We love Netflix at our place. In fact, we haven't been able to get standard TV reception since a 2018 hailstorm took down our antennae, so it's pretty much Netflix or bust. Actually, we can stream tele via Fetch, so I still get my SBS Food binge in whenever I can...
My daughter can't stop doing TikTok moves. From breakfast until bedtime, she's on the move. Little sequences from Renegade, Say So, and Number One Baby. We've renamed it 'tic tok' because I swear it looks like she's got some strange physical tics. All the twitching...
For a long time my girls have created little nature mandalas and art whenever we are in the bush or out for a walk. They gather collections of things as we wander and bring them together to make nature mandalas. They've been doing it since they were small, and it is...
While everyone is very keen to get back to 'normal' schooling, reduced classroom attendance can also offer a wonderful opportunity to catch up on some reading. Margot Hillel, Professor of Children's Literature at the Australian Catholic University, has prepared a...
These things for teens to do at home are here to remind you that you are a creative, interesting, curious person. You can find ways to stay occupied and engaged, no matter how long you have to spend at home. While usually you can phone a friend to chopper you out of...
These podcasts for teens come highly recommended as a way to get them off their screens and, hopefully, out exercising. Jam in the airpods, hit play on a podcast, and off you go. Once the kids are hooked, it will be super easy to get them out there each day. Just one...
A good picnic can last the whole day and a DIY squares game board can help you make it perfect. Good food in the sunshine, a game of squares and a little siesta on the picnic blanket when it all gets too much. That’s the fantasy at least! Quiet pursuits for the kids...
Last week I casually mentioned that my kids were outside playing the game of Fly and was totally surprised to learn that many people had never heard of this old-school game. I spent a good part of my childhood playing the classic game of Fly with my sisters. Before we...
We love it when our kids want to hang out and be social. We don't love it when they have to spend ridiculous amounts of money to have fun with friends. Every now and then it's great to go to a water park, shopping, laser tag, eating fast food or seeing a movie, but...
Title: Everything I Never Told You Author: Celeste Ng Publisher: Penguin Books About the Book: “Lydia is dead. But they don’t know this yet.” When Lydia Lee is late to breakfast one morning, her protective mother, Marilyn, is instantly suspicious. When Marilyn goes to...
This is so much more than a recipe for sausage rolls that will blow your tastebuds. The gems behind Sydney cafe Cornersmith have a new cookbook out and it's a 'do not miss' for the shelf! Use It All: The Cornersmith guide to a more sustainable kitchen shows us...
Remember when you used to suffer through the 27th showing of Finding Nemo, just to do the whole 'family movie night' thing with the kids? I reckon I can still quote that movie from beginning to end (and we still all laugh at how my middle used to be terrified during...
Recently I learned about a 'daily vitamins strategy' used as a coaching tool. It was mentioned in an episode of the Trained podcast (which, for reasons currently unknown to me, is my new obsession). Essentially, 'daily vitamins' are the specific, personal things that...
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