My kids love to play board games, but I do not. I will do almost anything to avoid the excruciating pain of sitting through a game of junior monopoly, or even worse, having to play the shopping list game with my youngest child. I’d rather clean the toilet, or even comb nits out of my […]
How to Conquer the Toy Clutter!
A while back I told you to’ask me anything‘, and you did. Jo asked me; “How do you manage clutter? With a craft obsessed 4 year old, a two year old destructive force and a newborn all crammed into a 2 bedroom house I find I spend a huge amount of time picking things up […]
Awesome Adventure Books for 9-12 Year Olds
It was Harry Potter that started the obsession with fantastical adventurous stories at our house. And my boy just came in and plonked down the fifth book on my desk, finished! We are trying to pace him a little, since he’s not quite nine, and we’d like him to grow up and mature as the […]
Ten Things I Know about Parenting Right Now.
This is a photo of my four, awesome children. They are currently aged 5, 8, 12 and 12 (that is not a typo, the girl ones are twins). And these are the things I know about parenting right now, in this moment…. 1. If all your kids have shoes on both their feet five minutes […]
Cheap and Easy Kid Friendly Vegetarian Dinners
Even if you are not vegetarian, these kid friendly vegetarian dinners are a great option for healthy, budget friendly and tasty meals. You may think that kids won’t love eating meat-free meals, but most of these simple, vegetarian meals for kids, are so delicious I’ll bet your family doesn’t even notice they are vegetarian! Of […]
Ten Reasons I am NOT Trying to Re-establish a Routine Before School Starts
I posted this blurry photo of my sleeping child on instagram the other day… In fact when I posted the photo, all four of my children were asleep in their beds, and it was 8:50am. As I watched my boy blissfully snoring his head off I had a twinge of panic… I should wake him, […]
Merry Christmas – We Bought you a Pig!
I love the idea of Christmas cards… just not the reality. In a perfect world I’d take a perfect photo, of my perfect children, combine it with a perfect design, get it printed perfectly, and mailed out well before Christmas, but my world is far from perfect! Ah perfection is overrated anyway, right? I’m ditching […]
Ten of the Best Podcasts for Kids
We’ve be fans of audio books for a long time, and in the last year or two we’ve also become huge fans of kids podcasts. We use them to help our kids relax before sleep, to encourage a quiet bedtime activity that won’t disturb their siblings, on long car trips, or any time they have […]
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