Finding Employment that Works for You!!
*THIS POST IS SPONSORED BY AVON Finding employment that fits around being a School Mum can be quite tricky. I don’t know about you but I love being able to do the daily School drop off and pick up. I know this is not possible for everyone but I have personally tried to keep this as […]
How to Help your Kids have a Successful Year at School
You’ve spent the last few weeks organising uniforms, books, stationery and nutritious lunch ideas and you’ve finally packed the kids off to school for the new school year. After enjoying a quiet cup of coffee and a well deserved breather, there’s one more thing to think about: how can you help your kids have a […]
eyeSlices – A little slice of heaven
I was recently given a product to try and see what I thought. The product was called eyeSlices and it was intended to reduce puffiness, dark circles, wrinkles etc around my eyes. I am forever having eye issues but mine are mostly due to allergies. I suffer quite badly from hayfever and itchy eyes so […]
Quick and Easy Beauty Tips for Mums on the Go
In a world full of packed lunches 5 days a week, traffic congested car rides to and from school each day and countless missing uniform pieces, changing hairstyles and dropped breakfasts, a mother’s beauty can be the last thing to worry about. LustHaveIt!, Australia’s leading online beauty subscription service has the top tips for quick […]
How Walking Helped My Family Enjoy Life in the Slow Lane
Motherhood can make you nostalgic. For life in the slow lane. For simplicity. For music, for games…and for how you got around. ME – I was a walk-to-school, walk-to-the-park, walk-to-the-shops and walk-to-the-neighbours-with-a-bag-of-lemons kind of kid. MY kids…well let’s just say they are a chauffeur driven lot. A mix of a busy life-style and semi-rural location […]
Mums Matter Too – Looking After You
Mothers today are raising children under circumstances never experienced before in history. In a very short time frame – the past two decades – daily life has undergone significant and profound changes, most notably an increase in time pressure, a constant connection to technology, and a reliance on packaged and processed food products, all of […]
Paris vs. New York – 10 Alternatives that Kick their Butt
Paris vs. New York I get that they are amazing places but sometimes I fell like it is a big cliché. So I asked YOU the SCHOOL MUMS of AUSTRAIA what’s on your bucket list. Below are the TOP TEN fabulous ideas of adventures suggested by you!!! The School Mums have spoken and Paris and […]
Difficult conversations – How the heck do I explain that?
Here are some things that are damn near impossible to explain to a 5 year old without getting lost in your own cornfield. Smoking We drove past a notorious footpath smoking spot (at a bus stop near a major hospital) where patients, doctors and nurses gather to get their nicotine fix. What’s that thing they are […]
Parking At School – Tips you NEED to know
What does A Cactus, A Watch and A Hole in my pocket have in common? My Child’s School (ba, ba, boom!) Parking at school like a cactus; prickly, painful and downright ugly at times. Often you are getting to the school early in order to get a park at which point you can sit and […]
Everyone Can Run Fast Down Hill
I am a great advocate for kids in sport and all kinds of physical activity. I think there is so many skills and benefits to be gained. One thing I didn’t anticipate as a child is the life long lessons I would learn. I was still quite young when I pushed and pushed my dad […]