How to Raise Great Kids – are you doing these 10 things to raise great kids?

 A guest post on How to Raise Great Kids   How to Raise Great Kids is a compilation of advice received from experts in various fields. When I firstI read the 18 Powerful Parenting Lessons Infographic  from Samara of Tiny Fry I headed over to Tiny Fry and found all this amazing expert advice. Samara has dedicated […]

Lowan Toy Story Oats – a breakfast game changer 

Lowan Toy Story Oats  My kids absolutely LOVE Lowan Toy Story Oats. Absolutely love it.   The whole grain Strawberry Oats is proudly presented in a bright purple Buzz Lightyear Box. The whole grain Honey Oats comes in a happy yellow Woody Box. With each box containing 8 sachets.        It’s tasty, healthy […]

Sydney Coastal Walks

Dee Why Coastal Walk – along the cliffs with Kids

Dee Why Coastal Walk – along the cliffs with Kids The Dee Why Coastal Walk is beautiful. It’s really unassuming, almost hidden. It’s just a lovely nature walk.  My husband discovered the Dee Why Coastal Walk when out running one day. He then bravely took the kids for a walk, by himself. Upon seeing the […]

Movies for Kids: Storks

Storks – The animated movie

Storks   What a gorgeous family movie. I’m not the biggest fan of animated movies because there are generally awfully scary scenes or they just miss the mark but I just loved this movie.   I don’t know if Storks can be classified a “kids movie” but it is definitely a family movie. It leaves […]

Lionel Watts Playground in Frenchs Forest

Lionel Watts Playground   I love it when I find a great playground by accident and the Lionel Watts Playground was just that. In the middle of Frenchs Forest quite close to the Glen Street Library I found an awesome spot that seems to be a hidden gem.    Both times we have visited it […]

StoryBox from Bayard Presse

Storybox Winners are…

Congratulations to the StoryBox Winners And the winners of the 6 month subscription to StoryBox Magazines from Bayard Presse are:   Natalie Hollis Becky Downey Indria Purnamasari   To everyone else who entered, thank you so much for doing so. I’m happy to let you know that there is another great competition coming up in the […]

New Leaf Nursery Ingelside

New Leaf Nursery in Ingelside

New Leaf Nursery in Ingelside     New Leaf Nursery is a bizarre, crazy cool place to visit in Ingelside. It has some amazing attractions for kids and really great plants for the adults.   If you’re needing to get some plants or something extraordinary that you can’t find elsewhere and you’ve got the kids […]

The Liebster Sunshine Awards - for bloggers by bloggers

The Liebster Sunshine Award

The Liebster Sunshine Award I must be living under a rock because I did not know that there were two awards doing the rounds in blogging circles. I’m actually embarrassed by this fact. The Libster Award and the Sunshine Award are the two awards I am referring to. These have been combined by the last […]

Bike First Aid Kits from SJ Works

Bike First Aid Kits from SJ Works Bike First Aid Kits are a must in our lives. My son is always begging my husband to take him for a bike ride along the beach. Occasionally it happens. Generally it’s more a case of us running after our son with toddler in arms while he tears […]

Taking the Ferry to Watsons Bay – A Sydney Must

The Ferry to Watsons Bay  If you’re visiting Sydney for more than two days, you have to take a ferry from the City or Manly to Watson’s Bay. If you live in Sydney and you haven’t done the ferry to Watsons Bay yet you are crazy.   It is one of those iconic trips that […]