Mini hotdogs and mini hamburgers have been a recent creation in terms of children’s party food for me. Looking for an alternative to the hot food that I traditionally serve up, I …
TV And Children
I have written before on my view on TV (less is best!) so I won’t bore you with all the reasons why I think TV needs to be limited for kids. If …
10 Things I Never Thought I Would Do As A Mother
I had my first baby at 26. I was the first of my siblings and close friends to have a baby, and to be honest did not know that much about them. …
Nana’s Lamb Chop Casserole Recipe And Family Menu Plan For The Week
My mother in law makes this chop casserole recipe which my kids love. After bringing a dish of this recently the kids were very keen for me to have the recipe. Nana …
Rocky Road Recipe – Kid Friendly Version
Earlier this year after the arrival of our beautiful baby, the children’s school delivered a baby bundle. One of the delicious items in it was a child friendly version of …
Monthly Review May
May Review It can be quite deflating to have worked flat out all month yet somehow only managed to achieve 2 out the 4 key tasks listed for the month 🙁 . …
10 Fab Posts From May
A collection of my favourite posts from blog land over the last month: On The Topic Of Parenting: 1. Giving Kids Time To Respond Marie from Makes and Takes shares a simple …
Children’s Mail Swap
On Monday we sent all the letters photographed above (needed to use the coloured blocks to obscure the addresses) to towns all over Australia and the world! We participated in Pigeon Pair’s: …
Increasing Independence In Children – Cooking Dinner
This post is part of a series of simple activities that can help increase your child’s independence. These activities are aimed at children aged two and above. Previous posts can be found …
Milky Way Cars
This is a more recent version of the cars I made for a Winnie the Pooh themed birthday party which you can see in full here. Last year I posted on how …
10 Children’s Activities In Melbourne For June
The activities listed below are for June 2009. You will find a current list of activities on my post 10 Children’s Activities For June 2010 In Melbourne. 1. The Light In Winter …
Homemade Souvlaki Seasoning Recipe
Quite frequently we will have a wrap based meal on the weekend. The reason for this is that they are quick to prepare and we set the meal up so the children …
Book Review – The Slap By Christos Tsiolkas
This is the first fiction book that I have read in over a year and it was great to get back into fiction with such a compelling novel. Thanks to my friend …
Increasing Independence In Children – Making Their Own Lunch
This post is part of a series of simple activities that can help increase your child’s independence. These activities are aimed at children aged two and above. Previous posts can be found …
10 Albums I Love At The Moment
A slight diversion from my usual lists at this time of the week, but I have been going through my album collection at the moment, in order to put music on my …
Easy Savoury Tarts Recipe
This is a very easy savoury tart recipe to make. It is a very versatile tart and you could add a range of ingredients to this recipe. The other fantastic thing about …
Book Review – Surprise!
My five year old daughter received this book from Santa last year. Santa was even clever enough to have it signed by the wonderful author Karen Andrews (Miscmum)! I first heard this …
Increasing Independence In Children – Grating
This post is part of a series of simple activities that can help increase your child’s independence. These activities are aimed at children aged two and above. Previous posts can be found …