Funky Photo Fun….

Found these amazing light drawings on one of my all time favourite blogs Made by Joel where you’ll find pages and pages of all sorts of wonderfully unique and creative stuff that Joel Henriques, an artist from Portland US, makes for his two adorable kids. He’s quite unique. Joel makes it look so easy and once I worked out how to change the shutter speed on my camera (I set mine on 10 seconds) and find a torch that worked (a pencil torch is best) the rest was childs play.

School Holiday Activites…. Fun for all the Family.

Hey everyone, hope you all had a wonderful Easter break. Ours was just lovely.
And now…. how to amuse the kids over the school hols.

A Gift from an Extraordinary Lady….

You must watch this clip. It’s…. incredible!

Katrina Kenison has somehow managed to tip-toe into every mothers heart and leave a beautifully powerful message that we all need to hear….

Some things should never change…. Rufflebutts.

A friend of mine mentioned the other day that she couldn’t find any of those lovely pants with the frills all over the butt like our mums used to dress us in. Apparently they’re very hard to find these day which is a shame because they just look so adorable.

Oh to be a child again…. Staircase Slides

“Oh please can I have one? Can I, can I? Pleeeeeease? Promise I’ll do everything without complaining forever. Can I? Please! OK so we don’t have stairs. Can we get some? Pleeeeease!”

Planning with Kids Parenting Podcasts….

Podcasts are another one of those technological internet things that I’ve hoped to one day have the time to research and benefit from (hopefully sometime prior to the next 3 or 4 technological internet things enter my vocabulary).

Huge Designer Brand Sale at Charlipopkids World

Did you know charlipopkids.com.au has a huge sale on at the moment. Lots of bargains on lots of brand name items.

Use Your Imagination To Kick Start Their Day….

Found this fab idea on Chicken Counting blog where creative everyday Mum Laura has found a novel way to keep the troops amused and give herself the little extra brewing, aaah I mean breathing space she (we) needs first thing in the morning.

Kids, chores and the whole allowance thing.

Gosh it’s hard work trying to get my boys to help out around the house. It really is much easier just to do it myself sometimes. But of course that’s not a great idea either and so I’m forever trying different ways to encourage them to pull their weight. The following system is working well for us (at the moment anyway).

The Four Major Guilt Groups.

Just read a great post from one of my fave sites. Buttoned Up is “dedicated to helping you get organised” and is packed full of tips and hints and inspiration for everyday women. Today they reminded me that guilt is a very common and normal emotion for mothers, especially working mothers… “Mother guilt will always exist whether we put it on ourselves or not. Our goal isn’t to eradicate it but to manage it better”.