Category: Family Life

Darwin Easter Activities Guide 2018 – Family friendly events and more

The Easter long weekend is fast approaching and starting this Friday! Easter egg hunts and activities are happening all around town! Good Friday is on March 30th to Easter Monday April 2nd. Easter is the perfect time of year to enjoy some family time and get out and about to many of the activities happening about town. Darwin Family Life has rounded up some of the fantastic free (or very affordable) activities to do with your family this Easter. We also have found some great free printables for you to keep the kids busy!

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Our secret tricks for busy Mums juggling life!

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Does not matter if you are juggling one kid or multiple kids. There is a lot of multitasking and organisation that comes with running a household and being a Mum! Lucky for me time management and organisation are two of my strengths so juggling my tribe of kids and their needs and demands has become second nature. I often get told “I don’t know how you do it.”

But for some people being organised does not come naturally or is more challenging. Today I decided to share some of my secret tricks on how I manage to remember everything and keep up with my busy life as a Mum of four munchkins.

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To all the Mums out there having an overwhelming sh*t week

mum and baby

Overwhelming moments as Mum. It is real. It is freaking hard. This week has been extremely hard for me.. I am going to be very honest. I feel like shouting at the world – I have had too much! Go away and let me curl up in bed and sleep for a week! I feel like it has just been one thing after another. All piling up on each other and I am desperately trying to crawl my way back up from the bottom of the pile. I feel like my tiny voice is not being heard by my partner….that I need help…..have you felt this too? Do you feel you are last on the overwhelming long list? I swear sometimes social media only “highlights the best” of people’s lives and it can make us feel alone and like the only one feeling like we do. But we are not alone. Many of us feel the same way – but just have to open up a little.

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Back to School in Darwin 2018!

Back to School

Darwin public schools are officially back to school on Monday 29th of January.* School Holidays are ALMOST at an end! Officially one more week left to entertain the kids (I can see a lot of parents awaiting this eagerly as the 6 long weeks of holidays have taken their toll on most people’s sanity.) I will miss the late morning starts and break from routine…..not looking forward to the first day and getting everyone sorted and back to the regular lunch box packing!

Darwin Family Life has put together some handy tips and ideas for kicking off the school year on the right foot.

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January School Holiday Guide for Darwin Palmerston and surrounds – Keep the kids busy!

Family at a lake with a girl kicking and splashing in the water

The crazy festive season now is over and January School holidays are happening. We hope you are thriving (not just surviving!) We have rounded up some great and mostly free activities happening around Darwin and Palmerston to keep the kids busy!

Don’t forget our blog on 20 easy home activities to also keep your little ones entertained!
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School Holiday Guide for Darwin Palmerston and surrounds – Keep the kids busy this December and January!

Christmas school holiday

It is a little hard to believe that school is about to finish up for the year and go into holiday mode! I still remember the first day of school when I sent my twin boys off for their first day of preschool at the start of this year! Such a big moment in their little lives. School holidays sort of bring a love hate relationship with them. While as parents you welcome the break to routine – the early rises, the lunch box packing, the washing and ironing of uniforms (well no ironing in my house lol)  the constant after school activities and commitments. Consequently on the flip side you then also have to entertain them. Sure you can laze about the house for some days but if your kids are anything like mine – they start to drive you up the wall and need to go out and do an activity or go somewhere.

We have rounded up some great free or reasonably priced activities to keep your sanity and keep the kids busy these school holidays! Don’t forget our blog on 20 easy home activities to also keep your little ones entertained!

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When good things came made with love and still cost 5c

ice cream

I grew up in the long, hot, dry summers of Country Victoria. It was relentless, oppressive heat. It was hot northerly winds that burnt your nose when you took a breath and it was brown land and dead grass as far as the eye could see. Mum and Dad worked hard to put food on the table. Dad on the farm from sun up to sun down. Mum in town, selling first office equipment and later cars. There wasn’t much room in the budget for luxuries like ice cream or air conditioning.

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Bad behaviour driving you bonkers? Try our paper kindness chain

Kids bad behaviour

I don’t know what it is like at your house at the moment – but with the weather, the end of the school year approaching, my kids fighting and their bad behaviour on the rise – it is all taking a toll on my sanity. The constant fighting is enough to send any person bonkers, but add to the mix this sleep deprived Mumma well enough said! This is where the Paper kindness chain may help our sanity and bring a little more peace back to our households! Read on to see what this chain is all about.Continue Reading →

Self-care made simple, quick and meaningful for busy mums

Mum Self care

With our limited time and energy, we’re trying to make sure our little humans survive and thrive. We’re earnestly trying to meet the standards we set for ourselves, and that we take on from the world around us. Standards that are often unrealistic and overwhelming. We’re dealing with a sea of (often contradictory) information, to guide us. Our minds never stop thinking, planning, reflecting, wondering, worrying, and dealing with life.

Before we know it, looking after ourselves is at the bottom of our to-do list. In fact, we might not even have made it onto the list at all.

This isn’t a sustainable way to live your life.

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