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Chatter Choo

Posted by WonderWoman in : Kids stuff , 8 comments
WonderBoy, 6, and WonderGirl, 3, are driving me crazy - talking at me at once. Do all kids do this or is it just my chatterboxes.

School holidays - top tips please!

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Having done a quick whip around the net to check out school holiday activities, seems the Birrung Marr ArtPlay wins in the popularity stakes… all (week day) school hol offerings are already booked out!

What’s your pick of holiday activities nooksters? Do tell. Please.

Slugs, snails and headlice

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WonderGirl was intently inspecting WonderBoy’s head as WonderWoman (that’d be me) combed WB’s hair with a headlice comb, searching for recalcitrant lice (head had been treated earlier for the infestation).

WG (aged 2): “Whatchoo doing Mummy?”
WW: “Combing WB’s hair.”
WG: “Why?”
WW: “He has bugs in his hair.”
WG: “He has bugs in his hair?”
WW: “Yes.”
WG: Pauses. Then smiles. He got bugs in his hair; I got snails in MY hair.

Bones for a play house

Posted by WonderWoman in : Kids stuff , 6 comments
I think I could make the fabric “shell” for a house in which my toddler can play… but am stumped by where I might get the “bones”; the frame, if you like. Anyone know?

Best barbie

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Epicurian Nooksters, please tell me: any suggestions for barbeque food that appeals to littlies… that is NOT a sausage?

Perfect holiday with kids

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Regale me with tales of whinge-free holidays you have had with three-year-olds.
Please! What are the secrets of having a restful holiday with small people? Is it possible? Do tell.

Does my daughter need to go to 3-year-old kinder?

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I am a bit annoyed about the kinder system in Victoria. In most suburbs, little more than sessional kinder is available i.e. two or three sessions a week of three or so hours duration. And that’s great if your employed is OK with you working in less-than-three-hour grabs…

So it works for stay-at-home parents. What about the rest of us?

I understand the value of preschool. I intend to send my daughter to four-year-old kinder, even if it means rearranging my life so that she can attend at least some sessions each week, but what’s three-year-old kinder about? Should I rearrange my life for that, too?

All help gratefully received!

Bare and grin

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Must share today’s tricky toddler moment:
Wonder girl (aged 2.5) asked to be a bear this morning. This meant I had to style her pigtails high and make them into little loops that, apparently, resemble bear ears.

I said: “So you want bear hair?”. She said yes.

Style complete, she said: “Look Dad, I’ve got bear hair.”

Then, pointing to her shoeless feet, said:
“And I’ve got bear feet too.”