When things are very busy I find it incredibly helpful to do bulk menu planning sessions. Sitting down for one session using my menu planning process I actually find that it saves …
New Recipes On PWK Free Menu Planner
I have added to new recipes to the menu planner. Both are very simple and very child friendly: Scrambled Eggs Recipe Pan Fried Fish With Salad Recipe
The Importance Of Play
I am a strong advocate of the importance of play in a child’s life. I think it is very easy to become serious about life and have high expectations of children. Childhood …
Monthly Review February
Time to take a look at what I achieved in February and what I would like to accomplish in March: Key Tasks for February Settle the children into Term 1 at school. …
10 Top Posts For February
The end of another month! Our first with five children and it has gone so quickly! Here are just some of the posts that I enjoyed reading this month: Cooking 1. Weekend …
Seasonal Fruit and Vegetables For March
1. Pumpkin slices, 2. I love summer – I love sweet corn, 3. Organic Zucchini, 4. Yams March is the start of Autumn in the southern hemisphere. After having such a devastating …
6 Blog Time Management Tips
In the weeks before and now the weeks since the arrival of our beautiful fifth child, I have found that I have significantly less time for blogging that I used to. This …
10 Children’s Activities In Melbourne For March
1. Action Zone Action Zone is a collection of the latest in inflatable action amusement products. This is not a place full of jumping castles, but much more adventurous activities that will …
Pikelets Recipe
Posting this week’s menu plan early, so I can also post this recipe! This Tuesday we celebrate Shrove (Pancake) Tuesday, the day before the beginning of Lent. The children also celebrate this …
How To Entertain A Toddler While Breastfeeding A Newborn
The age gap between our children is roughly the same, about 2.5 years, so we have always had a newborn and a toddler. In the early weeks when the newborn is breastfeeding …
10 Reading Comprehension Questions For Junior Primary
A couple of weeks in to the new school year and we are starting to get back into the swing of after school reading routines. At our school preps don’t receive a …
Fried Rice Recipe
We had another of the children’s favourite meals last week – Fried Rice. Although we call this dish fried rice, the rice is steamed and not actually fried so it quite healthy …
Help your children make sense of natural disasters – By Micahel Grose
I subscribe to an excellent parent newsletter called Happy Kids. It is written by Michael Grose. Grose is is a leading parent educator, parent coach, writer and speaker on parenting and family …
Managing School Paperwork
So far our back to school start has been smooth. The children had all the required materials and the night before preparation has made school mornings more manageable. The start of the …
Characteristics of Two (and a half) Year Old Behavior
Image source: Your Two-Year-Old: Terrible or Tender Our youngest is two and a half and this is a time of a child’s life when they can become a LITTLE difficult! A fantastic …
Mexican Recipe – Mexibake
EDIT: This Mexican Recipe is one of the most tried and tested on the blog! Families love that it is so easy to cook, incredibly tasty and makes enough for two meals. …
Creating A Children’s Timetable
Each school term I put together a children’s timetable. The aim of the children’s timetable is to: Show the children what their week’s activities are. Allow children to take responsibility for having …