: left-hand This post is an update from one of my very first posts, back in Jan 2008. ***** At some point over the school holidays I will have bored kids telling me that “I don’t know what to do”. And you know what? That is completely fine with me. I have learnt it [...]

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Staycation Ideas For Kids

September 14, 2010

This Friday sees the end of term three for those of us in Victoria. We have had more illness with the kids this term than we had all of last year. This school holidays we are not going away anywhere. We have a few activities lined up outside of the home, but intend on spending [...]

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10 Children’s Activities For September 2010 School Holidays In Melbourne

August 31, 2010

****** Click here for September 2011 School Holidays. ****** I was so happy to write this post! September is coming. Spring is coming!!! I love the September school holidays, the sun is usually just starting to come out and it is such a lovely time to have a break from the school routine. As always [...]

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Give Away Winners and Holiday Leave!

June 26, 2010

Give Away Winners Thank you to everyone who entered the give aways over the last week. The winners were as follows and you should have received an email from me already outlining how you will receive your prize. Mooo Review and Giveaway – The winner drawn randomly was comment no. 105 Jenny Rees. ABBAWorld Exhibition [...]

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10 Activities To Do At Home With The Kids

March 30, 2010

It is school holidays in Victoria. I was incredibly happy to see them arrive. Term 1 went ridiculously quick and was much busier than I would have liked it. I will certainly be trying for a calmer Term 2. I posted a couple of weeks ago about kids activities in Melbourne that you can take [...]

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10 Children’s Activities For March / April School Holidays In Melbourne

March 16, 2010

1. Melbourne International Comedy Festival – Children’s Shows The Melbourne International Comedy Festival runs from 24th March to 18th April. There are a number of family shows during the school holidays including: RODNEY. MISSING. John Johnson and Rodney the Elephant are an incredible duo. Together they travel the world, delighting audiences with their colourful stage [...]

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10 Children’s Activities For Decmeber / January School Holidays In Melbourne

December 8, 2009

The post below is for 2009. Please go to my current post for school holiday activities by clicking on the link below: School Holiday Activities Melbourne December & January (2010/11) ********* I am writing up the school holiday activities earlier than usual for the forth coming school holidays. The main reason for this is that [...]

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Things To Do In School Holidays When It Rains

September 30, 2009

On Friday morning I read this tweet from the lovely Liesl at HoppoBumpo: “Looking out the window & wondering if it could really rain for the 5th consecutive day of the school holidays?” At the time of writing we have had another two more days of rain and very cold weather, since Liesl’s tweet. For [...]

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10 Children’s Activities For September School Holidays In Melbourne

September 8, 2009

This post was written in 2009. Here is the post for this year Children’s Activities For September School Holidays In Melbourne 2010. Only two weeks to go to school holidays start here in Victoria. I for one cannot wait. We will be having a weekend away at the beach, but other than that we will [...]