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”.

6 quick listening tips.

Every family has certain rules about what is accepted when it comes to the spoken word especially where our kids are concerned. There are the obvious ones like no swearing, no calling each other names and no yelling at the goldfish (my son thinks they’re deaf because they won’t do as they’re told). But, my boys set a rule for me too recently….

If you care about your kids education….

 
 ….then you need to listen to this entertaining but somewhat alarming 19 minute talk.
 
Sir Ken Robinson is a creativity expert who profoundly challenges the way our education systems operate the world over. He seriously questions the principles still used to educate our children and believes a radical rethink with a shift to focusing attention on [...]