School holidays, is there anything better?

For most families around Australia, today will mark the start of the school holidays, end of term three, and just around the corner from summer holidays.

I have young ones, 6 and under, and they do not yet understand the concept of ‘relax’! Before their last day today, they were organising movies, camping, sleep overs at nanny and pa’s, etc. Slowing them down is a task in itself with four energetic boys. We are all very happy to have the family back together as a whole for a short time and will enjoy this time that we have to re-bond.

No lunch boxes to fill, no school uniforms to wash. No race to beat the bell with a huge anticlimax, a busy pre 9am followed by them being swallowed by the school, not to be seen for the next 6 1/2 hours.

For those of you who enjoy the holidays, I hope they last as long as your family needs them to.

Where Does Time Go?

 

Just six months ago,  I brought home a newborn baby.  Time has flown by and suddenly she is now so much bigger. Even my five year daughter looks at her in amazement ” She’s got big really quickly, hasn’t she mum?” .

At this age, they begin to really blossom into little personalities. Impressing her siblings with her fabulous rolling skills, she’s had them scrambling for a  cushion to protect her from the tv unit.  Helping with reading at school has become a bit of a challenge-  last time she was the nosiest child in the room with all her ‘talking’. Cute but distracting! Then of course we have also started solids, fun but quite messy especially when they insist on helping with spoon  and wanting to find out what everything feels like.

This week  I move her out  the cradle and baby capsule with mixed emotions.  Sad that my baby has grown up so quickly, but also excited as I watch
her grow!

How did you get that fat lip?

At school pick up yesterday, i caught up with a friend and her little ones. She reported that her gorgeous little boy (nearly 3) had been in the wars today and fell over a few times.

His mum asked him if he had shown me his “fat lip” as it must have really hurt him. He said “Yes”, then promptly pulled down his pants, grabbed his doodle and began to show me his “fat lip”.

Some things parents (dad’s in particular) say just catch on and come out at the best of times!

A Hint of Spring.

Here on the Mornington Peninusula (South Victoria) we just got a taste of the joys of spring. What a day! Clear blue skies, sunshine and smiles. The four kids and I,  spent all morning at the beach- making sandcastles, running in the water, playing (and learning!) frisbee and just enjoying the magnificent day.

Our family love the outdoors, days at the beach, the barbeques and the longer days.  Can’t wait!

Having fun at the beach.

Kitchen Gadgets.

Having just introduced  my youngest child to the wonderful world  of food,  I now have six hungry mouths to feed. Fortunately, the kids and I love making food at home. Food which is often more nutritious and is certainly better value than store bought items.

Like many other people, I have lots of kitchen gadgets to help me out. Some super useful, some that just clutter the cupboard.  My current favourite is a food processor ( which replaced a wonderful, but overused and consequently broken hand held mix master!). It’s big and powerful and I can quickly make a range of goodies to eat. Homemade vegie burgers, houmus, chicken mince, puree, vegie sausage rolls – easy and delicious too. The mixer and slow cooker rate pretty highly in my kitchen too.

What is your most useful kitchen gadget?

World Breastfeeding Week

Today marks the beginning of  World Breastfeeding Week from 1st -7th August. The focus this year is  the importance of building and sustaining youth ( the Next-Gen) interest in breastfeeding.  To acknowledge WBW and show our support, we are offering 5% off our entire range for this week only. We are not limiting it to just our breastfeeding range as we know that just because you want to breastfeed, it doesn’t mean you always can.  Please use WBW2011 as your coupon code in checkout.

Egg-cellent, summer is on its way.

It has not been a particularly cold or long winter, but the signs that spring and eventually summer are on the way are heart warming.

For us it happened today. We went out to say hello to our girls (hens) and would you believe it there was two eggs in the hutch. Well done girls.