February 2010

Hawaiian Ham Steaks

February 28, 2010

Hawaiian Ham Steaks This is an easy, child-friendly dinner. Just fry the ham steaks on each side until just gold. Place a pineapple slice followed by a cheese slice on top. Cook until cheese has melted. Serve with vegetables and mashed potato or chips. Hawaiian Ham Steaks Recipe Sheet (click for PDF)

Story Friday : Munchkin Pumpkin

February 27, 2010

This story / endearment is inspired by my sister: a brilliant FunAunty. I’m blessed to have a beautiful sister to love my children. When I was writing and thinking about this conversation my sister has with my daughter, I remembered my own mother; what she used to call my three sisters and I. We all had different sausage [...]

Easter Egg Craft : New Life

February 25, 2010

Materials required Paddle pop sticks New Life Egg Template (click here, New Life Egg Template, for printable template) Sticky tape Drawing materials Feathers (optional) Instructions 1. Print out the New Life Egg Template. 2. Allow child to colour (or glue feathers) over egg and chick. 3. Cut out top cracked egg. 4. Sticky tape two paddle [...]

Hair Up, No Hairband

February 24, 2010

I often need to put my hair up but, alas, I haven’t a hairband. Here is a video tutorial of how you can put your hair up with no hairband. This will only work if your hair is long.

February FunMum – Meeya

February 23, 2010

A Mother’s Instinct Critically ill and barely conscious; drugged and hallucinating; yet when this mother was roused, the first thing she did was frantically hold her stomach, where her unborn child should’ve been. The attending nurse said the horror on her face sent a chill down her spine. Even in a barely conscious state, this [...]

Now, Ow

February 22, 2010

If you have a daughter, you will be familiar with the battles of hair brushing. My January FunMum, Wendy, gave me this wonderful tip. Rules: When it hurts, the child must say, ‘Now,’ instead of, ‘Ow!’ Once the child says, ‘Now,’ the adult must say, ‘Ow!’ Aim of the game: Both players end up laughing. A [...]

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