Some days, like today, I’m just bone weary. It comes from all the doing, I know. It’s days like this when we are told to ‘just take a break’ or ‘be kind to yourself’ or ‘ignore the to do list’, but that would start a domino effect that I’m just not ready for. As much as…
Cute class gift| Merry Christmas tingles
By popular request, I’ve updated the Merry Christmas Lifesaver wrappers for 2016… post below is the original written last year. I accidentally moved it forward when I updated it. Ah well. It’s that time of year again… the time of year when the urge to gift an Every Kid in the Class Christmas gift gets…
Cute Class Gift | Elf donuts
Long time readers will know that one of our Christmas traditions is making something for every kid in the class. This was all very simple when we started with a sensible something for Max’s Kinder class of 16 children. Not quite so simple now that we have three classes totalling 81 children (plus teachers and random assorted…
How can we all stop feeling so unsettled?
I put a little Facebook message up this afternoon that seems to have resonated with so many of us. It began, “I’m so unsettled lately…” “Unsettled” is a word that encompasses so much, doesn’t it? Stress, anxiety, uncertainty, bewilderment, melancholy, worry – for me it is all these things and something else. That feeling of…
It’s the most wonderful time of the year…
… and I’m busy getting ready for it! I loved everything we all got up to this year – Weekend Rewind, Kidspot Voices of 2013, 52 Project with Jodi and all the laughs and all the good advice I’ve received from everyone who joins me here. I’m so looking forward to 1.1.14 when I’ll be doing…
What does Santa do at your place?
Last week I was completely amazed to discover that Santa WRAPS HIS PRESENTS! He puts those wrapped presents UNDER THE TREE! Or even on END OF THE BED! Who knew!?! Certainly not me. I didn’t even know that Santa had access to wrapping paper let alone copious amounts of time to wrap all the gifts….
The Christmas To Do List
Are you knee-deep in Christmas yet? I am, but only on Pinterest where I’ve been exploding Christmas love for at least a month. In real life, I’ve yet to do a darn thing except string up the Advent calendar and decorate the tree. Soon, soon I will get my Christmas groove on. Here are just some…
A star of wonder
Everyone in my neighbourhood must think we are very religious. It might be the 2 metre tall star that is currently gracing our front yard. Sorry about the slightly out of focus shots above… it is actually really, really hard to take photos in the dark with an instamatic camera and no tripod. Who knew!?…
Make a Rudolf treat bag
Not a year goes by that I don’t promise myself that I will not do that every kid in the class thing. And yet, just like last year (those reindeer noses are my most viewed post ever… all those pinners popping over for a download) (actually, that’s not quite true, by far and away this post is…
Make reindeer noses for Christmas {free printable}
So, last year I was stunned to discover a series of crumpled Christmas cards at the bottom of Maxi’s school bag. “Oh no! They’re doing a card for every kid in the class?!” I panicked. I then went a bit crazy to make up for not being the first one out with the Christmas cards. As you…