Friday, September 28, 2012

Home Organisation 101 - The Pantry

Ack, forgot the before photos!

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My pantry cupboard, I am going to get a spice rack for Christmas, so it is a work in progess

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Really bad photo, it is a pull out pantry, which has things like oils, pasta, rice etc. I put plastic placemats on wire shelving to make life easier for me, got the inspiration from fridge coasters :)

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Fire Station Visit

For our playgroup, Rona and I went and visited a local police station. Rona loved it so very much, loved getting to use the hose and climb in the fire engine.


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Rona and her best friend Joan

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Look Mummy! I am driving a fire engine!

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Rona's drawer

I have been thinking that Rona wants more independence and deciding how to give it to her.
I have now made a drawer of her dishes, cutlery, cups and straws to allow her a bit of independence in the kitchen.
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She still can't reach the food or drink, but she really likes being able to get her stuff from her drawer.

Friday, September 21, 2012

What I made

I found this idea on Pinterest
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And I decided that I was going to one of my own
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Breastfeeding

Yes, I admit, I still breastfeed Rona.
She is now 29 months old, and still loves her milk. She has it at night, and that is it.

I have encountered much criticism for breastfeeding so long. According to Parents in Law, I should have given up at 3-4 months old. And I have destroyed her independence by breastfeeding..... which is total garbage.

I recently found this picture from The Alpha Parent which has let me articulate to people why I am not in a hurry to wean Rona.



Saying that, there is a dearth of information on weaning older toddlers/preschoolers. If I find any good information, I am going to link it, but at the moment, there is nothing :(

Monday, September 17, 2012

Home Organisation 101 Week #2: The Garage


This week was the Garage, which I had been putting off because it is mostly Husband's stuff... but it had to get done and I am very glad that it is now finished.





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Before...
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The messy, messy shelves
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The tool box from which we cannot find anything
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Tool box organised!
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All the loose screws, nails etc fixed
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All Clean!!!
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The tidier shelves (even cleaned the grass off the whipper snipper)
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The reorganised shelves

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Feedback from the Birthday Project

I got some great feedback from what I did for the Birthday Project :)

My minister's wife rang and said how timely and encouraging the note I wrote was, I am so glad to have been a blessing.

Also, I heard back from the charity to which I sent the books, saying that they were the kind of books they were after and thanked me.

So nice to see that what I did had an impact on people

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Latest resources acquired

I recently discovered play dough activity sheets.

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Rona loves her activity pages
So I thought I would post links to the best ones I have found :)
Sparklebox
Twinkl
On The Road to Success Play dough mats

I printed them out and then laminated them, so they will provide hours of fun

Monday, September 10, 2012

Home organisation 101: The Kitchen

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I have joined A Bowl Full of Lemons' Home Organisation 101 challenge.
In my ultimate wisdom, I forgot to take before and process photos. But I spent the week cleaning out the kitchen.
I culled unnecessary items, reorganised the kitchen and cleaned like crazy.

It feels so much better, and I can't wait for week 2!


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All clean!

Saturday, September 8, 2012

An adventure

Recently we went to the Powerhouse Museum to see the Wiggles Exhibit


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The door talks, Rona was initially scared of it, but then got intrigued, and hasn't stopped talking of it since

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Life vests on for the S.S. Feathersword
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Piloting the ship

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Intrigued by Henry the Octopus

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Writing a postcard to Wags the Dog

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Murray's sittable guitar

Thursday, September 6, 2012

What happens at home...

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Rona is being a snail

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Rona is getting very good at painting Mummy's nails

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Leave a 2 year old for a minute, and drawers become climbing apparatus

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

My birthday project

I found this blog post and this website
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So I decided to participate, for my 29th birthday :) I have worked on it for a week, what a celebration!






Here is the list of what I did
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*Made the time to make some doll nappies for Rona
*Helped Rebecca with things around the house, as she is 7 months pregnant
*Took dinner to a church family who is struggling
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*Took some food to a charity
*Took a cake to my old workplace
*Sent a voucher to another church family.
*Sent a letter to a friend who is having family issues
*Send an encouraging letter to a friend who has a child with health issues
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*Sent 8 new books to a charity who works with teens
*Donated some old linens to a charity shop
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*Donated a formal dress to a charity (it is formal [prom] time coming up)
*Put stamps on a letter box with a note that people should use them
*Wrote to the police, firemen, ambulance officers and army.
*Helped a church family with their laundry
* Made a donation of items to the church garage sale
*Called Mother In Law to check up
*Wrote a card to Husband to thank him for all he does
*Wrote an encouraging card to my minister's wife
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*Donated to Embrace (a worthy cause, have a look)
*Wrote an extra letter to my sponsor child, Axel
* Wrote a card to my Nana, with a picture drawn by Rona
* Was extra nice to my little girl neighbour who can be annoying and I don't always have extra time for
*Commented on more blogs than I usually do
*Put cards on random cards to encourage people
*Returned trolleys back to the trolley return
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*Started writing in a family history book for Mum
*Made extra time for Rona

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Fathers Day

Happy Father's day to Husband, he is the best Dad, and Rona adores him :)


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I really must get a better photo of them together....