I am going to start my 2015 review, by reflecting on my 2014 review. At the end of last year, I was as close to burnout as I have come. And while …
10 Books for 12-15 year olds for Christmas
This post is part of my 10 week Christmas planning series. You can find the rest of the my Christmas planning series here. *********** Whether you’re buying for your own kids or …
10 Books for 9-12 year olds for Christmas
This post is part of my 10 week Christmas planning series. You can find the rest of the my Christmas planning series here. *********** Whether you’re buying for your own kids or …
2015: the one thing half yearly review
This was the first time I had one clear goal to work towards – To be a planned, patient and present mother to my beautiful kids. While I had undertaken much research …
How I prepared for leaving the family for 17 days
At the time of writing I have been in the USA on my own, with my lovely family back in Melbourne, Australia for seven days. 10 days is the longest I have previously …
Family life – the roller coaster years
I look forward to writing this post each year and just knowing I write it makes me think and notice things about this current stage of family life, that I am not sure …
7 delicious teas to taste
It will be two years ago this June that I put a halt to my diet coke addiction. Tea, primarily green tea was my saviour when I first stopped drinking ridiculously large …
25 top books for boys (7-12*)
I am very thrilled to have this guest post on the blog today. Not only does it give me a list to print out for the 8 year old to take to …
7 tips for cooking with kids in the kitchen this school holidays
This post kicks of a series of posts on getting kids in the kitchen to cook these school holidays sponsored by Western Star. As you can tell from the blog, I spend …
Waste Free Lunch Box – 4MyEarth Giveaway
Congratulations – the winners are: Mia One if my goals this year is to lessen my family’s environmental footprint in big ways and small. Waste free lunch gear is certainly a step …
Parenting Teenagers – End Of Year Wrap
This is part of my monthly series on Parenting Teenagers. 2013 has provided a very big learning curve for me as a parent. I had heard that Year 9 was a challenging year …
Christmas Traditions – An Aussie Year Sneak Peek (December)
The winner was Julie: I’ve always made my Grandmother’s delicious mince pies; they melt in your mouth. This year’s will be even more special as she’s just passed away. This post is …
Characteristics of Four (and a half) Year Old Behavior
Our youngest is well and truly in the disequilibrium phase of four. If you are not familiar with this term, disequilibrium is the half year period before a child’s birthday, (in this …
Half Yearly Review – Celebrating Successes
I enjoy the half yearly check up. I see it as a time to review, refocus and start again. In the past I think I have dwelled too much on what I …
2012 Goals – End Of Year Review
1. – Blog – a) Complete make over of blog, to be completed by March and b) the blog to a business. The blog makeover went live in April. There are still …
Learnings From The First Year Of School
Tomorrow our fourth child finishes his first year of school. While I certainly haven’t learnt as much as I did when my first child went off to school (I always think the …
Stop, Look, Listen and Reflect – Mid Year Review
Personal goals, new year’s resolutions, bucket lists, what ever you may have called it, there is a pretty big chance like most of us, you would have set yourself some type of …
2011 Goals – End Of Year Review
I have learnt a lot about goal setting in 2011. This year I didn’t fair so well in achieving all my goals. I have rated my achievement in the table below and …