Planning With KidsTHOUGHTS AND IDEAS ON MAKING FAMILY LIFE SIMPLE AND FUN10 School Holiday Activities In Melbourne- September 22, 2008 Image by johnpetru82 I read lots of blogs from mums in the northern hemisphere and during our winter this year, I came across the term &8220;staycation&8221;. It is a term many use to describe their holidays when they don&8217;t actually leave and go anywhere. We are having a &8220;staycation&8221; these school holidays and ...http://planningwithkids.com/2008/09/23/10-school-holiday-activities-in-melbourne/ Menu Plan Monday - Taking It Easy- September 21, 2008 We have two week school holidays now, which both myself and the children have been looking forward to. As such I am planning on enjoying the slower pace and will be keeping the food simple, choosing meals which require minimum effort! Monday: Baked Penne With Bacon Baking: 100s Of Biscuits Fantastic recipe which I picked up from ...http://planningwithkids.com/2008/09/22/menu-plan-monday-taking-it-easy/ New Look Planning With Kids- September 21, 2008 1. Colours, 2. March 13, 2006: Chalk Rainbow, 3. Ok, what&8217;s the deal, 4. Colors, colors, colors!, 5. More from the Heidelberg Project, 6. United Colors of Legotton, 7. Water balls, 8. high in the sky, 9. i want candy. The blue theme that I had installed on Planning With Kids in May, was supposed to ...http://planningwithkids.com/2008/09/21/new-look-planning-with-kids/ Upgrading Wordpress Tonight- September 20, 2008 Just a quick note to let you know that in a couple of hours, I will upgrading the blog to the newest version of Wordpress. During this time, the site will be briefly unavailable. Hopefully, there will be no repeat of my disastrous upgrade to 2.5 and the site will be back ...http://planningwithkids.com/2008/09/20/upgrading-wordpress-tonight/ Toliet Training Time- September 18, 2008 My toddler (Babaganouski) is now showing all the signs of being ready for toilet training. The signs that I have picked up are: Comes and asks me to change me his nappy when it is wet or soiled. Can put his own pants on and off. Tells me he has done a wee or poo. Wants to ...http://planningwithkids.com/2008/09/19/toliet-training-time/ Honeycomb Ice Cream Cake- September 17, 2008 Over numerous years of birthdays and other occasions that require a cake as part of the celebration, I have noticed how much cake children waste. My children (mainly the younger ones), will often do no more than lick the icing and then hand the cake to me! I do love cake, but there ...http://planningwithkids.com/2008/09/18/honeycomb-ice-cream-cake/ What is your motivation- September 16, 2008 I had some terrific feedback after my post on The Typical Day Of A Stay At Home Mum. Thank you to all those who left comments and sent emails. I also had a couple of interesting discussions with friends (who are also stay at home mums) who read my blog and two of ...http://planningwithkids.com/2008/09/17/what-is-your-motivation/ 10 Ways To Be Productive Outside- September 15, 2008 Image by placid casual In my Monthly Review at the end of August, I stated that I wanted to spend some more time outside. The trouble with this goal is that often I find that the more time I spend outside, the more disorganised things become inside the house. So I have put together ...http://planningwithkids.com/2008/09/16/10-ways-to-be-productive-outside/ Menu Plan Monday - Getting Warmer- September 14, 2008 Beautiful image by Trey Evans We had absolutely beautiful weather when we were away in Mildura and we have also managed to have quite a bit of sunshine in Melbourne since we have been back. With this in mind when I asked the children for their contributions to the family menu plan this week, I explained to ...http://planningwithkids.com/2008/09/14/menu-plan-monday-getting-warmer/ Reason To Daydream- September 11, 2008 Image by ninjapoodle A blog that I like to read regularly Education Innovation, put me on to an article from the Boston Globe which was detailing the research from scientists on the importance of daydreaming. The article Daydream Achiever I found interesting not only from the perspective of current education processes and my own ...http://planningwithkids.com/2008/09/11/reason-to-daydream/ |