Home Organisation 101 - The Pantry

Ack, forgot the before photos!

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

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 :)

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.

Rona and her best friend Joan

Look Mummy! I am driving a fire engine!

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.

She still can't reach the food or drink, but she really likes being able to get her stuff from her drawer.

What I made

I found this idea on Pinterest

source

And I decided that I was going to one of my own

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 :(

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.

Before...

The messy, messy shelves

The tool box from which we cannot find anything

Tool box organised!

All the loose screws, nails etc fixed

All Clean!!!

The tidier shelves (even cleaned the grass off the whipper snipper)

The reorganised shelves

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

Latest resources acquired

I recently discovered play dough activity sheets.

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

Home organisation 101: The Kitchen

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!

All clean!

An adventure

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

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

Life vests on for the S.S. Feathersword

Piloting the ship

Intrigued by Henry the Octopus

Writing a postcard to Wags the Dog

Murray's sittable guitar