May 2011

Sand Tray Play

May 31, 2011

He was in tears when his Dad left without him this morning. I needed a distraction, something to make him think staying at home with me was WAY better then going out with his Dad. I offered painting, I even offered a DVD but none of them got more than a screamed “No!” and more [...]

Recipe – Tuna Bake!

May 30, 2011

Mondays are mental days in our house. I spend most of the day driving back and forth between our two local towns dropping people at events. The last event of the day is the girls’ ballet and tap lesson which doesn’t finish till 6pm, so I really need to have dinner done and waiting for [...]

Lovely Links – All About Pinterest.

May 28, 2011

Have you heard of pinterest? If you follow me on twitter you will have heard me tweet about how much I adore pinterest, and about how addictive it is and how much of a time suck it can be! I’d happily spend the rest of my days ignoring the world and just pinning lovely things [...]

Things I know – The Random Edition

May 27, 2011

I know that every time I sit down, the above happens. I know that after you eat once slice of these raspberry oat bars, you think you need another one, but really you don’t. I know that I will finally get the chance to have a long hot bath, on the night when we run [...]

Gun Play. Yes or No?

May 26, 2011

I love it when my blog readers take the time to leave a comment, share their ideas and experiences or ask questions. A comment from my post about imaginative play encouraged me to write the post about adult influences on children’s play, and a comment on that post sparked this one. Bonna asked, “I was [...]

Photographing Kid’s Art.

May 25, 2011

As we’ve been packing up the study I’ve been finding boxes and folders of the big kids art that I’ve saved. I guess I thought that one day I’d do something with the piles of paintings and drawings and collages. The reality is that we don’t have the space to store all this art properly [...]

Easy Art for Kids – Make a Lantern

May 24, 2011

I really wanted to make autumn leaf lanterns like these, but by the time we got around to trying this out we found our big bag of autumn leaves had dried out and just crumbled when we tried to wrap them around the jar. With three disappointed kids I had to think fast. We already [...]

Planning with Kids Book Review

May 23, 2011

I had a moment of clarity on my way home from a Melbourne bloggers meet-up late last year. Not only had I enjoyed chatting and sharing wisdom with some lovely bloggers, I had also witnessed the awesomeness of ‘The Planning Queen’. Nicole from Planning With Kids, mother of five, blogger and RLP (really lovely person), [...]

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Printable Love or Lunch Box Notes.
February 3, 2012

I am back making school lunches and next week my big boy will need lunch for kinder (preschool) too, thankfully only once a week, but all of them want to know when I will start leaving notes in their lunch boxes! So I think it’s time for some new lunch box notes. I am not [...]

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Wordless Wednesday – Printable Christmas Cheer
December 14, 2011

We are in need of a little brightness around here, and some Christmas decorations that Noah can’t pull down and destroy… Click on any of the above images to download an A4 (letter sized) printable poster to add some Christmas cheer. Or shrink them down and print them onto cards and share the joy. Check [...]

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