We made ice-cream! (in under 5 minutes)

Its the 1st day of the school holidays and I was looking for something different to do with with Miss 8. After a bit of internet searching I found a quick an easy recipe for ice-cream! 

It might require a bit of forward planning if your not the sort of person who keeps lots of ice in the freezer (I used 4 trays worth of ice but it could have done with a bit more).

It's the last day of term!!

I know a lot of you will think that I'm crazy, but I LOVE school holidays! During the school term my house can get pretty chaotic with kids at school, me at Uni, assignments, after school activities etc. School holidays means that we can all relax!

Amelia's 1st birthday

Today, for the very first time I am going to be linking up with Tina Gray for "Piquing my Pinterest"

Its a little bit exciting! I have always wanted to do it, but was never sure if my blog was worthy of joining in. But today I thought i would bite the bullet and give it a go. 

Lately i have been searching pinterest for inspiration for my Daughter's 1st birthday. I know that it is still 6 months away but this is my last baby and she will only turn 1 once. 

I know that i want her party to be pretty and pink, but there are so many gorgeous themes out there that im having trouble picking one.

Advent Activities

Well, the first week of Christmas has been and gone. We have been very busy little beavers at my house. We have decided to do a "Christmas Activity" everyday day in December as part of our Advent calendar.

I can never really tell day to day how busy i am going to be so we have been winging it. I have chosen a different activity depending on the time i have available that day. This is what we have done so far...

Organising my Daughter- Part 2

Still on my mission to create a sense of calm in the house, I sat down to think about what other day to day events create arguments between my eldest daughter and me. Now that i have solved the "getting ready for school" arguments that were happening frequently,  and put a stop to the "i forgot i was supposed to do that" dance that seemed to occur when asking her to do her chores, the next most common disturbances in the force happen at homework and room cleaning times.  So what can i do to help ease the tension....

Birthday Party time.

Its almost that time of year again! The silly season is extra silly at my house. Two of my angels have their birthdays on the same week as christmas! Master almost 2, will turn 2 on the 22nd and Little miss 7 will become Little miss 8 on the 23rd. I have been planning there parties for a few months now. Nothing serious, just jotting down notes on things i would like do, Pinning idea's on pinterest and buying the occasional cute decoration if i happen to see one. But its time to start getting serious. before you know it their party days will be here!!! 

This is what i have so far....

Organising my Daughter Part 1

Its almost Little Miss 7's birthday. She is about to become Little Miss 8. And that means that its time for her job list to be updated. Every year i add a few more things to the list of things that she is responsible for . I am hoping to teach her that she is responsible for some of her environment and i am also hoping that some of my organisational skills will rub off on her.

One Sick Kidlet

There is nothing that makes a mother feel more helpless than when her child/ren are sick. Its such a horrible feeling. You want to be able to "fix" them, but there is nothing that you can really do to help apart from giving them plenty of love and cuddles. 

In my  house at the moment it is master almost 2 (little G) that is the sick one. I have no idea what is wrong with him, but he has a temp thats above 39 degrees and with panadol it eases to 37. He doesn't want to eat (which is amazing as he normally eats everything that is not bolted down) and he is refusing milk as well.