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Adventures in Cooking From Scratch – Taco Seasoning and Tortillas!

January 23, 2012

My kids would eat tacos every night of the week and never tire of them. They like soft tortillas with their tacos… lots and lots of them, but those things are expensive, not to mention full of all kinds of crap. Speaking of crap… there is a lot of that in store bought taco seasoning [...]

What To Do With a Big Box? – Make a Town

January 19, 2012

A recent delivery came in a big box! The was much excitement as the big kids and I surveyed the long, but shallow box and pondered what we could do with it. It wasn’t big enough for a cubby, and it was too big to make into a car. Then I had an idea… I [...]

This Year’s Summer Garden

January 18, 2012

Despite planting this year’s veggies way later than we should have, I am really pleased with how the garden is growing at the moment. The only thing we are eating is lettuce, herbs and the ever present rhubarb, but things are budding and beginning to fruit and flower so I am hopeful that there might [...]

Thinking About Food – Cooking From Scratch

January 16, 2012

We are all still enjoying the lazy days of summer holidays, and no one more so than me! No set bed times or getting up times, being able to plan as much or as little to do as we please, eating at whatever time suits our activities for the day, and long stretches swinging in [...]

Easy Art For Kids – Painting Together.

January 11, 2012

Painting a mural together means you not only spend time painting, you also spend time negotiating, being patient and communicating. Not to mention sharing, encouraging, working together, planning, and helping each other. Sometimes, there’s more to painting than it seems… Related Posts:Easy Art For Kids – Paper Dolls, and Boats, and Flowers…Easy Art For Kids [...]

What Kind of Mum Do You Want to Be?

January 9, 2012

I don’t watch much TV and I usually have no clue about any media controversy unless I happen to see some tweets about it. Even then, I usually ignore those tweets and normally I would never tweet or blog about them. Mostly I’m just not interested in what some sensationalising TV show or journalist says [...]

Lets Get Wet! – Adventure Park Victoria Review and Give Away!

January 6, 2012

“There’s only 3 more sleeps” my boy told his Aunt excitedly. She was a little confused… “You mean only one more sleep? Christmas is tomorrow!” “No!” He replied “There’s only three more sleeps till the WATER PARK!” It’s safe to say that my kids were pretty excited that Porter Novelli invited us to a day [...]

Sensory Play – Icy Fun!

January 4, 2012

A little forward thinking and some treasures frozen into blocks of ice makes a run of super hot days a LOT more bearable.

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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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2011 Christmas Printable Series – Print and Fold Gift Boxes.
December 12, 2011

I think I am done with my Christmas shopping…. hopefully… maybe. We still have a few hand made gifts to finish off but I don’t think I need to go near another shopping centre (well except for food) till after Christmas. So now that the gift are all organised I need to wrap them. This [...]

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2011 Christmas Printable Series – Jar Labels and a Strawberry Jam Recipe.
December 5, 2011

Lots of rain + some sunshine = bucket loads of strawberries! Over the past few weeks we have had strawberries coming out of our ears. We have made muffins, and smoothies and cupcakes, and pie and we’ve eaten so many fresh strawberries I am actually kinda over them (I never thought that would happen), but [...]

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