The kids always seem to find some excuse to put off doing their homework. They either can’t find a ruler, or scrap paper, or a calculator. Or they have left their pencil case at school.
So I decided to create a “homework box”.

I’m reusing a plastic tote that I had sitting in the cupboard (I used [...]

The babes are back at school today so it’s time to get back into routine. I find that through the school holidays I just tidy up but when holidays finish, I get back into cleaning.
I have so much washing to do from our weekend away that I’m trying to catch up with and we’re hiring [...]

The end of this year is going to be an interesting one. DD15 wants to leave school. She’s in Year 10 and she wants to do hair and beauty courses. I really don’t have any problem with her going to TAFE to the courses that she wants. I’d be happy if she could find an [...]

I {heart} the high school that my three older babes go to. They send out letters to the parents informing them of what has happened (in regards to misbehaviour and detention) at school that I would probably not have known otherwise because the babes wouldn’t have told me.
Today I got a letter in the mail [...]