I have traditionally not been one of those organised people who buy up presents at the sales in June or July, but have tended to leave my shopping until November or December. …
Mum’s Work Plan
I love my children dearly and enjoy spending lots of time with them, but I also believe that I need to plan time for myself to pursue interests of my own. I …
School Holiday Activity – Animation
Today myself and all four children plus a friend of the Thinker’s, caught the train into the city to Federation Square. Our first activity was to see the free kids flicks. They …
Monthly Review – June
REVIEW – KEY TASKS FOR JUNE: Not being too busy. June although not perfect has been my best month so far, for getting to bed before 11pm. I actually wrote myself a …
Some Pre-Planning For The School Holidays
It is only a bit over two weeks until we have school holidays here in Victoria. It has been a very long term and I have to say that I am looking …
How To Create A Preschool Writing Box
Possum is in four year old kinder this year and has now become very interested in writing. She is writing her name everywhere possible (thankfully only on paper though) and trying to …
10 Ways To Save On Your Food Bill
With global food prices forecast to remain high for the next ten years, I thought I would put together the most effective ways I find to save money on our food bill. …
May – Posts Of The Month
Here are a collection of posts that I came across in my travels across the blogosphere, that I enjoyed during the month of May. SOCIETY I fear for our young people written …
Monthly Review for April/May
At the start of May I changed to my own server and it took me a while to sort out some problems and settle in. As such the Monthly Review for April …
Planning For Life Learning
Before I had kids, I didn’t have that many views on what I would be like as a parent. One of the few things that I did have a view on was …
Planning Our Trips To The Library
In Victoria (and many other states in Australia) the Premier of our State holds a Reading Challenge each year. The aim of the challenge is “to promote a love of reading. It …
Do You Iron?
We do iron our clothes in our house. I am lucky that my husband will iron and is quite good at it. I do though have friends who don’t iron any clothes …
Planning Children’s Birthday Parties – Emergency Plan and Thank You Notes
This is Part 6, the final post in the Planning Children’s Birthday Series. Part 1 was a 10 Point Birthday Party Plan Check List. Part 2 focused on family strategy for birthday …
Planning Children’s Birthday Parties – Party Week and Party Day Timetables.
This is Part 5 in the Planning Children’s Birthday Series. Part 1 was a 10 Point Birthday Party Plan Check List. Part 2 focused on family strategy for birthday parties, party themes …
Planning Children’s Birthday Parties – Activities and Accessories.
Welcome to Part 4 in the Planning Children’s Birthday Series. Part 1 was a 10 Point Birthday Party Plan Check List. Part 2 focused on family strategy for birthday parties, party themes …
Children’s Timetable Term 2, 2008
Week one down of a long (twelve week) school term for the kids. This term there are changes with sporting activities, so I have revised the children’s timetable created at the start …
Birthday Party Planning – Guest and Food Lists
This is part 3 in the Planning Children’s Birthday Series. Part 1 was a 10 Point Birthday Party Plan Check List. Part 2 focused on family strategy for birthday parties, party themes …
Monthly Review – March
Time to take a look what I have achieved during March and then take a peek forward and see what is on the horizon for April. My monthly review does not go …