August was quite a mad month for me. It was one where I definitely placed too much on my plate and didn’t go to bed at a reasonable time to get enough …
Managing Homework With Little Children About
On my post on Magic 100 Words or Sight Words a number of people asked how do I manage to work with my prep child on these activities with younger (and older!!) …
Monthly Review July
Do you know what I like about the end of July? It means that there is only one more month of winter left! By mid August I start to go a little …
Handmade Christmas Cards and Christmas Tags
NB. You can order sets of these cards from me (Australian Residents Only). For details on how to place an order, please click to the end of this post. We have now …
Large Families – How We Cope
A lovely friend of mine Carolyn suggested to me recently that tips and strategies on coping with a larger family would be great fodder for a post. It is a question I …
Dress Up Tiaras – Christmas Planning 2009
Last year was the most organised that I had ever been for a Christmas. It was also a year that I handmade the most gifts as well. This occurred primarily to crafting …
Monthly Review June
It is incredibly true that time flies when you are having fun! We are now half way through 2009 and almost half way through the first year of our new baby’s life …
Half Yearly Review – Family Goals For 2009
Back in January I detailed what our Family’s Goals for 2009 would be. This is the first year that I have done something like this. I have found it too be incredibly …
10 School Holiday Activities To Do At Home
Last week I posted on 10 Children’s Activities For June/July School Holidays. There is always such an amazing amount of wonderful activities on offer in Melbourne. With that said however, I am …
Increasing Independence In Children – Taking The Train To The City
This post is part of a series of activities that can help increase your child’s independence. This activity was for my child who is 10 years old, as was the below post: …
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 …
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 🙁 . …
Monthly Review April
This review actually encompasses the last two months as at the end of March I reviewed the family budget. Key Tasks for March/April Mr I and myself to go out for dinner …
Preparing For A Family Car Trip
Image: Benimoto We are heading up to Mildura at Easter to spend time with my family. Mildura is 550km north west of Melbourne. We have driven the Calder Hwy to Mildura countless …
Family Budget Review – Quarter 1 2009
This time of the month I would usually post a monthly review of my goals that I had set for the month. For March I am doing something slightly different. As March …
10 Time Management Tips For Parents
1. Menu Plan It is easy to spend considerable time contemplating what to cook and then run multiple times to the supermarket for the required ingredients. Menu planning eliminates this. I have …
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. …
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 …