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Mum’s clues
As mentioned BP and I are taking turns going out with each of our children one on one….which has been a really worthwhile activity. When I went to the mall with Miss E we had such a laugh and fun together, without having to worry what the boys are doing around us!!!

This week up was me and our 5 year old. I planted 10 ‘Mum’s clues’ around our neighbourhood, leading to a small lolly bag at the end.

Clue no. 4: “Have a milkshake and wait for your next clue”
Was our chat time here waiting for the next clue to arrive (Had cued up the waiter)

Clue no. 7: “The key to post box 589”
He threw back his head and burst into laughter at this one

Not much walking, he wanted sprint from clue to clue!

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Mummy/Daddy time
Very cute...
Our 5 year old son has gone out with BP for daddy time: A McDonald's sundae and air hockey

Because we've a small tribe and often a busy timetable BP and i decided to take turns going out with one of our children each week.

Last week J and i went to the movies which was really nice...
Our 3 year has already planned pizza with daddy for his turn...
Miss E keen on a trip to the mall with me next week

Great times together with each child, that I'm hoping if started now will continue on easy enough into their teenage years???!

Daddy and son now home reporting on the fun they had-gotta go!

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Creative Play...
An excerpt from our swim school's newsletter:
"Playing is a powerful way for children to develop creativity, initiative and imagination!
...getting your kids to begin developing their imagination doesn't have to be difficult. Try showing your children how:

~A long blue silk scarf can be a waterfall, a river, a cape, a pirate bandana, a kite (Tied to the stick to run with), or a mermaids tail...

~The sandpit can be a pirates cove with buried treasure, a bakery (Add old muffin tins, bowls spoons and measuring cups);a dinosaur garden (Use a large blue bowl of water for a pond and add a few fern leaves, sticks and rocks)

~A big cardboard box can be a rocket, a boat, a magic car or a gingerbread house..."

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Christmas Advent Calendar
24 days of fun!

Our family has thoroughly enjoyed the fun and activity of an advent calendar in the countdown to Christmas. We have a Christmassy advent calendar I’ve put 24 notes in, ringing a few jingle bells each day when it’s time…Oh the excitement, they can’t wait!!!!

You don’t need a store bought calendar though to join in the fun…have a look at these:

Colourful Socks at family fun Amber has used potato prints to decorate mini envelopes Claire folded 24 pieces of origami paper into envelopes with the activity written inside
and this idea from an old Notebook magazineAt Etsy 24 pockets of vintage jeans and pants, with numbers embroidered on …and a magnetic advent calendar made from a baking tray!
***24 ideas to pop in your calendar: I’ve listed HERE at Kidspot!***
Simple activities your family can do together...all deliberately manageable in what can be a busy time. Fun times and the children coming alive with the excitement and wonder of Christmas making it SO worth the effort!

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Activities for Aussie Kids
Sandy a work at home mother with two kids wrote to me asking I make mention of her website ozkidsactivities

“This website is a one stop online directory for kid’s activities, classes, birthday party venues/entertainers, sports activities and other entertainment options. The site has over 4000 listings across all states in Australia.”

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Don't forget to be a goof-ball!
Keep laughing…
Wear a silly outfit, sing a crazy song, walk a funny way.

Last year we wrote 58 things we love about Pa (My dad) for his birthday of that number. Up near the top of our kids lists were “I love it when Pa skips.” Uninhibited Pa will often do his crazy skip down the road to crack them all up!

My grandfather too when we were kids would have us in fits of laughter by putting his false Teeth behind his ears as he drove

Try it… turn on some music and dance with the kids, lift one up for a piggy-back and run up and down the hall,jump on the trampoline……have fun and LAUGH!

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More Sardines
Funny

“Quick kids tidy the lounge and we can have a game of sardines before bed”
………………….And when it came to BP’s turn to hide…………………
We looked AND looked, running in and out of every room…
Finally begging for mercy, yelling for him to give us an; “Ooo Whoo”
Laughing and laughing to find him up here:

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School fete

Fun on Sunday...The Hooley Dooleys performed as did MissE with her dance group and band-a NOISE only parents can love! Rides, activity, stalls to browse and tasty treats to eat

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Funny Family Stories
Recounting silly family stories and funny memories….

We laugh at all the crazy jokes my brother (quite the larrikin) used to play on us when we were kids:

He’d somehow convince us to let him tie us upside down from a tree…and then walk away!

He’d string rope from our bikes with undies attached, so we’d bike off to school with our underwear trailing behind

And again with undies; he once stuffed our pencil cases full of them to surprise us when we opened them at school!

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Sardines
The kid’s favourite game these holidays…
Played the opposite way round to hide and seek:

One child runs off and hides…while the others count 1…2…3…4…5……………..

“Coming ready or not!”

All going their separate ways to seek out the hidden child and sneak in beside
Squashed in the hiding spot like sardines until the last child discovers them

First to find hidden child, the one who hides next time round!

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Wrestle Mania
If you can’t beat em, join themBecause the boys were extremely super-charged tonight….we all joined in for some action! Lots of laughs and thankfully no tears.
The urge to wrestle now out of their system, all four calmly lined up on the couch watching a movie before bed

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Movie memories
Nice…the kids and I all snuggled under blanket on the couch watching 'Princess Diaries 2' last night -BP working through the night on a big demo job

'Princess Diaries 1'-Yep I almost know it verbatim…one the latest cars BP scored, relatively cheap yet decked out with TV screens, Nintendo and video player…Princess Diaries being one of the few video cassettes we actually have left that the kids want to watch… HENCE being played over and over and over again in the car. Our three year old even quotes it… O my, forever etched as a childhood memory I’m sure!

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$2 gift exchange

Neighbours, who live up the road, often pop into our house after-school and last night joined us for dinner at Ikea and wander around the mall…

When we arrived I put a $2 coin in everyone’s hot little hand, and we all drew a name (On little bits of paper) from BP’s…, the idea being not to tell who got who, but buy a $2 something for that person as we graced (or mobbed?!) the shops.
A cute gift giving session after...And bonus: Didn’t here a “Mum can I have this…” all night!

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One of the Team-07
Saturday morning sports back in full motion...up (The not so fun bit) and out the door early, sipping hot drinks,chatting, cheering AND laughing with team parents on the sidelines, kids running around playing with other siblings, sausage sandwiches or breakfast at a team mates after...

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Create Memories
BP and I were spoilt to a wonderful night away in the city on Friday night as part of a retreat thingy our church hosted…

Anyway while there mingling and chatting we met a stunning 60 year old called ‘Betty’ Just the nicest lady to talk to, and during conversation offering BP and I a tidbit of advice as parents of 4….
‘Create Memories’ she emphasized to us, regretting that in the busyness of simply doing life when her kids were littlies she’d neglected carve out those special moments…highlighting that now when her daughter-in-law umm’s and ahhs about taking the kids to the circus or on holiday, she urges her; "Just do it!"

Create a memory TODAY!

Turn up the music and jump on the couches with pretend microphones, pretend the cars an aeroplane preparing for take off as you exit the school car park, skip down the street, have dinner back to front, whistle while you work...

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SPOT-O
Yellow car alert
Our kids entertain themselves in the car spying out yellow cars…
BP and I now yelling; “SPOT-O”when we see one too!

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Family night/day:

Once in a crazy-busy season where BP and I both had enough on our plates to keep us going and never stopping we purposely set aside Thursday nights as “Family Nights” The kids wrote an extensive list of things they’d like to do together: and we did them!

Activities included:
Making a town out of Lego,
A family dance… all boogying down in our dimly lit lounge
Bake and decorate a cake together,
A game of soccer
Movie night,
Go out for dinner
And over a few Thursdays with BPs expertise we built and painted bookends that still take pride of place today

Just a really relaxed fun night…no heavies or forcing compliance BUT rather just enjoying each others company and time together
BPs work schedule is now completely unpredictable, but we still shift and shuffle to prioritise family time/days together …we’re addicted!

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Movies in the Park

On Saturday night we headed to local park for the sundown screening of 'Ice Age 2'
Fun! As was the rest of our action packed weekend...so much on at the moment;
MissE's 10th birthday tomorrow...

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Day to Day Play
When chatting about our goals for 2007 under each heading....
BP and i agreed that in relation to 'Family Fun' in 2006 we’d got pretty good at going out and having a blast with our kids

This year, (especially as we both work from home) we decided an area to work on was:
‘Day to Day Play’; Stopping what WE'RE doing for period of time to FULLY tune in, and spend time with our children one on one, or as a group

After a fairly taxing weekend, this evening we turned off the TV, put on some background music and spent 40 minutes before bedtime building our own Lego town

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Laugh and play!
The following excerpt from Parents Inc
Where a mother of three writes:

“A few weekends ago, I had the chance to go away - just me and my ten-year-old daughter - for two whole days. We went to a tiny bach at Waiwera and spent the time just being together.
We played Canasta ferociously. I hadn't played since my teenage years, and other than Chess, it is the only game I remember my late parents playing. My daughter is better at this game than I am. She is a better tactician and reads my 'poker-face' (excuse the mix of games here) as if my cards were transparent. She delighted in my weeping and wailing, and I delighted in her skill, memory and tactics.
We found a storm water drain that trickled warm water over the sand as far as the sea. We spent at least two solid hours creating rivers and moats,
dams and islands. We yelled frantic instructions at each other. "Dig here." "Make a pile here." "Faster, faster, it's all being swept away." We didn't ponder where the water had come from, but we did wash our hands somewhat thoroughly!
We threw and caught tennis balls and frisbees. We bounced on a trampoline.
We walked together and admired the sunset and the sparrows and the trees and the shells.
We lit candles and meditated. Sometimes - and I consider this a major achievement from two noisy, gregarious, fun-loving people - we managed a silence of ten minutes.
We farewelled our holiday with an adventure playground visit and a three flavoured ice-cream.
As we drove back to Auckland, and to our usually hectic lives, my daughter said "Thanks Mum, that is the best holiday we've ever had.". It was a lovely compliment. Yet, I felt sad and remorseful. It was such a simple break and yet, in the raising of three children, I could not remember another time of such peace and enchantment.
I regretted the number of times I had been too busy to laugh and play with my children.
I would like to think I learned something and that I will make changes.”

Makes me want to take my almost 10 year old daughter away-now there’s a good idea for her up and coming birthday!

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[family fun] Olympic Park
Been so much activity since the troops arrived home from camp… swimming, parties , shopping, dinners with friends ,church and Whale beach!

Today we took J for a 1 hour skateboarding clinic at Monster Skate Park, which he loved…back again tomorrow

There’s so much on for kids to do within Sydney’s Olympic Park during the holidays…
YAHOO the water around the Olympic ring was on, the kids running in and out…MissE cartwheeling in the middle!

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[family fun] Spring free happy
Gave the kids an early Christmas present this morning…
A Springfree trampoline
Quite pricey but so worth it
Our cheapo trampoline we got about 3 years ago has been bounced on nearly everyday, but now looking more like a danger zone

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Posted by bestlife to family fun at 11/30/2006 05:03:00 PM

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[family fun] Dinner table fun
Terrific 'T'

The kids requested another Alphabet themed dinner….so I randomly selected ‘T’
They love helping each other get in costume…
A Tooth and Tooth fairy and two Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
I put on a pair of specs, and pencil behind my ear, quickly becoming a teacher and as BP came in just as dinner was served we simply labeled him ‘Terrrific!”
To tantalise taste-buds:
Taco’s
Tropical juice and
Two- fruit tart for dessert
Thought T-bone steaks and ‘tat-oes’ would be a good option too!

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Posted by bestlife to family fun at 11/17/2006 02:27:00 PM

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[family fun] 10 pin bowling
After a busy working week and BP and i attending the funeral a large part of yesterday decided to go out and have some fun with the kids last night…

We had the bumpers up for the kids so the balls needn't live in the gutters and J blitzed us all winning both games with scores of 112 and 100. As soon as letting go of the ball he'd turn around and run away much to BPs amusement, and at one stage was on the floor doing sit-ups in effort to keep his winning streak!

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[family fun] Spring forward
Daylight saving begins here today-Yay

Looking forward to BBQs and with friends and family, evening walks and outings, the kids, running around playing until late, AND the mornings being darker…sleep on kids!

I used to confuse myself trying to work out whether the clocks go 1 hour forward or back…
Until dad filled me in on this lil’ reminder:

“Spring forward and fall back”

Whoah and it’s nearly lunchtime already!

Off later into the city-
Picking up Miss E from the Opera house….she’s been practicing there today for a school spectacular tomorrow night,
And then out for dinner and evening church

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Posted by bestlife to family fun at 10/29/2006 12:10:00 PM

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[family fun] Family connections!
Thought I’d drop a quick line…feeling ready for bed!
Been a flat out week, topped with change of season Hay Fever stuffing around with me!

Just got home from a family connect group, we go to fortnightly on a Friday night

It’s so great connecting with the same families on a regular basis and the kids LOOOOVVVVE it!!!! Get this the family who host it came from NZ the same year we did and have four children; 9, 7, 4 and 2, the exact same ages as our kids… So they all have a ball!

Last Sunday we went to their house after church for a BBQ and ended up staying the whole day. For dinner the dad made some pizza dough, floured their huge table and we all gathered around and shaped and made our own pizzas together-Fun!

Anyway I’m supposed to be going to bed...

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Posted by bestlife to family fun at 10/20/2006 11:00:00 PM

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[family fun] Tagging along
BPs got a small demo job on in Canberra (Australia’s capital, 3 hours south of Sydney) on Monday night so we’re all heading down with him.
Will get to enjoy this arvo, Monday and Tuesday…and then be back

Got a couple of things in mind to do: There a ‘3 in fun’ family pass to Questacon, Cockington Green and the Australian Institute of Sports that should be a go-er!

BPs just packing his tools and then we’re away…
Talk soon…probably all about it!

Bye for now
Rebecca

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Posted by bestlife to family fun at 10/08/2006 09:36:00 AM

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[family fun] Random family guff:
Took the kids on Monday night to see ‘Nacho Libre’ (or is it Libre Nacho?)Our 3 year old now wearing a big cross around his neck so he can be like the hero ‘Nacho’; the overweight, wresting Monk!

This morning I waited in the car while BP collected mail from his post-office box
I watch as he reappears from around the corner, reading an item of mail as he walks towards the car…
Well should I say ‘A’ car! As he sides up the car in front of us;
I’m thinking ‘No way, he isn't, he's not...Hahaha HE IS,as he opens the door and sits down next to an unsuspecting (And probably somewhat bewildered!) passenger

A plate of play-dough delicacies that kept the kids amused for a long while yesterday
And a sight that always tickles my cute meter fancy:
our 2 year old lining up his computer next to BP’s:

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Posted by bestlife to family fun at 10/04/2006 05:17:00 PM

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[family fun] Happy campers!
Spring school holidays have kicked off today with a back-yard camp-out!

Setting up tent,keeping them amused for a large part of the day...Just kissed 2 lil little faces poking out the top of their sleeping bags goodnight (They're as snug as a bug) and BP’s sneaking out later to join them for the night...SO is my turn tommorrow to sleep with the other two ...had better get a good sleep tonight!

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[family fun] 3 steps to an active volcano...
Science in our own backyard:

Elijah got “Make a volcano kit” for his birthday, waayyy back in March. Between now and then WE HAVE cast the volcano out of plaster, and Elijah painted it…but have only JUST got around to making it erupt!

The kids here i think by how far they're standing back expecting a MAJOR blow!
Here’s how:
Gather together A Water bottle, 1 Tablespoon Baking Soda and 1 cup of vinegar (Colored with red food colouring if you want/can?)

1. No volcano plaster cast required…Simply go outside with the kids and mound and shape some moist soil around the bottle to form a mountain. (Being careful not to let any dirt slip into the bottle) OR if you’re really keen make a Paper Mache volcano around the bottle

2. Once the volcano is ready for action pour in one tablespoon of baking soda into the bottle.

3. Then tip the cup of vinegar into the bottle and watch the foam bubble out the top and run down the sides like lava from a volcano.

And the science:
Some chemistry..."Mixing baking soda and vinegar produces a chemical reaction in which carbon dioxide gas is created - the same gas that bubbles in a real volcano. The gas bubbles build in the bottle, forcing the liquid 'lava' mixture out of the bottle and down the sides of your volcano.”

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Posted by bestlife to family fun at 9/21/2006 10:01:00 PM

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[family fun] We’re back
Our 4 night’s away here ended up being 6…how could we bypass the beautiful weather of the last couple of days-the first two of SPRING-Wahoo!
Love having seasons, but definitely prefer the warmer weather.

A great week…
Lots of time spent:
-Bike-riding. The perfect set up for kids to be out and biking. Levi got so good and really fast-Swimming.
A Beautiful resort pool; just the type you think about when freezing in winter

-At the beach…can’t beat it.The kids really enjoying our walk around the rocks

Also:
-Heaps of family fun and knocks on the giant jumping pillow
-Stopping for a cuppa or ice-cream and chat with “Cocky” (The talking cockatoo) at the holiday parks café
-The wonderful kids club the park operates, with pancake breakfasts, tractor rides, movie screenings, craft, sports, a midday sausage sizzle, and free tattoos…Had to plan our day around all the activity!
-Watching the pelicans being fed at ‘Fisherman’s Wharf’
-Visiting a few caravan parks…still dreaming of traveling the length and breadth of this amazing country
-BP and I chillin at the end of each day, watching 5 nights of Australian Idol and 100 (?) hopeful contestants whittled down to 12

Home now…. and bracing ourselves for a super busy week. When it rains it pours; the family calendar chocka this week with school, sporting and church events. Lucky we’ve already had the holiday!

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Posted by bestlife to family fun at 9/02/2006 09:13:00 PM

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[family fun] mobile phones 4 all
Went to Optus today to get BP’s faulty phone looked at. While there we cheekily asked if they had any dummy phones out the back that the kids could have

They were more than happy to hand over some their ex display phones
When they gave four year old Elijah his they laughed when he queried (in his little lisp) “Does it have a sim card in it"...

It doesn’t!!! But no worries the kids are having lots of fun carrying around their phones; flipping them open and pretending to chat to friends and neighbours

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Posted by bestlife to family fun at 8/24/2006 06:54:00 PM

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[family fun] The fete was great
O6 School fete today, lots of fun and rides…

Here’s Levi, the older kids were too busy whizzing around(In more ways than one)to snap a shot
One freaky moment...I wasn’t sure whether or not Ella had taken Levi off with her at his sudden disappearance…she had-Phew!

BP and I took our turn helping on the tables our kids classes were responsible for: BP on the raffle, me on the Tombola….

Now at home and Ella has recreated the ‘Fairyland’ experience for her brothers…sure they’ll be delighted?! 2/3 have entered...lets take a peek:

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Posted by bestlife to family fun at 8/06/2006 06:50:00 PM

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[family fun] FLYING TRAPEZE
July 20th 2006

If you're in Sydney/Australia ...
My friend Tamalisa sent through this:

"Found it on 'kidspot' this place you can call, book in & rock up for your very own and very immediate go on a flying trapeze!! Way cool!!
'Circusarts' $45 bucks for a few hours and about 5-6 turns. It was such a buzz and well worth it. Kieran is going back for more... I can just see you up there Rebecca!!"

HERE IS KIERAN:
Thanks Tum...We'll have to have a go!!!
Kidspot is cool too...have just been browsing through holiday accomadation on it for our up and coming weekend away.
Were thinking of heading out of town tomorrow until we remembered 2 of our kids have friends parties on (and excited about) this weekend....
Maybe next...?

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Posted by bestlife to family fun at 7/20/2006 08:08:00 PM

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[family fun] LET'S GO...
July 15th 2006

Another overcast, drizzly day today...
After a morning indoors with the kids we decided it was time to put on jackets and go out!!!
Headed off to the Australian Museum, hadn’t been before...
And later to a Sushi Train;the kids enjoying selecting and grabbing the plates of their choice off the moving conveyer-belt

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[family fun] MAKE AND PLAY DOUGH
July 14th 2006

Today:
Walked the kids around to the pools for the last of their holiday swim school intensive
Napped on the couch…kids watched a movie, vacuumed and tidied…
And then as it’s a dismal day… some inside play:

The kids made and played PLAYDOUGH:PLAY DOUGH RECIPE:
1/2 cup of salt
1 cup of flour
1 Tablespoon of cream of tartar
1 Tablespoon of oil
1 cup of water
food coloring

Combine ingredients in a pot.
Heat very gently, stirring the whole time.
Warm until a good texture- if too goopy, add a tiny bit more flour.
Let cool- and voila!
Store in a plastic container in the fridge. Will keep for a while.
You can also add a little sprinkle of glitter to make it fancy


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Posted by bestlife to family fun at 7/15/2006 10:01:00 AM

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[family fun] TONIGHT I WAS ACCEBER
July 13th 2006

Making coming to the table fun:

BACK TO FRONT DINNER:
Dinner-time fun at the drop of a hat...as simple as turning the norm upside down!

Tonight we came to the table with our clothes back-to –front (and undies on a few heads!)
Ready for dinner served the wrong way around:
Starting with a cuppa and after-dinner mint,
Followed by dessert,
Then mains
And concluding our meal with grace!

Ella made place cards for the table with our names spelt backwards… turning us into: Nadnerb, Acceber ,Alle, Nimaj,Hajile and Ivel for the night

And drat: My camera batteries were flat!

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Posted by bestlife to family fun at 7/13/2006 09:10:00 PM

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[family fun] KEEPING IN TOUCH
June 27th 2006

YAY my mum arrived yesterday on her way back to London from the NZ

Been spoilt rotten yet again!
Today we out shopping and she bought me lots of nice bits and pieces
Tonight it was out for a meal...discovering this delicious, beautifully set Thai restaurant, singing the praises of nearly every mouthful as we ate! Was so fresh and immmm the flavours

With an international family one of the fun rituals when mum comes through is sitting down for “Video time”
We all gather excitedly in front of the TV to watch the footage of the cousins in both London and New Zealand.
So cute this time we got to see beautiful baby Chloe, Theo playing with water, Mikayla’s 5th birthday party and Ruby’s dance and actions
The kids chat to each other through the screen and even though they don’t see their cousin’s face to face very often, the connection is strong!

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Posted by bestlife to family fun at 6/27/2006 09:54:00 PM

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[family fun] FUN FOR FREE!
June 19th 2006

There’s always lots of fun to be had out there for free!
Got the kids to construct a list of stuff they’d like to do…with a $0 budget
All four contributed and then handed the list to us to work out what goes where for a morning of non-stop-fun:

While we packed a picnic breakfast they made crazy cats (Elijah’s suggestion)Then off to the park for breakfastBike riding,Rugby passes and a game of soccerBorders Book Shop to browse through booksTo the pet shop
And then home by lunchtime for BP’s chicken noodle soup!

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Posted by bestlife to family fun at 6/19/2006 07:45:00 PM

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[family fun] THE ABC'S OF WAITING FOR DINNER
May 29th 2006


Saturday night at ‘Pancakes on the Rocks’ for dinner:
…when paper and crayons were put on the table Ella remembered a game we played when there last… followed by a few of their own:

A-Z race:
Write down the side of the page: A through to Z
Choose a topic …good ones; country, food or animal, girls/boys names
Then go for it…listing one name per letterAlphabet people:
Taking turns we worked our way through the alphabet… forming a sentence that included a name, country, food and animal beginning with each letter
E.g. my name is Gertrude
I come from Germany
My favourite animal is giraffes
And I love eating gherkins

Alliteration:
Before dinner was served Jamin came up with a few alliterated sentences about us all:
E.g. “Little Levi likes lollipops

And then... alphabet soup for dinner,just joking! Pizzas and happy face pancakes-YUM!

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Posted by bestlife to family fun at 5/29/2006 01:35:00 PM

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[family fun] KIDDLEY
May 18th 2006

Last year I was introduced to “Loobylu” through a Bestlife reader and have since enjoyed tuning in for the comings and goings of Claire and family...
Checking in this week i discovered Claire and her partner have JUST launched a brand new site called "Kiddley" which will be crammed with idea's games, crafts, projects etc to do with you kids...they're aiming at updating most days!

Funnily enough I've been in dreamland lately thinking up a storm of idea's for a branch off more, business-y type site...the thoughts still WAY TOO jumbled in my head to properly explain!
...already devised abit of a mock up name and logo though: So you may see him again someday(???)... if I can manage to untangle and sort my thoughts!!!!

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Posted by bestlife to family fun at 5/18/2006 12:42:00 PM

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[family fun] 6 YEARS HERE
May 6th 2006

Blah! …for the 3rd time now I’ve just caught Levi on the bench spreading vegemite on wait for it, a ginger-nut biscuit…Oh the taste sensation??!

Today marks 6 years in Sydney…we moved here from Auckland NZ on May the 6th, 2006
Later this year we plan (As we have for the last 4 years!) on getting Australian passports and becoming dual citizens. The shortest queue at the airport will then determine which passports we pull out between here and there

We enjoyed a beautiful autumn’s day today,this side of the world… going into the city to a place called ‘The Rocks’

Stopping in at ‘Sticky’ we watched lollipops being made from start to finish…during which candy was offered to anyone who’d sing a song.
Instantaneously we broke into chorus:
“Give me a home among the gum trees, with lots of plum trees,
A sheep or two and a kangaroo…”
…and had made for us one enormous candy heart!
(The sugar rush is happening now as the kid’s whiz about the house around me)

After lunch in a sunny square listening to a jazz band we trekked up and across Sydney's Harbour Bridge
Here’s BP climbing the stairs and taking in the view with Jamin from the top

A great day together-the kids were awesome
Now... am feeling VERY keen to “wash them and feed them and put them to bed!”

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Posted by bestlife to family fun at 5/06/2006 05:07:00 PM

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