Saturday 26 December 2009
I’m taking annual leave from online activities (blogging, facebook & twitter) for a couple of weeks. I think it’s really important that I take this time for myself and for my family. I know many other bloggers take a little time off in secret, and schedule posts to go live without them needing to actually do anything – but that’s not for me. When my husband takes holidays I want him to switch off from work completely. It’s only fair that I switch off (literally!) for two weeks too.
I know what will happen. My stats will plummet. My technorati ranking...
Tuesday 22 December 2009 -
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One of the best things about becoming a blogger has been the friendships I have made along the way. Most of these friendships have been here on home soil, but I have also made wonderful friends overseas. At Christmas, especially, the world doesn’t seem like such a big place. For all our differences in climate and culture, at our heart we are all mothers who want the best for our kids, and are deeply grateful...
Sunday 20 December 2009 -
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“A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Its loveliness increases; it shall never
Pass into nothingness…” (John Keats)
As a lit lover how could I go past a movie about one of the greatest romantic poets of all time?! If you haven’t heard about it yet, here is the preview for the film Bright Star, plus a few other gorgeous features you might like to check out! (If it doesn’t load below,...
Friday 18 December 2009 -
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Did you catch The 7pm Project last night? They ran a story on giving gifts like goats instead of spending billions of dollars on, well, stuff.
I blogged about gifts of Compassion a couple of months ago but I’m more than happy to mention them again because they are a charity and ministry I truly believe in. I also truly believe most of us have more stuff than we could possibly need, while others have barely the...
Wednesday 16 December 2009 -
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Making the toilet roll nativity scene has become somewhat of a tradition in our house. This is the fourth Christmas with children in our home and the fourth rendition of the loo roll nativity!
The first year my daughter was still very young, so I just made Mary and Joseph and a little manger for baby Jesus. She was at the crawling and chomping stage so the characters were pretty well trashed by the time Christmas...
Tuesday 15 December 2009 -
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Christmas is just over a week away and I’m now officially less organised than I thought I was. I’ve bought cards, and stamps, but not combined the two and posted them yet. I’ve bought most gifts, though a few are still outstanding and none of them are wrapped. And there’s still a lot of cooking and decorating and organising to do for Christmas Day. I need to remind myself that I can’t...
Sunday 13 December 2009 -
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Over at Childhood101 this week Christie is running the Everyday Glamour Challenge, encouraging us as mums to make a little time for ourselves. She has shared thoughts on hair, makeup, jewellery, body image and more.
I’ve found that most mums fall into one of three categories when it comes to glamour:
#1. A little glamour a lot of the time.
#2. A lot of glamour a little of the time.
#3. What’s glamour?!
Many...
Thursday 10 December 2009 -
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I just love being able to get out this fabulous felt board set each Christmas. My sister-in-law made it for my kids a couple of years ago. The board is a simple mdf square, and the background felt is attached with velcro dots. All of the characters are cut from craft felt. (If fiddling with felt pieces is not for you, check out my friend Narelle‘s suggestion for making nativity felt board characters using...
Tuesday 08 December 2009 -
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I think it’s so important that we choose appropriate books for our kids. Appropriate in terms of content, length, language and more. But I also believe it’s important to stretch our kids a little. It’s easy to fall into the trap of only buying and borrowing “toddler” books right up until formal schooling starts! Don’t get me wrong… I’m not saying we should read novels...
Sunday 06 December 2009 -
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Nothing acknowledges that you are embracing Christmas quite like a wreath on the front door. It says, “We’re happy it’s Christmas and we’re happy you’re here too!” Have you got one on your door yet? If not, here are three super easy wreaths you can make with your toddler, all using paper plates as an inexpensive base.
For each of the wreaths, start with a plain paper plate. ...
