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I KNOW I AM LATE ON THE GRANOLA TRAIN
I Know I’m Late on the Granola Train 6 January 2016 I’ve loved granola forever. And I have been buying it forever. Like a mad woman. For some reason, when visiting Dad in Tassie this Christmas, I...
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STOP + DO SOMETHING YOU SHOULDN’T BE DOING + PANCAKES
Stop + Do Something You Shouldn’t Be Doing + Pancakes 4 April 2016 Have you ever had those times where you just want to lose yourself in all the good things and put all the other life crap in a box...
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I’VE ENTERED ANOTHER PARENTING DIMENSION
I’ve Entered Another Parenting Dimension 21 April 2016 “Just be grateful for these moments. A crying baby is nothing compared to what’s to come”. You know those older mums of older kids who say these...
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ALL GROWN UP
All Grown Up 9 May 2016 A few months ago while driving my white Volvo station wagon to pick my kids up from school I had an epiphany. “I am actually a grown up.” A couple of things in that picture...
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COMFORT FOOD FOR MUMS OF PRE-TEENS
Comfort Food for Mums of Pre-teens 26 May 2016 It is official, there’s a pre-teen in the house. This morning was amazing. She was helpful, kind and loving. Who knows who will hop off the bus this...
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Hi, My Name is Mum, What’s Your Name? // Plus Chocolate Sticky Date Pudding
Hi, My Name is Mum, What’s Your Name? // Plus Chocolate Sticky Date Pudding 29 June 2016 For those of us who are lucky enough to have a job which allows us to juggle hanging with our kids and working,...
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Peace, Love + Raspberry Cake
Peace, Love + Raspberry Cake 18 July 2016 “Our life is just so great at the moment, no real stresses or worries.” As soon as the words spilled from my lips I knew I should have left them as a quiet...
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LUNCH LADY BESTIES // Beci Orpin’s Lentil Soup
LUNCH LADY BESTIES // Beci Orpin’s Lentil Soup 10 August 2016 Hey Lunch Ladies! We have a brand spanking new weekly feature on our webby for you all. Each week we’ll meet a fellow lunch lady / fella...
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Lunch Lady Besties // Yumi Stynes’s Sesame Salmon
LUNCH LADY BESTIES // Yumi Stynes’s Sesame Salmon 17 August 2016 Happy Wednesday lunch ladies and lunch fellas. I hope you’re all getting that sneaky hint of spring in your life, like I have here....
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Lunch Lady Besties // Tai Snaith
LUNCH LADY BESTIES // Tai Snaith 1 September 2016 This week’s bestie is one of my GIANT lady crushes. She’s so clever, inspiring and a giant spunk. I love watching everything Tai gets up to, ever...
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Birthdays, Deadlines, School Holidays + Strawberry Cheesecake
BIRTHDAYS, DEADLINES, SCHOOL HOLIDAYS + STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE 22 September 2016 So, it’s official, we’re now in our second year of Lunch Lady. With us launching issue four and FINALLY waving goodbye...
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A CONVERSATION with AUTHOR Christine Gross-Loh, who spent years researching the myriad ways parents raise their children around the world. What kind of parent were you before you decided to move your...
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Parenting advice: Let the kids be bored
by Luke Ryan When I look back at my own childhood, the memories are often coated in a fug of boredom. I think back to afternoons spent following my mother around the antique showrooms she loved so...
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Kawa Leaf
KAWA LEAF Tell us about your pregnancy with Kawa. I’d fallen pregnant for the first time just the year before. It was by accident and it resulted in a miscarriage at ten weeks. I really mourned the...
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how a kid’s brain works. the meltdown explained
How different is a kid’s brain from an adult’s? The short answer: extremely. We’ve always known that a child’s brain spends its early years absorbing and processing information, but it’s only recently...
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nut free snacks
Mixed Berry Buckwheat Crunch Muesli Bar. Makes 12 muesli bars. You’ll need a 20cm square baking tin, baking paper, a small saucepan, a wooden spoon and a medium sized bowl. 1/2 cup buckwheat groats 1...
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How to talk to kids about climate change
While adults have news bulletins, films like An Inconvenient Truth and books such as Tim Flannery’s The Weather Makers to draw on for knowledge on climate change, what about kids? How do you even...
View ArticleOn not raising jerks
By Zoë Foster Blake I enjoyed a simple, semi-rural upbringing in the ’80s. It was EXACTLY like Stranger Things, just with less paranormal activity, and more wheatgrass. My parent’s completely...
View ArticleMilk Bar Moments
By Catherine Deveny I vividly remember tea in the ’70s. On most nights it was chops with two veg, sausages with two veg, rissoles with two veg, ki si ming / chop suey / chow mein (or whatever your...
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The following bedtime meditation for kids combines relaxation and visualisation techniques to encourage kids to calm themselves before sleep. Before you try it, carry out your usual bedtime routine,...
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