December 2011

Time Out, Time Off, Time Over.

December 23, 2011

Today is the first full day of summer holidays at The Pickle Farm. We’ve been going a mile a minute for the last few weeks and we are all feeling the strain and are desperate for a break. It’s two sleeps till Christmas and after that I am hoping we can take a bit of [...]

Take a breath

December 22, 2011

When the crazies are out in force… When there has been too many commitments and to many things to get done… When the kids are cranky and you are tired and stressed… When things seem far from ‘peace on earth and goodwill to all’… Then, then you need to stop and take a breath. There [...]

Wordless Wednesday – Elf’s Lament.

December 21, 2011

This song has been on repeat at our house for the last few weeks… It’s called Elf’s Lament and is on Barenaked Ladies Home For the Holidays CD. Apart from the fact that we love Barenaked Ladies at The Pickle Farm, I also love that this album has a great mix of Christmas, Hannukah, serious [...]

Playing Shop.

December 20, 2011

I remember the day we visited the girls’ kinder for the first time, just to see what it was like. They had a shop set up in the home corner area and immediately my just turned four year old girls made a beeline for it and stayed playing shop for the whole time we were [...]

2011 Christmas Printable Series – Quick and Easy Gift Tags

December 19, 2011

I am never confident that I have all the gifts I need until they are all wrapped and tagged and accounted for, but having to wait till everyone is asleep at night doesn’t leave me much wrapping time, so I take what I can get. A sleeping baby and a little Dumbo love allowed me [...]

20 Last Minute Gifts You Can Make For Your Kids.

December 17, 2011

Looking for some last minute gift ideas for the kids in your life? Lets get a little crafty and avoid the shops, here’s a list of ideas to help you do it! 1. Download some audio books and put them on an mp3 player, or burn them to a CD. 2. Make your own colouring [...]

Things I Know I am Grateful For.

December 16, 2011

It’s been another long and bumpy week. I’m teetering on the edge of that big black hole called ‘nothing ever goes right’. I’m hanging on by my fingernails, trying not to fall in, because I know once I’m there everything really will go to hell in a hand basket. It’s a nasty, evil, vicious cycle. [...]

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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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