7 day dinner plan

Day 1
Steak and veg

Day 2
Spag bowl

Day 3
Chicken stir fry

Day 4
Chicken & salad

Day 5
Devil sausages

Day 6
Chicken Cesar salad

Day 7
Homemade hamburger with the lot

Event planning - a child's birthday

A) Savouries
$10 chips and dip
$10 sausages/pie
$10 fruit platter
$10 hot dogs
$20 sandwiches

B) Sweets
$5 lollies
$4 fairy bread
$8 cupcakes
$5 rum balls
$5 chocolate spiders

C) The cake
$60 Mater from Cars,  chocolate sponge cake

D) Decorations
$2 balloons
$2 streamers
$5 party poppers
$2 confetti
$2 'happy birthday' banner

E) Games/activities
$15 pinata
$15 pass the parcel
$2 pin the tail on the donkey

F) Total cost = $192

Event planning - a day out

Transport - train

Places of interest - clothes shops, food shops, baby stuff, face painting

Cost - $14.80 train, $25 food, $150 shopping, $30 just In case, total $220

Funding - budgeting to save for 6 weeks

Budgeting - save $73.33 per fortnight

Arrive - platform 1 from Moe(8:04am) to Dandenong(9:17am)

Depart - platform 2 from Danenong (4:09pm) to Moe(5:18pm)

This was planned for a Friday.

Recipe

Marshmallow salad

1 cup of mini marshmallows
375g tub of sour cream
1 cup shredded coconut
1 small tin of mandarin

Serves: 6-8
Level: beginner/easy
Prep time: 10 mins
Cost $10
Savory & dessert

Place marshmallows, shredded coconut & sour cream into a bowl. Cut up mandarins into desired size, place in bowl & mix ingredients together, place In fridge & serve cold.

Book review

My kids love books. They love the different voices for different actions or characters. Their favorite book is the Three Little Pigs. They love listening to the wolf huffing and puffing.

The reader is really good at getting the kids' attention and keeping them enticed.

The kids love listening to all the different sound effects, such as, huffing and puffing, falling houses, the different voices and background music.

They like listening and learning the difference between the goodies and badies,  right and wrong.

The kids love the anticipation when there is impending danger, the music, the characters reactions,  and sound effects.

12 most important aspects of reading

1) Bonding
2) knowledge that reading is fun
3) Healthy expression & communication
4) Basic speech skills
5) Early language skills
6) New experience
7) More restful sleep
8) Cognitive stimulation
9) Academic exec lense
10) Enhanced concentration skills
11) More logical thinking skills
12) Mastery of language

Why reading is a big deal

3 points I took away from the article.

1) Reading to your children from a young age increases their intelligence.

2) Reading increases many skills such as empathy and comprehension

3) Children who enjoyed daily story time were almost 12 months ahead in school and their vocabulary.

Reading to kids

Reading can: build relationships, build interests, increase intelligence.

Reading will: build relationships, build interests.

I value reading because: I spend quality time with my kids, I love seeing their smiles and reactions.

Reading in my family looks like: technology, love, happiness, family, intense, smiles.

New phone!

So yesterday (15-4-2014) I got my new phone the Galaxy S5. So far I love it.

When I saw the courier pull up in my driveway I ran home cause I was at my neighbours house, I got my purse out for my ID then happily accepted my package!

I put everything together and started up my new, pretty phone. After I had a little play I started to download all my applications.