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Raising environmentally aware kids

June 28, 2008

Image by macg3 via Flickr The school and preschool my children attend integrate environmental awareness into many of their classes. The Thinker and I also do our best to tell the kids about our impact on the world and the importance of our natural environment. I’d never thought too much about the actions we put […]

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Getting things done in June

June 26, 2008

Image via Wikipedia As promised, it’s time to review my getting things done at home progress. I mentioned in , that it’s the review part that often stumps me even though I consider it to be the most important part of the process. I use a paper based intray for, well, paper stuff. For thoughts […]

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10 Great Standby Recipes

June 24, 2008

Each week I like to try at least one new recipe, whether it be a meal or baking. As much as I like to try new things, sometimes (often) the kids don’t share my enthusiasm. So it’s great to have some old favourites on standby. Things you can whip up, almost without thinking about it, […]

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Capturing ideas in the shower

June 22, 2008

I have my most brilliant ideas in the shower. Unfortunately, by the time I’m dried and dressed the ideas have gone forever – down the plug hole with the water. Try as I might, I can never remember them. I tried writing little notes in the fog on the glass, but they disappeared before I […]

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Smiley Saturday

June 21, 2008

As part of my I’ll be taking part in Lightening’s Smiley Saturday’s a bit more regularly. Some of the things that had me smiling this week were: Cinderella has learnt how to skip properly. She had been the only one in her dancing class that couldn’t get the co-ordination right. This week, after watching the […]

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Giving children independence

June 20, 2008

Over the last six months, I’ve been learning a lot of lessons in giving my children independence. As an example, Little Mermaid has been taking swimming lessons for about 12 months now. Until the start of this year, I was always in the pool with her. This year, her teacher decided it was time for […]

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