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Parenting war with Fancy dancey stationery shops
I have three girls who love a particular colourful stationery shop that has seemed to pop up into every large shopping centre over the last few years. This store is are everywhere! The girls love to go and explore the fresh notebooks, pencils, pens, erasers, sharpeners, calculators, and other merchandise in each varying colour. This store is very appealing to the young eye, and I have been told by one of my dear impressionable children that if you don’t buy your school supplies at this particular store – then your basically worthless! As you can imagine, this no frills mummy, was not impressed by this untrue statement. I…
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A Snippet of a Sunny Coast Guru
How great is Rachael Bermingham! I love Rachael’s style, I especially love her book ‘Savvy – Ingredients for Success’, but if you were to ask me what I love most about Rachael, I would tell you that I love Rachael because she is determined to be the best mum first and foremost, and time to work on her projects are positioned around family commitments. She has created an empire doing what she loves to do, and believing in herself. This Ted video is a 17 minute video of Rachael talking basically about believing in yourself. Knowing what you want and working out how to do it all, especially with a…
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It’s Market Time!
There is one week till the Sunny Coast Baby and Kids Markets. The first market for the year is being held at the Nambour PCYC….and I hear its going to be the best Sunny Coast Baby and Kids market ever. The PCYC is going to be full to the brim with stalls….I am very excited as I love these markets. If you would like to know more about the Sunny Coast Baby and kids markets you need to look at the website. The web address is www.sunnycoastbabykidsmarket.com.au There are many stall holders – Mummy businesses and mums selling off their children’s outgrown baby items, furniture, clothes, books…
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Making time for Mummy!
This past weekend, was probably the best weekend I have had in a long time. Sorry, Family! And…when I tell you what I got up too…..lets say you might be a little envious! Sorry, Readers!!!! I have been married for 11 years. It will be 12 in December, and since getting married – hubby and I have had four children. Three girls and one little boy! I have been a ‘Stay at Home Mum’ for a very long time now, and while I feel that it has been a privilege, I also see that I now need to follow my heart, and do something that will help us financially,…
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Are our kids spoilt?
I have to admit that as I write this blog post I am still thinking about the title . I know that many kids in todays society are spoilt, but the question I ask – are my children spoilt? Last weekend, the Weekend Sunrise team interviewed Hattie Garlick. Hattie is a mum in the U.K. who has started writing a blog called www.freeourkids.co.uk. The purpose for this blog is to document her son’s progress over the next twelve months. This blog has gone globally crazy, not because she is another parent blogging about her two year son, but because she has declared that she and her…
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The Universe Says NO!
The sun….the same sun that usually lights up the Sunshine Coast, is missing in action. Its dreary, rainy and quite miserable outside. Not sure who names a cyclone, Oswald, but this Oswald character has and is causing havoc on the Queensland Coastline. Chanel is six and does not like school. She would much prefer to be home playing or going on ‘excursions’ as she puts it. I am unsure as to where she heard the terminology, but her fabulous comment this weekend is ‘The Universe must hate that school is starting back on Tuesday!’. ‘Ozziewuld’, as she calls Oswald ‘obviously hates that we are going back to school –…
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Jaden’s Birthday….the Birthday Month.
Last Saturday was Jaden’s second birthday, and it is a family tradition to have cake. I’m no cake boss, but I do have a fetish for decorating cakes, so as you can imagine Jaden’s birthday cake was not going to be two cakes slapped together with cream and jam – or sprinkled with icing sugar. Not that there is anything wrong with such a cake! Jaden loves dinosaurs so Bethy and I set out to come up with a simple concept for a little boy who loves dinosaurs. Last Saturday we celebrated two birthdays – Jaden and Charlotte. Charlotte is 8 days younger than Jaden. Charlotte isn’t into…
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Its 2013….Happy New Year!!!
It has been 10 days since 2012 finished and 2013 started, and I have spent the last ten days getting organised, sorted, appointments, and really enjoying my kids. Jaden’s second birthday is on the 12th so I have organised a little birthday morning tea for him and his little cousin Charlotte who is 8 days younger than him. I have also spent time writing – not just for my blog (not yet published as I have been juggling the must do, with the want to do), but planning 2013 and action plans too boot! This week hubby went back to work, and while I was sad the holidays…
