12 Days of Christmas – A new Christmas tradition…

A new Christmas tradition

I must say I have been pretty slack on Christmas traditions up until now. We usually drive around the Christmas lights and contribute to the work giving tree. We’ve been to carols once with Miss E, but keeping two kids entertained amongst a large crowd and open flames has just seemed too hard, so we […]

Storytime for little ones

In my tree by Sara Gillingham & Lorena Siminovich

Master O is FINALLY getting into books. He’s always been the one to listen to one or two pages and then wander off. Miss E is quite partial to this arrangement as she then gets extra lap time and more stories read to her. However, now things are changing and the other day, Master O […]

Grug is great!

Meeting Grug

I grew up reading the Grug series of books written by Ted Prior. I’m guessing many Aussie kids around my age did and it seems over the last few years he’s had a bit of a resurgence, due to a well-time re-release around the time that Gen X’ers are rediscovering him through their kids. For […]

Reading time…

Reading session

I just had a mammoth reading session with Miss E. She kept bringing books to me and I kept reading. As I’ve said before, we love books in this house. We’ll read at least 2-3 books a day minimum and she is recognising a lot of letters now which is great. It’s the one thing […]

Break out the Cookie Jar – Its a Book Week Special Edition!

book week 2011

Remember book week at school?  Read-A-Thons, Book Parades and the fabulousness of book club?  If you are like us then you loved them all!   However, we ask is the wonder & delight of reading being lost in todays’ world of iPhones, Computers, Video Games and TV?   All these things are fine in the […]

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