Life on the Pickle Farm

Do You Worry About Your Kids?

May 24, 2012

Sometimes I really worry about my kids. More than just the average ‘gee I hope she doesn’t fall out of that tree and break her arm’ kind of worry… A deep down worry, about how they might turn out. I laugh a lot about ‘scarring my kids for life’, but all jokes aside, I am [...]

Cherry Choc-Chip Cookie Bar Failure!

May 14, 2012

I’ve had a hankering to try out this Chocolate Chip Cookie Bar recipe from Martha Stewart for a while now. I even linked to it in a quick linky love post on Saturday. I figured I would convert the recipe to metric measurements and more Australian ingredients and share my version of the recipe with [...]

Find Compassion for your Child.

May 10, 2012

He throws himself on the floor and cries. Perhaps his arm is broken, or I’ve just shoved bamboo wedges under his finger nails… or perhaps he is just being a pain in the bum, pushing my buttons, being a ‘terrible two year old’. His arm is definitely not broken, I don’t have any bamboo wedges [...]

Rhubarb Tea Cake Recipe.

May 7, 2012

It’s cold and wet outside, a perfect environment for our Rhubarb to grow like crazy, and a perfect excuse to eat cake! This cake is best eaten warm, straight out of the oven, while curled up under a blanket on the couch, watching a DVD…. or at least that’s what we think! Rhubarb Tea Cake [...]

Remembering a time…

May 4, 2012

Every now and then time seems to slow. It’s almost as if the flow of time is hampered by the scattering of cars across my floor, the laundry baskets piled one on top of another, and the miscellaneous shoes in odd places. Perhaps time knows that every now and then it needs to wait a [...]

The Mouse Wars

April 30, 2012

What’s worse than living in a half renovated house? What’s worse than living in a half renovated house with all kinds of small gaps and openings? What’s worse than living in a half renovated house with all kinds of gaps and openings, and children who leave food crumbs everywhere? What’s worse, is living in a [...]

Remembering

April 27, 2012

It’s the way he rolled over at 6:30 this morning, and before his eyes were even fully open, said “Muuum…. Cake?” It’s the way he giggled like crazy when I chased him with my fish kissing face. It’s the way she talked non-stop the whole way home after school camp. It’s the way she effortlessly [...]

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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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