We are big fans of Lego here on the farm. Over the cold months, barely a week goes by without the kids getting it out to play with. We have a large collection, comprising of vintage stuff that Country Boy and I had when we were kids, together with a host of sets the kids…
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How Our Three Children Share A Bedroom…. Successfully
Our three children share a bedroom. That’s right; all three in one room. I was reading somewhere on the interwebs (and I cannot think where now for the life of me – if you read it too, let me know please so I can link it) about a family who was just starting the whole…
6 Ways To Live The Country Life… Even If You’re Not In The Country!
A lot of people tell me that they would love to move to the country. The allure of the lifestyle is hard to deny, but the reality is that most people can’t just pick up their lives and move to a small village and start living the country life. But not living in the country…
8 Tips For Sorting Kids Clothing
Here on the farm the seasons are very distinct. We have short hot summers, and long cold winters. This means that we really have very little overlap between our summer and winter clothing. Add to this the distance we need to travel to get clothes for the kids, and it becomes easier to do a…
How To Store Wooden Jigsaw Puzzles
When our kids were little, they loved wooden jigsaw puzzles. They were great for developing their fine motor skills, as well as their ability to solve problems. One thing that annoyed my slight control freak/ organisation junkie heart (take your pick) was that there was no box to put the puzzles in so the pieces…
Seven Things You Should Get Rid Of (That You Won’t Miss)
So once again, I’m talking decluttering. Because I love it. I’m not a minimalist and never will be, but everything in my house needs to be either used and useful, or beautiful. So I made a list of things that you really don’t need to keep, so you won’t even miss once they are gone….
On Changing Little Habits
A few weeks back I wrote on my facebook page that I was planning to try to change a few of my bad habits this year. Not that I have many *ahem*. I’m talking little things that could be changed to make life easier. Evidently many people out there were with me because it generated…
Keeping It Simple | Create A Donations Box
Often when we are sorting something out, we don’t have anywhere to put the things we no longer want, so we leave them where they are and hope we remember to get rid of them later. Of course we don’t remember so the clutter remains. Today I’m sharing something that is very quick and easy…
