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10 Family Fun Links

June 1, 2008

Each weekend we try and spend as much time together as a family as we can. Sometimes it’s as simple as Friday night fish & chips on the family room floor. Other times, we pack up the caravan and head off for a few days together. This weekend, as The Engineer had been doing such [...]

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MS Readathon Time

May 17, 2008

The Engineer brought home the forms for his first MS Readathon yesterday. It brought back so many memories for me. I used to love the MS Readathon. Spending ages in the school and local libraries scouring the shelves for books, filling in the list after each book one was read. The best bit though, was [...]

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Carnival of Family Life

May 12, 2008

A new Carnival of Family life is starting today. My post on 10 free ways to entertain the kids when it’s raining is included, along with a whole bunch of other great posts. You can check out the carnival at Write from Karen.

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The advantages of reducing TV time

May 8, 2008

I mentioned recently that I finally convinced myself to reduce our Foxtel package, which means we no longer have children’s shows available 24/7. Not that our kids used to watch TV endlessly, but it was beginning to be a little too much for my liking. It was a habit I’d gotten into when I was [...]

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10 free ways to amuse the kids when it’s raining

May 1, 2008

Today we are having some much longed for rain. It’s the good, soaking type too. Not the erratic heavy showers that disappear almost as soon as they begin that we’ve had for the last – well it seems like a year or more. It’s lovely to hear it on the roof and watch the grey [...]

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Four uses for a rubber glove

April 11, 2008

Over the last couple of years, I’ve gotten into the habit of letting the kids watch a fair bit of TV during the day. Too much, I’m starting to think. I think that I relied on it to “babysit” a little when I wasn’t feeling well, and that has become normal practice. So one of [...]

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