October 2011

Getting Started with Activities for your Kids – Guest Post from Hands On As We Grow

October 31, 2011

I’m taking some time off from my blog this week, and inviting a few guests to write for me. My first guest post is from the very ‘hands on’ Mum, Jamie from Hands On : As We Grow! How do you start doing activities with your toddler or preschooler? I started hands on activities with [...]

I Heart My Body…. mostly.

October 29, 2011

If you are looking for my regular Saturday Lovely Links posts then you are going to disappointed… and possibly a little shocked! You see today the lovely ladies over at We Heart Life are celebrating. They are celebrating because it is I Heart My Body day today. The idea is simple.. instead of hating on [...]

Things I Know About Perfection.

October 28, 2011

Can you believe that October is almost said and done? That scares me more than I care to admit! The fact that our veggie garden is still not weeded, the fact that my To Do list is still twenty miles long, the fact that we are already on that slippery slide towards Christmas and the [...]

Are Children a Product of their Parents?

October 27, 2011

Way back when I had not been teaching long… When I was young, childless and somewhat ignorant… I came to the conclusion that children are a product of their parents. I didn’t just mean that in a purely biological sense either. I meant it in a ‘woah mamma we’ve created a monster’ kind of way. [...]

Big, Fat, Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe and a Sandwich Wrap Give Away.

October 26, 2011

Do your kids chop and change their minds about what they will and won’t eat in their school lunches?? My girls will happily eat fruit slice every day for a month, and then suddenly, one day they bring it home untouched declaring that they don’t like it, it’s disgusting and if I ever dare put [...]

Easy Art for Kids – Corn Flour Paste Recipe

October 25, 2011

We usually use a glue stick for collage as they are quick and easy to get out and pack up, don’t need a brush and easy for small hands to manage. But for some collage materials you need something with a bit more sticking power, that’s when we make corn flour paste. Corn Flour Paste [...]

Share your Imperfections – Perfectly Imperfect Link Up.

October 24, 2011

There are always crazy plastic animals in odd places around my house. I vacuum with the baby on my hip, even thought I know it is bad for my back. I yell, even though I hate to be yelled at. My girls’ room is always messy, always. They inherited this from me. Sometimes I go [...]

Lovely Links – Blogging People You Should Know.

October 22, 2011

So I got over my guilt and had a fabulous day at the Problogger Event yesterday. My head is filled with information and ideas and especially people. I listened to, learnt from and met some wonderful people. Here are a few fabulous blogging people that you should definitely check out… Sonia Simone – Remarkable Communications [...]

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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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