parenting

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Almost Wordless Wednesday – Breathless Pursuit

April 11, 2012

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

Compliments, My Kids and Me

March 22, 2012

“Wow you are really good at folding the washing!” I told him with genuine admiration. “I know” he said. I couldn’t help but smile. In his four year old world there is no reason to be coy about accepting a compliment. We both knew he’d done a great job folding the big pile of hand [...]

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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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