Easy chores for children and the family.
Organisation is a big part of my every day life. I like to plan ahead, and finish a job before moving onto …
School routine planner
Getting back into a routine after the end of year school break requires some motivation and organisation skills. Having chore charts, schedules …
Mum is everyone’s personal secretary; but never her own!
Organising the family along with ones individual tasks, activities, jobs, chores, outings, sport days, excursions, swimming lessons, football/soccer/netball training, appointments to the …
Large family folding and clean washing system.
Washing is never ending in ANY household and of course, when one has a large family the loads are far greater and …
“Mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine…………”
When children are old enough to attend school, life becomes busier, more chaotic and time consuming. Life before school (as a parent) …
Camping indoors……..we survived (only just)!
Anyone that knows me would have to agree that I detest and refuse to go camping. This might be due to an …
Washing blunders and what the……..
Washing is something large families do EVERY SINGLE DAY, so when something goes wrong with the washing machine, leaking pipes, an overflowing …
One shoe off and one shoe on…………….diddle diddle dumpling my son……….
When taking children to visit friends and family, they are expected to be polite, obedient, well behaved and have lovely manners; these conditions …
“Put on your jumper it is cold today”!
How many times has the above phrase been applied to children as they leave the house and getting into the car before …
YOU have HOW many children?
Deciding to raise a family is something that is usually agreed upon by both spouses. Whether families have 1 child, 2, 3 …
Breathing a sigh of relief!
We all have those mornings; those that turn a mother from the gentle creature she should be to the roaring lioness, ferociously …
Sleeping in; a thing of the past!
Gone are the days when parents could lie in, stay in bed (well at least one of them) and recharge the batteries …
Believe me, IT IS FERAL!!!
When I wrote this post about the job everyone hates doing; there is one that is far worse; a job that tops …
Tardiness is NOT tolerated!
Being late is something people either hate and try to avoid or have made it a habit and are never on time. Whether …
If you don’t ask, you don’t get!
For those who know me, I have always used this saying “if you don’t ask, you don’t get” and it is so …
The prang I never had!
Day 3, Friday: Things that make you uncomfortable This is a tough one for me; if I was to answer this as a …
A home-schooling mum’s chore chart
Need some jobs or chores done by the kids; here is a simple idea for getting chores done around the home. This …
The Hokey Pokey wash…
Have you ever wondered where the Hokey Pokey song originated from? It seems to go back to the early 1800’s and has …
“Where are my socks and tie mum”?
I love coming up with ideas that involve recycling old materials and creating something new and/or useful.
Re-organising the boys room and ‘stuff’
Having 3 boys in the one room can be described as chaos and in one easy word, lots of…..MESS (if you haven’t …
Everyone has a ‘scatterbrain’ in their household…….
Even at No Excuses! Easy organising for large families, there is ONE child that is exactly what the dictionary describes: “Scatterbrain” A …
The joys of parenting
Do any of you remember this post on Bosistos Eucalyptus Spray, well I just had to use this a moment ago. My …
Bosistos Eucalyptus Spray
This is a must in every home. I have always used it to kill germs, get rid of bathroom odours,great for colds and …