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Organising Kids Stuff: 8 Ways to Make Pack Away Time Fun

March 17, 2010

Teaching children to be responsible for their belongings and helping them to maintain simple organisational systems from an early age, helps them to develop important lifelong skills – they learn to value their belongings and how to be part of a family with shared responsibility to make life living together enjoyable, they learn how to [...]

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Finding our Rhythm

March 16, 2010

Photo Ever since I read these two posts (The Magic Onion’s Discovering Waldorf-Rhythms in the Home and Steady Mom’s 5 Reasons Why You Need Steady Routines), I have been pondering the need to better define the weekly rhythms of our household. On a day to day basis we have a morning ‘getting ready for the [...]

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Starting Afresh

February 1, 2010

So many shades of pink to choose from! We are all moved in, surrounded by boxes, and, of course, I can’t find a thing! This house is like a big, blank canvas, waiting for us to imprint our personality upon it. The size of the task is somewhat overwhelming and although I have a few [...]

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Moving on…

January 18, 2010

We have found a house. I should say, we have bought a house. Am I excited about it? Yes…and no. House hunting is stressful. House hunting is even more stressful when you are living on one income. House hunting is even more stressful when you are living on one income and have to move out [...]

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Kids & Chores: A Useful Purchase

January 5, 2010

Immy loves to help with chores. She is clearly not planning on following in my domestically challenged footsteps! Here she is helping to hang the washing, a most favourite past time. Her other favourite is helping with any form of food preparation or cooking. Previously she would pull a dining table chair over to the [...]

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Oh, Christmas Tree!

December 20, 2009

This year we started what I hope will be a new Christmas tradition for our family. On the first Sunday in December, we invited our immediate family around for brunch and to help us decorate our Christmas tree. Now, I am all for beautifully decorated, colour co-ordinated trees but I realised that once children are [...]

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My Place and Yours: Blogging HQ

November 7, 2009

Now, I realise that I am a little late but I thought that this was a wonderful meme that I stumbled upon in my trusty Google Reader late last night, whilst visiting the inspirational Meet Me at Mikes.So this is where I blog, sometimes! On my wonderful Ikea glass desk (thanks Mum!) under the window. [...]

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DIY Decorating with Kids: Felt Board Fireplace Screen

October 15, 2009

I love the features of older houses, the wooden floorboards, picture rails, ceiling roses and fireplaces. It’s these little things that show a house has been built with love and a sense of pride. The things that make a house a real home. Our home has a fireplace in the main living room. I love [...]

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