I've been trying to reduce the amount of waste that our household produces, including items that can be recycled. Having a kindy aged kid (note to everyone else around the world, this is the year before formal schooling) helps with this as everything can be turned into art projects - lids are highly prized at …
Month: September 2016
Burp cloths and blankets
A very dear friend of mine had her first baby recently. I thought for months about what I could make for her. My sewing skills are still limited, although I am hoping to improve that soon. She said that she had enough blankets but this beautiful bear fabric seemed destined to be a blanket, so …
How to get children to eat vegetables
In our garden at the moment we have two main crops happening ("We're farmers!" but I think that's a bit of an ambitious claim) - snow peas and strawberries. We have a few carrots growing and pull up a few a week "to see how they're growing". The strawberries are growing well, better than last …
Weekend reading – some fascinating blogs
Eat sleep freeze repeat - a story of a year as a doctor in Antarctica. Dr Hawker is spending a year at Casey Station in Antarctica. The blog starts last December when she boarded the ship to travel down, and details life on the base, including how they entertain themselves when the weather is too …
Mumma, Did You Know? 