Category: Misc
Ballet For Kids
| May 18, 2013 | Posted by Luschka under Misc, On Mama's Mind |
I’ve been toying with putting Ameli in dance classes for a while now. She’s always asking for it, and she loved dancing around the living room. I did ballet for a while myself, as a child, and I think it’s a great form of exercise, perfect for little girls (and boys). A few days ago…
Festival Of Food – June Call For Submissions: Summer Smoothies and Mocktails
| May 15, 2013 | Posted by Luschka under Carnivals, Festival of Food, Misc |
Welcome to the June Festival of Food Carnival, hosted by Diary of a First Child and Hybrid Rasta Mama. This monthly carnival will aim to bring together seasonal recipes, healthy food, and a diversity of flavours and techniques.
Being Prepared For Personal Disasters
| May 14, 2013 | Posted by Luschka under Carnival of Natural Parenting, On Mama's Mind |
When people say ‘emergency planning’ we all tend to think about natural disasters and catastrophes but there are more emergencies in life than those. Not to downplay the effects of an earthquake, flood or tsunami, which affect the lives of the many, but sometime emergencies are small, affecting only a few, but those are no…
Baby Massage Week 2013 – Organic Monkey Massage Oil Giveaway
| May 13, 2013 | Posted by Luschka under Awareness Weeks, Competitions, Misc, Products |
There does seem to be an awareness day, week or month for the most obscure things these days, doesn’t there? One that I am particularly happy to support, however, is Baby Massage Week. I started practicing baby massage on Ameli when she was just six weeks old, and loved it so much I trained as…
Festival of Food Carnival: Child Tested Recipes
| May 9, 2013 | Posted by Luschka under Carnivals, Festival of Food, Food, Kids in the Kitchen, On Mama's Mind |
It’s Festival of Food time, and I’ve decided to share our Frozen Yoghurt recipe with you over on my new Keeper of the Kitchen blog.
Clothes Are Just Cloth
| May 9, 2013 | Posted by Luschka under Misc |
I’m not big on fashion, so I guess it makes sense that I don’t ‘get’ why people would spend the amounts they do on baby clothes. That’s easy for me, I suppose, because my children dress pretty well – seriously, if I got as many compliments on how I look as I get on how…
Thrifty Shopping
| May 1, 2013 | Posted by Luschka under Misc |
I took my girls on a shopping spree over the weekend. And when I say shopping spree, I actually mean we went to an old school hall, and bought a bunch of second hand clothes off strangers.
Festival of Food – Child Tested Recipes – May Call For Submissions
| April 18, 2013 | Posted by Luschka under Carnivals, Festival of Food |
Welcome to the May Festival of Food Carnival, hosted by Diary of a First Child and Hybrid Rasta Mama. This monthly carnival will aim to bring together seasonal recipes, healthy food, and a diversity of flavours and techniques.
Festival Of Food : Raw Cheesecake {{ Thermomix Recipe }}
| April 11, 2013 | Posted by Luschka under Carnivals, Festival of Food, Food, Seasonal Cooking, Summer, Thermomix Recipe |
*This recipe can be made in any high powered blender. I’ve made it in a nut crusher before, but that was about an afternoon’s work! In the Thermomix it takes a few minutes.
Vranameer Chicken : A Family Recipe
| April 9, 2013 | Posted by Luschka under Autumn, Carnival of Natural Parenting, Favourite Recipes I Have To Share, Food, Seasonal Cooking, Winter |
The moment I finished reading the topic for this months Carnival of Natural Parenting: Family Recipes, I knew exactly which recipe I would share: Vranameer Chicken.
The moment I finished reading the topic for this months Carnival of Natural Parenting: Family Recipes, I knew exactly which recipe I would share: Vranameer Chicken.













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