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…. or on weekends or rainy days. #Mummyhacks to save your sanity. This post is brought to you with thanks to DAIRYLEA Cheese. PLUS enter your very own #mummyhacks idea for a chance to win a Family Trip to Queensland. Details below. Have you heard of a Life Hack? Over the years, I’ve opened many a ‘life hack’…
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Original Image via Flickr 37 Free Ideas for School Holidays Simple Fun for Everyone! My son’s kindergarten teachers sent this list home in our most recent newsletter. I’m absolutely sure, in the spirit of generosity and in protecting that magical time of childhood, that they would LOVE to share this with you too. Imagine if we all made time…
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20 Free or Cheap Fun Things to Do on School Holidays Keep your children amused, happy, engaged and entertained, without switching on the TV! If you have more time than money this holiday, or you are planning a restful holiday time at or near home, then you might like these 20 ideas. A lot of them will let…
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Preparing a Meaningful Festival for your Family, Class and Community with Sandra Frain My lovely friend and colleague Sandra Frain, she of boisterous exuberance, a laughing love of life, and sheer sweetness, is running this amazing new workshop on June 22nd in Byron Bay. (Sandra is one of our Rainbow Bridge Upcoming Presenters too, and she may very well repeat…
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Autumn Harvest Festival Ideas from Ned’s school celebration Just over a week ago, Ned and his classmates invited us (the families) to come and share in a little seasonal festival fun! I wrote yesterday about the gorgeous autumn fall leaf bunting made by the children that was hanging in among the branches of the trees. But there was so…
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DIY Salad Bar Party A Month of Food Fun on PFE…Day One Every day during February (or as often as I can- life is PRETTY BUSY this month, even busier than usual…but I’m striving to get here fairly regularly…), I’m going to share some ‘Food Fun’ ideas. These are things I’ve been gathering over the years from friends, family,…
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On Wednesday last week, Ned’s preschool celebrated the arrival of Spring! Oh, I do think this is my favourite time of year. The birds are singing, the flowers are blooming, joy is everywhere. And of course, celebration is in the air. Ned’s Spring Festival began with a quiet gathering inside. The children sat on chairs in a circle, or on…
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Valentine’s Day gifts can be lovely and truly heartfelt, but sometimes I wonder if somehow along the way we haven’t just been caught up in the commercialisation of it all? (Valentine’s Day is sometimes called a ‘Hallmark holiday’.) I think one way we can show our love is to make something for our loved one/s by hand. A Valentine’s…
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Years ago, before I was married, I hosted a Valentine’s Day party. I wanted to spend a few moments focusing on the essence of what love is, as sometimes it seems to me that our love antennas need a bit of a refocus. We can all do with a reminder every now and then, don’t you think? It’s not always…
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Valentine’s Day is just a few days away and I always like to do a little something, simply to recognise and acknowledge ‘love’ in all the forms it comes. For me, it’s not just about romantic love. (although of course, that is lovely.) I also like to give thanks for the ‘love’ that is present each day when…
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Burn, Baby, Burn. Creativity Fire Starters. I love traditions. I love the ritual of doing something in a particular way, each season, or each birthday or each year. I think there is something extremely nurturing for everyone in experiencing a seed of something familiar, repeated on a predictable cycle. But… I also know that holding onto traditions dogmatically…
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I love Valentine’s Day. Many years ago, I held a Valentine’s Day party for a bunch of my girlfriends. It was a night to help us all remember to love our husbands or partners, our friends and our family members, but also ourselves. It was such a divine thing to share stories of love, not just romantic love, but things…
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My little boy starts preschool on Thursday. I think I’m more excited than him. He is going to a really beautiful place and I just can’t wait for him to play in the natural surrounds, listen to delightful stories, cook wholesome organic food, make friends with happy children and fall in love with his teachers. He is a little nervous…
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BOO! Can you imagine children being greeted by these friendly ghosts? (The magnificent pink light in these two photos is the result of that outrageous storm that crossed Felipe’s Halloween birthday party) There were more of these ghostly friends inside too. Gabi made these by first fashioning a ghostly shape from styrofoam. One large block was the base. She then…
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This is my favourite Halloween craft this year. Aren’t these Mummy bottles divine? All you need to do is grab a roll of masking tape and a pair of sticky wobble eyes from your local craft shop. Stick the eyes on, then wrap the bottle completely with the tape. Be sure to cover a little bit of the eyes for…