[flickr id=”152108283″ thumbnail=”medium” align=”center”] Image by Gaetan Lee Back in February in “Planning To Let Go, One Step At A Time” I wrote about how I was preparing myself and my eldest …
Christmas Planning – Decorations Part 1
Four weeks to Christmas! My goal this year was to have completed all my shopping before Dec 1. My lovely older sister is looking after my children for me tomorrow for a …
Children’s Activities – What Have We Been Doing?
Yesterday I posted a list of children’s activities on in Melbourne for December, something which will become a regular part of my posting schedule. Apologies to non Melbourne readers, but the feedback …
10 Children’s Activities In Melbourne For December
If you are looking for Children’s Activities for 2009 please check my recent posts: 10 Children’s Christmas Activities For December 2009 In Melbourne 10 Children’s Activities For Decmeber / January School Holidays …
Choc Chip Muffins
Each week I bake a treat for the school lunch boxes. This week I am making on request White Chocolate Chip Muffins. This is such an easy muffin recipe to make that …
Growth Fetish
I have written a few consumption driven posts of late, so this is a bit of a balancing and perspective post for me. During the lead up to this Christmas period I …
Christmas Planning – Christmas Present List and Shopping
[flickr id=”2118217555″ thumbnail=”medium” align=”center”] Image by chatirygirl Five weeks until Christmas!! I am actually getting quite excited about it too. We will be spending Christmas in the country with my family and …
10 Of The Best Parenting Books
Last week my 10 things was on Practical Christmas Presents For Children. This week I am continuing on a gift list theme, but specific to parenting books that I think would make …
Menu Plan Monday – Healthy and Simple
Image by thebittenword.com As we lead up to Christmas and the end of the year, I am finding that I am out a bit more at night at the moment – prep …
Appreciating Children’s Art
[flickr id=”545482100″ thumbnail=”medium” align=”center”] Image by Hipnos Possum attends the local kindergarten, which luckily for me is just at the end of our street. The 4 year old program consists of two …
Christmas Planning – Update Christmas Card List
Image by Manicosity Six weeks to Christmas!!! I actually had to check with the Christmas Countdown Clock to make sure that I hadn’t miscalculated. Although I do feel well organised this year, …
Holidays By Hand – Paper Handmade Gifts
The second installment in the Holidays By Hand project is now up. It is going to be a six part series of Handmade Christmas Gifts. This week it is Handmade Gifts From …
10 Practical Christmas Presents For Children
When buying gifts for children I am conscious of the usefulness and of the practicality of the gift. Toys are great and have a place in every child’s life, but most children …
Menu Plan Monday – New Recipes
These are not completely new recipes, but they are newly typed up recipes! Over the last couple of weeks I have been entering ingredients and typing up instructions to lots of my …
Family Christmas Photo Card
Each year I like to send out a handmade family Christmas Card that contains photos of the children. I have spent quite a bit of time this week, trying to come up …
Do You Bail Out Your Children?
[flickr id=”106440594″ thumbnail=”medium” align=”center”] Image by maessive I subscribe to a number of parent newsletters and one which I always find thought provoking is Response-Able Parent. It is put together by Chick …
Christmas Planning – Children’s Handmade Christmas Cards
Seven weeks to Christmas now! This week I have stuck to my Christmas Preparation Plan and have been working on Handmade Christmas Cards for the Children and myself. This post will show …
Holidays By Hand – Handmade Christmas Gifts
Image by Claudia Assad Regular readers of this blog will know that since July I have been slowly making some Handmade Christmas Gifts. The inspirational Tsh at Simple Mom is hosting the …