One of our goals for our kids’ education is to raise each to be a ‘lifelong learner’. Little people who love learning who grow into big people who love learning. When you’re a lifelong learner, you are striving, seeking and refining yourself your whole life. It’s what makes life interesting and satisfying. There’s a…
Splitting the family up was a genius move
Last week we went camping for the whole week. It was me and the kids, only it turned out for most of the week it was just me and two kids: the girls. Max was sent home with his father on Sunday, returning on Thursday. He didn’t want to go and pulling a kid from…
What to do with older kids in the school holidays?
Have you noticed that once a kid turns 13, the school holiday entertainment tap switches abruptly off? Vacation care, day camps, even activity workshops seem to only cater for kids aged 5-12. After 12, presumably kids are free to roam the neighbourhood while their parents are at work. But your kid is barely 13. I…
Weekend rewind | Chips down, bombs away
I think just about everyone in town is aware that I’ve had a shit week. That said, I’m up to mortaring the boundaries and I’m feeling a lot, A LOT, better. And so it goes. So, apart from losing my mind, we also celebrated Max’s 11th birthday this week. To be honest, I think knowing…
Make a car wash for toy cars
My little friend Nick is completely in love with his toy cars. I can’t remember ever seeing him without one. My Max was never a car boy, he was always more into his toy animals (and screens, always screens). So when the opportunity came up to make a cute little toy car wash for Kidspot, I…
Weekend Rewind 57 | Warts and poos and… oh, I’m so sorry, I didn’t see you there!
We had a shaky start to term 4 – we generally have shaky ‘starts’ at anything around here. Despite my best efforts, so far my kids could not be called ‘resilient’ by any stretch of the imagination. Which is a great shame as I think that’s one of our jobs as parents – to raise…
Kids’ books | Allison Rushby’s How to save the universe in 10 easy steps
I was sent a copy of Allison Rushby’s book to review (probably because she is my sister’s mate!) and it occurred to me that for a person as into books as I am, they don’t feature very often on my blog. I need to fix that! My whole family is into books. I grew up…
Max’s Lord of the Flies, I mean Minecraft party
I think 10 years old is my cut-off point for large parties in the backyard. The kids are bigger, louder, busier and did I mention louder? Because they are LOUD. This Minecraft party was all about the noise. The boys were screaming at each other, I was screaming at the boys, Bart was screaming at…
Weekend Rewind XXXVI: Lucky, sick boy
This was going to be my week to catch up on plenty of things that I’ve let slide lately. For a while there, I think I took my new-style To Do list a little too far. It’s super-fun planning holidays, parties, new ideas and trips away, but the real stuff needs to be done too….
Celebration “porcupine” slice recipe
It’s a tradition at our school that on your birthday you bring in a little cupcake for each kid in the class to celebrate. I don’t know what was happening nine months before May 2004, but there are a lot of birthdays in Max’s class in May. This means that the kids are snarfing down…
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