When I first started organising children’s birthday parties, I would get a little overwhelmed and not know where to begin. It took me a couple of parties to work out, that I …
Checklist – To Do Before Leaving On Holidays.
I have created for my family a checklist of activities that we need to complete before leaving home on holidays. At the bottom of this post, you will find attached a word …
Planning A Green Easter
Like many families we participate in the tradition of giving chocolate eggs at Easter time. I am not sure whether it is because Christmas still seemed like only a few weeks ago, …
Planning For The Easter Holiday Car Trip
This time next week, I will be finalising the packing for our Easter holiday. Easter this year in Victoria, also combines with school holidays, so we will are going to spend a …
Some Planned Time For Mum
I have previously written about how I find it really important that I plan sometime for myself, to do the things that I want to do. With four children there is a …
Monthly Review – February
This little task that I like to complete, does have its origins from my Performance Management days in the corporate world, whereby Monthly Reporting up the line was a key accountability of …
Planning To Shop For The Children’s Clothes.
Before I go shopping, I like to write down what the requirements for each child are. There is so much choice available, that I can get overwhelmed when I am in the …
Selecting TV Programs For The Kids.
I have mentioned before that we limit the amount of television/computer time that our kids have. During the week days in school terms, I am also more selective about what it is …
Reorganising The Children’s Drawers And Wardrobes.
Last week it was the toy shelf, this week I have been reorganising the children’s drawers and wardrobes. It an ideal time to do this job, as all the shops have started …
Planning My Role For The Future.
From an environmental perspective, I try to print out very few articles that I read when I am crawling the Internet. But there are some that I find and I know instantly …
Reorganising The Toy Shelf
Now that we are fully into the swing of term 1, I have set myself a plan of reorganising or de-cluttering, spots in the house that have been bothering me. Having the …
10 Things To Do Before Summer Ends!
I have to admit that I am a summer girl. I grew up in north west country Victoria, where it is hot- really hot in summer and I love it that way. …
Children’s Timetable Term 1 2008
In a previous post I spoke about some of the things that I like to do , to make school mornings easier. One thing that I like to do, but didn’t include …
Planning To Let Go, One Step At A Time
I have been thinking a lot recently about what age should I let my eldest walk to and from school on his own. He is in grade four now and we have …
Pocket Money For Kids
EDIT: If you would like to see how we track the money we give the kids and download a free excel spreadsheet template, you can do so here – How to keep track …
Planning the Term 1 Week
I have just started to put together a picture of what of the average Term 1 week is going to look like. I often spend time wondering about what is the right …
When Is A Tantrum, Not A Tantrum?
I went back to a favourite parenting guide book this week Children are People too by Louise Porter. I wanted some reminders on how to deal with tantrums. My nearly two year …