December 2010

Goodbye 2010

December 31, 2010

How will you remember 2010 for yourself and your family? {Image source}

Mum 2 Mum: Are You Ever Too Old to…

December 30, 2010

So tell me honestly, Mum to Mum. Are you ever too old to … {Image source: Dana Castle on etsy.com} wear pretty headbands??? It is no secret that I am not the youngest of Mums (and with another birthday fast approaching, I am reminded of this everyday!), and I was talking to a friend recently [...]

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How Happy Was Your Christmas Ham?

December 29, 2010

We have eaten free range chicken for a long while now, originally swapping over for the better taste and promise of less antibiotic use, and then staying firmly planted in the free range corner after watching the TV series Hugh’s Chicken Run where we actually saw the differences in chicken farming styles. We also choose [...]

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Starting the New Year with a Bang!

December 21, 2010

I have been keeping a secret! Well, actually quite a few secrets!! Childhood 101 is having a massive face lift just in time to see in the new year. Very, very soon you will see our fab new logo and fantastic site design. Eeek! I am so excited. But wait, there is more! As well [...]

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We Play: It’s How Kids Learn

December 20, 2010

When we were preparing for our last trip, Immy asked for her own small, pull along suitcase, which is how this bright blue, martian suitcase became a daily fixture in our play. We play ‘going on holidays’ A LOT!! On any given day, each room in our house becomes a different person’s holiday house and [...]

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Top 10 for 2010: Have you seen these?

December 19, 2010

What were the ten most popular Childhood 101 posts this year? Well, you must like homemade fun as there were plenty of DIY 4 Kids projects in the top ten! The absolute #1 post this year was thanks to a couple of packing boxes and the need for some organisation – the DIY Kids: Kitchen [...]

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Making Way for the New

December 18, 2010

On our to do list for today is a sort through of Immy’s toys; sorting and culling the old to make way for the new. I will be looking for toys which she has grown out of or lost interest in and sorting them into two piles – those to store and those to give [...]

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Saving Money on Kids Toys

December 18, 2010

This Christmas I really wanted to buy Immy a dollhouse, preferable the sturdy, wooden old fashioned kind that was loving made by hand. Unfortunately, when it comes to dollhouses, that is not what you tend to find in toy stores these days. So I decided to harness the powers of Ebay and I found the [...]

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