Kin tagged me to do this fun questionairre. Attached or single? I have been married for 11 years. Best Friend? I am lucky enough to have more than one! Cake or Pie? …
10 Homework Tips For Parents
I would firstly like to state that I am not an advocate of homework in primary school. I will avoid jumping up on to my soap box here, but will say that …
Seasonal Fruit And Vegetables For October
1. Strawberries, 2. Mangoes, 3. grapefruit, 4. Abacaxi, piña, pineapple As we head further into spring some of my children’s favourite fruits are starting to come into season – strawberries and mangoes. …
School Holiday Activities – Animation At ACMI
This was the second of our two major outings during the second week of school holidays. For this school holiday activity we went to ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image) at …
Paid Maternity Leave In Australia
Image by hugrakka Australia is one of only two developed countries without paid maternity leave. The Rudd Government says that they will change this status and will legislate some form of compulsory …
School Holiday Activity – Swordfighting!
Last week I wrote a list of 10 School Holiday Activities in Melbourne. One school holiday activity that was on the list was Swordfighting. This week the children, a friend and myself …
10 Top Posts For September
Images by trekkyandy and A National Acrobat Over the last couple of months I have started increasing my use of social media, mainly on Twitter and StumbleUpon. Part of becoming more engaged …
Post On Aussie Bloggers
Just a quick note to let you know that I have a post up at Aussie Bloggers – Managing Blog Subscriptions. Not one child related word written there, but advice on how …
Menu Plan Monday – Retro Food
Image by avlxyz Growing up as a child in the 70s and 80s, traditional dinner fare consisted of meat and three veg. The only pasta we ate was spaghetti bolognaise and there …
Junk Food Ads During Children’s Television Shows
As mentioned before, the amount of time my children watch television is limited. When they do watch it, it tends to be mainly on non commercial channels or DVDs. So I was …
Christmas Planning – Christmas Present Tags
Each year I like to make my own tags for Christmas presents. I pick a theme based on colour or pattern and match up wrapping paper and tags. I have contemplated making …
Family Meetings
A lovely reader included this in an email to me recently: I really liked the idea of your weekly family meeting I was wonder though what sort of topics are brought …
10 School Holiday Activities In Melbourne
****** Click here for September 2011 School Holidays. ****** [flickr id=”2149327309″ thumbnail=”medium” align=”center”] Image by johnpetru82 I read lots of blogs from mums in the northern hemisphere and during our winter this …
Menu Plan Monday – Taking It Easy
We have two week school holidays now, which both myself and the children have been looking forward to. As such I am planning on enjoying the slower pace and will be keeping …
New Look Planning With Kids
1. Colours, 2. March 13, 2006: Chalk Rainbow, 3. Ok, what’s the deal?, 4. Colors, colors, colors!, 5. More from the Heidelberg Project, 6. United Colors of Legotton, 7. Water balls, 8. …
Upgrading WordPress Tonight
Just a quick note to let you know that in a couple of hours, I will upgrading the blog to the newest version of WordPress. During this time, the site will be …
Toilet Training Boys
My toddler (Babaganouski) is now showing all the signs of being ready for toilet training. The signs that I have picked up are: Comes and asks me to change me his nappy …
Ice Cream Cake Recipe – Honeycomb Flavour
Over numerous years of birthdays and other occasions that require a cake as part of the celebration, I have noticed how much cake children waste. My children (mainly the younger ones), will …