August was quite a mad month for me. It was one where I definitely placed too much on my plate and didn’t go to bed at a reasonable time to get enough …
Melbourne Writer’s Festival Schools Sessions
When I posted about the Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) Wordplay sessions in my Activities For August post, Rosemary from MWF left a comment letting me know that you could purchase individual sessions …
11 Questions about Dad
Post Updated 17th August 2022 This post was originally published in 2009 – 13 years ago – the kids were so little back then, the youngest was still a baby! I read …
Rice Bubble Slice Recipe and Family Menu Plan
This rice bubble slice is super easy to make and it is versatile. If you didn’t want to use rice bubbles you could use rice puffs or even crush up rice cakes …
Last Few Hours For Competition and An Interview
Just a quick note to remind you that the fantastic Mt Baw Baw Accommodation Competition ends midday today (AEST). Check out the post for further details and put yourself in with a …
Ideas For Celebrating Book Week
You can find more ideas for celebrating book week on my current post for 2011 here – Book Week Activities 2011 – Ideas for CBCA Shortlisted Book. The Children’s Book Council of …
10 Children’s Activities For September In Melbourne
How exciting that spring is near!!!! I always find August dreary in Melbourne and start to pine for sunshine. So with a sense of optimism of sunshiny days to come, I have …
Spicy Chutney Chicken With Mixed Rice and Family Menu Plan
This was my favourite meal from last week. Three out of the four children liked it, the other thought it tasted “weird”. You could put a whole variety of things in the …
Need A Break???
In need of a break to recharge your batteries? Then enter my Mt Baw Baw Accomodation Give Away. It is for Victorian (Aust) Residents Only though, so sorry if you need a …
2009 Children’s Book Council of Australia Winners
The Children’s Book Council Of Australia’s (CBCA) Book Week starts today and runs until 28th August. The winners of this years CBCA judges awards have been announced as part of the celebrations …
Fabric Covered Stationery
This is the second hand made item that we have produced for our Christmas Gifts this year. The first was the Children’s Fancy Dress Tiaras. I picked up this idea from the …
You Can Tell Little Ones Live At My House
Do you know how hard it is to actually photograph finger marks on the windows??? Well this is my attempt to do so and of the finger marks on the paint work …
10 Great Australian Blogs
I have recently updated my blogroll. For those of you not familiar with that term it is the list of blogs that I frequent and is listed on the right hand side …
Zucchini Slice
Zucchini slice was definitely the meal of the week last week. My children love this meal. It is a very easy recipe to cook, but I find that I have to make …
Gippsland Accomodation (Mt Baw Baw) Competition
I am so completely excited to be running this competition!!! It is such a fabulous prize – wish I could enter and head to Mt Baw Baw again. 🙂 We had such …
Managing Homework With Little Children About
On my post on Magic 100 Words or Sight Words a number of people asked how do I manage to work with my prep child on these activities with younger (and older!!) …
Nuff Nang’s Challenge 1000
You may have noted that part of my trip to Gippsland in July was sponsored by Nuffnang. Who is Nuffnang you might ask and what does that name mean??? Nuffnang are online …
10 Recipes To Try (When I Find Some Time!!)
I have just started exploring a few food blogs recently. There is so much inspiration out there, I wish I just had a little more time to try them out. If I …