Life on the Pickle Farm

Balance is Baloney!

April 26, 2012

‘How to Find Balance in your Life’ ‘You CAN Have it All’ The headlines flash up on my screen as I read article after article and am left feeling like a failure. Finding ‘balance’ seems to be like finding Nirvana for Mums these days, or so it seems. But my life? My life is totally [...]

A Busy Mum’s Guide to Growing Veggies – In Winter.

April 23, 2012

The zucchinis are done, and the cucumbers long gone. We picked the last of the pumpkins on the weekend, and collected the beans that we left to dry out on the vines. We still have tomatoes hanging on, trying their hardest to ripen in the lovely Autumn sunshine we’ve had lately, but this week’s forecast [...]

What Do You Wish You Were Better At?

April 19, 2012

Izzy wishes she could do the perfect cartwheel. Zoe wishes she could write great songs. Morgan wishes he could read, and write, and draw perfectly. Noey wishes… well he just wishes he could do everything everyone else is doing. Everyone in our house wishes they were better at something. I wish I was better at [...]

Five Ways to Play When You Really Don’t Feel Like It

April 17, 2012

Some days I just don’t feel like doing anything. Especially if I am not feeling well, or I’ve had little sleep the night before. Some days I just don’t want to set up an art activity, or take the kids anywhere. Some days I just don’t want to play, but the kids always do. So [...]

Rainbow Quiche Recipe – The Wooden Crate kitchenware Give Away.

April 16, 2012

As the nights get colder we are picking the last of our summer veggies. Our always late to ripen tomatoes, the last zucchini and lots of rainbow silverbeet. Rainbow silverbeet, or rainbow chard if you live on the other side of the world, is one of our many ‘bonus plants’. They are a bonus because [...]

Almost Wordless Wednesday – Breathless Pursuit

April 11, 2012

Some days I am so very proud of my kids. Today was one of those days.

Our Current and Future Sleeping Arrangements Vlog!

April 9, 2012

A while back, when I suggested you all ask me a question, a couple of readers asked how we managed six people in a two bedroom house. More specifically, how do we fit myself and all three of my men into one room? Sharing the master bedroom with both my boys and my husband (though [...]

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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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