Parenting
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Before I die, I want to…
I found this concept amazing. After a significant person in Candy Chang’s life passed away in 2009, she began wondering what the meaning of life was. She wanted to do something a little bit out there in her community that would bring people together, and so this campaign started. Chang got permission to cover the front wall of an abandened home in New Orleans with blackboards, and she painted at the top the words “BEFORE I DIE, I WANT TOO…. “. People from all over the city of New Orleans congregated and left messages all over the board. Some funny, some significant and some serious…. Across America and now across…
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Jaden…the only boy child!
Jaden is turning 20 months this month….on the 12th actually – which is Wednesday next week. This child is amazingly cute, gorgeous and a whole lot of fun, but let me say that he has turned my world upside down and inside out. Obviously he is a positive in my life, but he gets into absolutely everything. My girls loved to colour pictures. Jaden loves to colour walls, tables and floors. My girls loved to play tea parties. Jaden loves to pull all the plastics out of the cupboard and jump all over them. Oh, and he pulls the toaster out and shakes it all over the kitchen. The girls…
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Sleep Over Tents…Aren’t these great
I would love to make these for the kids…and have a few spare for when we have friends over or cousins come…in fact, I would love to make one of these for all the little cousins coming. I have been looking at ‘how to make a ‘tee pee’ but I think I love this idea far more than a tee pee. I don’t know which of my kids would love theirs more…but I know without a shadow of a doubt that I know that all of them would love it. I also like the fact that these Sleep over tents would fold and store away easily. …
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Going on a bear hunt…
This is one of my kids favourite stories of all time… they love the Swishy Swashing! Splash Sploshing! Squelch Squerching! Stumble tripping! Hooo Wooooing! the Tiptoeing! that happens in the story. I love their excited faces as we reach the part of the story when we actually go into the cave and find the bear and have to do the whole adventure in reverse. Do you live your life in the hurried reverse of trying to get home before the bear gets you! In real life the bear may not be the bear itself, it might be ‘getting the kids to school on time’, ‘getting homework done’, ‘it might…
- family friendly, family fun, getting organised, Gold Coast, household jobs, Parenting, Things I like
A Big Day…and Surprise Visitors!
I knew last night as I went to bed that today was going to be a huge day. A day full of things to do – not just todays jobs – but many of yesterdays as we weren’t home for too long to do any! Dion was off with the boys – guys from work to attend the annual Blackboard conference on the Gold Coast and he was leaving 3pm. This year it is being held at the Bond University – Monday through to Wednesday of ‘Geek Speak’! So to help Dion pack – I ironed shirts and while I was there I ironed a few more so that I…
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Arm yourself with knowledge
There is a process to getting your head around losing weight. I know I have mentioned this subject before on my blog, but I have come to realise that one needs to get absolutely sick of themselves before they do anything about the situation that they are in. Passion drives a person, and motivation keeps the wheels moving, and if I am completely honest with myself, I have been looking for the easy way out!. No! its true! Why do I want to lose weight? Well thats easy, I want to feel good and wear nice clothes. I also think that people feel that they can be successful…
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Cranky Old Women!
One of the little quirks I have is that I like to watch people and yesterday, I had an experience at the store that wasn’t as friendly as it could be. I had all four of my kids with me. The girls were being very good, but Jaden on the other hand was tired, frustrated, didn’t want to be in the trolley, wanted to walk and he is teething at the moment so he was being a little bit noisy as you can imagine. I was trying to do everything in my power (Superpowers were obviously turned off for some reason) to settle him and make him happy, but…
- family friendly, family fun, getting organised, Health, Parenting, school event, Things I like, Weightloss
As the days go by…!
This week has come and gone so quickly. Amy went to camp and came home, Monday came and went and now its Thursday night and I am contemplating what needs to be done tomorrow. Its not a matter of what should I do? Its more a case that I am wondering which jobs are absolutely necessary and which ones can I get away with not doing. I do have a list on the table that I will look at in the morning – I feel half way organised just because I have a list. How do you get organised? I have a list that I then put into my…
