Monthly Archives: August 2011

29 08, 2011

Father’s Day Printable : breakfast order + 10 things we love about you

August 29th, 2011|Categories: printables|Tags: |9 Comments

Thank you for all your lovely comments on the Father’s Day all about  my dad + a picture of my dad printable. I am really hoping you’ll share some of your kiddos answers and pictures with me. I love their view on the world, and their logic and sense of humour! I’m sharing another printable today. It’s a Father’s Day breakfast order card as well as a Happy Father’s Day tent card and a ’10 things we love about you’ note. I plan on using these in the morning for Father’s Day breakfast. Noah is going […]

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25 08, 2011

Father’s Day Printable : all about my dad

August 25th, 2011|Categories: printables|Tags: |9 Comments

Father’s day is next Sunday! That crept up fast as we’ve been super busy and now have sick kiddos so I find it easy to lose track of time.I was really loving a lot of the ‘all about my dad’ printables on Pinterest and wanted to make up my own for Noah to fill out with his answers for his dad. I wasn’t keen on using ones that had pounds, feet, inches etc on it so made one that was more generic. I thought I’d share it with you :o} I love the answers Noah […]

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22 08, 2011

Golden Book Challenge : vintage feel calico bags

August 22nd, 2011|Categories: crafts|Tags: |8 Comments

The lovely Jackie of My Little Bookcase put out a call for others to join in her Golden Book Challenge. The idea was to find a way to use or recycle the cover or pages of a damaged Golden Book.We love reading with our kids, and our kids love flipping through the pages of beautiful books. Although my husband and I both had Golden Books as children neither of us have our old collections with us, but we have a small collection belonging to our children. These are all new and luckily not damaged so […]

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18 08, 2011

our new playroom : ikea expedit desk

August 18th, 2011|Categories: A Little Delightful|Tags: , , , |3 Comments

Thank you all for such lovely lovely comments on our new playroom. We are still really loving the space and I’m also enjoying that I can close the door to pretend the mess is not there if need be. But honestly even though the room gets trashed multiple times per day, I have found that Noah is more inclined to tidy up properly because he is also proud of the space and likes it when he can see it’s neat and tidy. :o}  
 
Today I am sharing with you how we did our Ikea hacked […]

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16 08, 2011

our new playroom

August 16th, 2011|Categories: A Little Delightful|Tags: , , , |19 Comments

Well it feels like it took us months to do this, and in reality it took over a month simply because I’m impatient and started before I ‘should’ have. After much discussion we decided to change the playroom from the open plan living area ‘games room’ we had to the smallest bedroom in the house. So I lugged everything out of that room and started moving things in, 2 days before we were to fly out to see family. Needless to say, I didn’t get very much done and lost inspiration very quickly!After returning […]

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15 08, 2011

Travelling with children : part 2

August 15th, 2011|Categories: A Little Delightful|Tags: , , |2 Comments

Following on from my last post, I thought I’d share what I pack for the plane trip.Noah is a great traveller and normally just enjoys looking at the flight safety card and inflight magazine and staring out the window but of course at some point gets bored of doing those things and so I have these to occupy him.Tag reader, a few books and some earphones. I bought kids earphones specifically so the volume can’t go up to high to protect young ears. To keep Noah’s backpack manageable for the flight I put the […]

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11 08, 2011

travelling with children : part 1

August 11th, 2011|Categories: A Little Delightful|Tags: , , |6 Comments

We recently returned from a trip overseas to visit with family.It was a much needed holiday and it was beyond fabulous to spend some time with so many of the people I love.I consider you super lucky if you have family that live near by. We don’t have any and so it gets a bit tough sometimes. Needless to say, we travel fairly often to see our families. Noah has clocked up over 110,000 kms of air travel in his 4.5 years. Luckily he is a brilliant traveller! Chloe – well she is still […]

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8 08, 2011

candlelit dinners .. with your kiddos

August 8th, 2011|Categories: A Little Delightful|Tags: , , |6 Comments

Although candlelit dinners with your partner might be lovely way to spend an evening – it’s super special to have one with your kiddos, too. We would normally only have candles for special occasions – like a birthday or on Christmas Eve. But hey, life is special every day. So why not?We did this on Friday and it was a lot of fun. We made our usual Friday night dinner at home a little more of an ‘event’ by lighting some candles and turning most of the lights off. I’m pretty sure they ate more […]

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4 08, 2011

lunch box planner printable

August 4th, 2011|Categories: printables|Tags: , , |27 Comments

I like asking Noah what he would like for lunch at school as I find he is more likely to eat what I pack if he’s had some input. I would normally ask him what he’d like in the afternoon, but by the evening when I often prepare his lunch for the next day … I’ve forgotten something. And on the days where I am making his lunch in the morning – I am even more likely to forget what we agreed on! {I’m not a morning person and it takes a while for […]

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1 08, 2011

FAQ: a little delightful

August 1st, 2011|Categories: A Little Delightful|Tags: |6 Comments

I am still new to the blogging world and so I am so surprised when I receive emails and comments about my blog. It is really lovely to hear from some of the wonderful people that read what I write or enjoy what I share. Thank you for taking the time to contact me with your comments or questions. x I thought I’d answer some of the questions I received here, for others who may be curious about the same things. Q: Where did you get those mini chopping boards?{seen here}A: We bought these while in Germany a […]

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