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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.

Lets Make Summer Plans

January 2, 2012

We survived Christmas and new year and have already used up all the tape, pom poms and pipe cleaners… Now it’s time to make some summer plans. Nothing too full on, or crazy…. just a few ideas to stick on the fridge so we can never say we have nothing to do. What are your [...]

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 [...]

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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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