I had some terrific feedback after my post on The Typical Day Of A Stay At Home Mum. Thank you to all those who left comments and sent emails. I also had …
10 Ways To Be Productive Outside
Image by placid casual In my Monthly Review at the end of August, I stated that I wanted to spend some more time outside. The trouble with this goal is that often …
Menu Plan Monday – Getting Warmer
Beautiful image by Trey Evans We had absolutely beautiful weather when we were away in Mildura and we have also managed to have quite a bit of sunshine in Melbourne since we …
How Daydreaming Can Impact Creativity In Kids
A recent article from the Boston Globe detailed the research from scientists on the importance of daydreaming. The article Daydream Achiever I found interesting not only from the perspective of current education processes …
10 Things To Do Before Christmas
Image by tanakawho As I mentioned in my last monthly review in order to achieve everything I want to before Christmas, I needed to create a short term plan. Below is the …
Menu Plan Monday – Short Week
Image by Teamaksins We (me and the kids) will only be at home for dinner from Thursday this week. I have taken the children to Mildura for a few days so that …
Blue Mosaic
1. In blue, 2. Pink, white & blue 2, 3. obrint pas:on vas, 4. Blue Flower, 5. l o n e, 6. Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue., 7. blue tiles, …
30 Day Challenge – And In Conclusion
It has certainly felt weird not having to watch videos of Ed Dale and the crew from the 30 Day Challenge for the last few days. I didn’t make my first $1 …
Monthly Review July/August
Image by Florian With an intense end to July fitting in all the pre-season training for the 30 Day Challenge, the review for July just slipped from my radar. I really wanted …
My Typical Day
A reader sent in this request to me recently: “After reading your past posts i found myself wondering how on earth you find the time to do all the things you …
10 Top Posts For August
[flickr id=”509812109″ thumbnail=”medium” align=”center”] Image: Jared Goodbye August, Hello September! This month’s collection of posts have been split between craft and family organisation 50:50. There is always so much great stuff to …
Menu Plan Monday – Seasonal Fruit and Vegetables For September
Spring at last! I much prefer the warmer months and although the change in season by the calendar, doesn’t see the temperatures changes automatically, for me it is still a happy passing …
Sunshine Mosaic
1. Sun Kissed…, 2. Sun bathing 2, 3. Come on sunshine, 4. Cosmos in the field, 5. Cherry blossoms, 6. Tulips to the Sun, 7. Craving the sunshine, 8. Sun bathing 1, …
How Do You Discipline Children?
A lovely reader of Planning With Kids, “Lifewith3boyz” wrote me a great email recently and one of the questions she asked me was: “I was also wondering what sort of discipline tools …
Pregnancy Update – Half Way!
Having been completely focused on the 30 Day Challenge this month, I haven’t had much time to think about the pregnancy. It was wonderful then today to see our new little one …
10 Favourite Children’s Books – Toddler’s Choice
During the month of August I have been making my way through my children’s favourite books, in celebration of Children’s Book Week (officially this week in Australia). So far we have had: …
Menu Plan Monday – One I Prepared Earlier
Image: Fimb Last week went by in a blur. I am so glad that I did my big planning session at the end of July. With the pace that I have been …
30 Day Challenge Update – Tired!
[flickr id=”11386276″ thumbnail=”medium” align=”center”] Image by Waffler This week has been very tiring. I was lucky enough to have the beautiful family of a close friend come and stay with us and …