School Holiday Dress Ups!

Jiedyn as.. The Hulk! Toby as..  Superman!  And Jacob as..  Batman! ..:: MY HEROES ::.. ...

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Three Days, Two Nights..

 Day 1  We set off for a small adventure to my brothers house in Ballarat. Two buses and a train later we arrived excited and ready for some fun! The kids played out the back before dinner. Nevaeh lost her shoe in the massive backyard of waist high grass. It was awesome to see them so free and just being kids! For dinner we ordered fish 'n chips and the kids went to bed early. They were exhausted from the train trip! Allan,...

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Self Serve Pasta For My Fussy Boy..

Jiedyn is six year old and has always has been my fussy eater. Mince, Rice and veggies have never been touched no matter what dish they're put into. Rissolls, Pasta and Fried Rice are all dishes I I love but tend to avoid when meal planning for the week. Last weekend I watched the box set of Supernanny to find new ways to cope with my strong spirited three year old but not only has it helped me bring schedule, structure and routine to...

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Splish, Splosh, Splash!

It seems that the most fun Nevaeh and have together is while picking Jie up from the bus stop in the afternoons. Yesterday, come 3 o'clock, the rains came and instead of trying to fight Nevaeh to stay off the wet grass, out of the mud and out of the puddles I embraced the opportunity have Nevaeh pull on her gum boots and step in them all! The best puddles seemed to be on the side of our road and so it wasn't much fun until...

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A Whoomping Willow?

Nevaeh bird watching while waiting for Jie's bus this afternoon. The tree across from Jie's bus stop that I convinced the kids was the flesh eating Whoomping Willow Tree out of Harry Potter. Months of fun came to an end today when the kids climbed it! I guess I can't fool these kids as well as I used to....

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Kiss and Make-Up!

Nevaeh, since our girls weekend, has taken a liking to Make-Up. I think its cute and so I brought her a childrens beauty pack from the local store. Today we sat in front of her dresser mirror and beautified each other. Nevaeh, I discovered today is a lips girl. She mixed lipgloss, sparkles and eye shadow to make a shiny blue lip stick. After applying it thickly onto my lips this came out of hers.. You look amazing Mummy, you...

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Routine, Structure, Discipline..

Super Nanny Jo Frost Inspired....

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Saturday night with ZoZo!

Yeah we gon' ride, ride, ride, on a Saturday night        All the girls they just hatin' because they know we that tight             Bout to get it poppin, bout to take a spotlight                  So we ride, we ride, on this Saturday night.. ...

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International Literacy Day 2012

Because it's International Literacy Day today I thought I would share a fairly new - but genius addition to our nightly routine. Jiedyn, 7, is in grade prep at school this year and is doing extremely well in Maths. Everything he's brought home these past few weeks has some sort of maths sums scribbled on it and on weekends I find him counting anything he can. When it comes to reading Jie gets bored rather easily. I am constantly trying to create ways to make sight words fun and get him to enjoy reading....

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Strong Wind & A Bee Sting

There I was, standing at the front door waving and saying good bye to my Jie, when out of no where the wind blew something onto my shoulder. I flicked it off and realized it was a bee. Then came the big sting..  I tried to yell out to Matt on the other side of the road, but the wind carried my voice away. I went inside and tried for five whole minutes to get the stinger out. These useless bloody nails didn't help one...

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Money Spending..

                     Look at that toothless Gri...

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Fathers Day 2012

Two breakfasts for their Daddy.. Our fist family photos since 2009.. Nevaeh and Matt having lunch with Poppy Leon.. Jie and I meeting my Dad/Pop at the G to watch the footy.. then home for a roast Pork for Tea! Beautiful day for some sensational moments! embracing spring my Daddio MCG playground fun ...

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Oh No! Not The F Bomb..

Let me start off by saying - MY FAULT. Jiedyn never said the F word, but when he was Nevaeh's age, when he would drop a toy, he would say shit. It was kind of humorous the first time we heard it but the second, third, forth.. times we're not so humorous! He learnt young that swearing will only get you into trouble.. Today while the kids were in the couch, Nevaeh went to pull some blanket over and left Jie bare at the other end. So jie pulled the blanket back leaving nevaeh bare.. This time, when Nevaeh...

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