June 2011

How To Stop Yelling At Your Kids – Reader Suggestions!

June 30, 2011

Last Thursday I blogged about some ideas I’ve been using to try to reduce the amount of yelling I do. Despite the past week being full of out of the ordinary stressful events and situations, despite being super busy and stretched, I am very proud to be able to say I managed to keep my [...]

Printable Animal Flags!

June 29, 2011

We cancelled last weekend’s big birthday bash we had planned for our one year old after storm damage and renovations made it too stressful. But just because we didn’t get to make cup cakes doesn’t mean that you miss out! I had these little toothpick flags all ready to print out and decorate the cup [...]

Jungle Play Dough

June 28, 2011

My Big Boy is play dough crazy at the moment. We have lots and lots of play dough accessories, but his sisters wanted to get him ‘something special’ for his birthday, something different to all the play dough things we already have. Instead of buying more commercial accessories the girls decided to make him some! [...]

Face Biscuits

June 27, 2011

When life is insanely busy, when you have no roof or walls on your kitchen, when you’ve promised your boy that you will bring a birthday treat to preschool…. what do you do?? You make face biscuits that’s what you do! You’ll need… A packet (or two) of marie biscuits, or any plain round biscuits. [...]

One Boy

June 26, 2011

He is my last baby, but I need to write that sentence many more times before I will really believe it. I may never believe it… He is the smallest of four. He came into our lives quickly, in the early hours of a very cold morning. He skilfully slotted himself in, between a big [...]

Lovely Links – Things to do in the School Holidays.

June 25, 2011

Just pretend I wrote and posted this post yesterday ok? Because yesterday seemed to evaporate in a haze of presents and people and roof frames and lego… It’s school holiday time again soon in Victoria. And although this term has been a shortish one, we’ve been so very busy that I am really looking forward [...]

Things I know about My Big Boy

June 24, 2011

My big boy will turn four tomorrow, though we’ve kind of told him he turned four today, because we want to have his brother’s birthday tomorrow, instead of on Sunday when it should be, because we have a ballet rehearsal and Sunday and well, our life is complicated like that! So in honour of my [...]

How to Stop Yelling At your Kids… or at least try to.

June 23, 2011

Despite the fact that I have a degree in Early Childhood Education and more than ten years experience working in child care and preschool services, when it comes to this parenting gig I am still struggling with some things, just like everyone else. At the moment, one of my biggest battles is with shouting. I [...]

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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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