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. …
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 …
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 …
Menu Plan Monday – Inspiration From Other Menu Planners
This week I am trying a couple of new recipes that I found from checking out other folk’s meal plans at I’m an Organizing Junkie. Each week Laura hosts Menu Plan Monday …
Planning Time For Mum
“Back to school” is almost here and it has started me thinking about how the pace of our leisurely “school holiday” days will change very soon. Once the school term starts there …
10 Things To Do Before The School Holidays End
With only a little over a week left for those of us on Victorian school holidays, I wrote myself a list of things that I need to do before the kids start …
Fighting The Materialism Battle With Self Esteem
One of the things that I like to do, which I find helps me anticipate and therefore better plan for the ongoing developmental changes in my children, is to stay I touch …
Planning Time To Stop And Play
In an earlier post on planning school holiday activities, I spoke about how I like to plan time with the kids so we are just at home and doing our own thing. …
Menu Planning – The Children’s Input
I have been doing meal planning now for over 4 years and it is something that almost everyone in the house is aware of. The exception is our 20 month old, also …
Planned Holiday Activites For The Children
Here are the planned activities that we have for the remaining weeks of the holidays: Week starting 7th January: Day trip to visit friends. Animated kids’ classics at ACMI – Animated story …
Planning The Holidays And Getting Bored
At the start of the school holidays we discussed in our family meeting what activities the children would like to do. The three older children came up with 2-3 things that they …
First Menu Planning Post
I have been Menu Planning for over 4 years now and always tended to keep it and some of my other planning obsessions pretty quiet. When checking out a few sites recently …