Category Archives: Family Ideas
Why do many families not exercise?
For a lot of families the answer is time. But did you know that incorporating just half an hour of activity in the day can leave everyone feeling more energised? Fit parents Finding time for exercise means that parents may have to do a bit of rescheduling and reshuffling. Here are some ideas that may…

Understand Why We Eat
Why do we eat? It might seem obvious why we eat. You might think: “We eat because we need to eat”, or “To stay alive”. But actually there are lots of different reasons why we eat. We also eat differently in different places, at different times, and with different people. Sometimes we eat for reasons…

Easy Exercise – Walking
Walking is an activity that everyone can enjoy, whether for recreation, social or health reasons. Walking is the easiest and most accessible way for all people to exercise. However before starting, you need to prepare so you avoid injuries. So I’ve included these tips below. Undertake good preparation • Always warm up and cool down…
Household Budgeting – things to do with children on the school holidays
How to keep kids busy indoors in the school holidays or anytime. Keeping children occupied when you’re indoors isn’t as hard as it seems – and these activities won’t cause money to leak from your finely tuned household budget. Get creative with kids friendly arts and craft projects . Keep the kids entertained with simple…

Household Budgeting
How to entertain kids on a budget Yes we all know the Christmas school holidays are coming up and apart from putting a strain on most household budgets you then have to think about how to keep your kids entertained over the holidays. Our girls have almost 8 weeks of school holidays over this Christmas,…

Kids Healthy Recipes #5
Kids Breakfast Cheesy Scrambled Eggs 4 eggs 1/4 cup (60ml) milk Salt & freshly ground pepper 10g butter 1/4 cup (25g) grated cheddar 4 slices bread Use a fork to whisk the eggs and milk together. Season with salt and pepper.

Grooming the Next Generation for Success – Dani Johnson – Review
Grooming the Next Generation for Success is full of easy to use tools that WORK. This book helps us pull the best out in our kids. Dani Johnson had made it easy for anyone to apply what she teaches to get results fast. Who ever received a manual for raising kids when their child was born.…

Lunch Box Ideas
Lunch box ideas used to defeat me. I used to try to throw them together in the morning rush. It’s easy to toss in a packet of chips, a chocolate or snack bar and a fizzy drink – at least they won’t come back soggy and uneaten. Children enjoy variety and surprised, but they must…
The Importance of Reading Food Labels
Don’t be fooled by the banner or main label on a product. It has only one purpose in life, to get you or your child to choose that product over all others. This is the point where the manufacturer does its best to sell his product. It’s also the point at which you must also…
Healthy Eating Guide – The Very Essential Omega-3
A healthy eating guide is sometimes hard to work out. I’m an advocate for dietary supplementation. In an ideal world we’d get all our nutrients from food grown in mineral rich soils free of contaminants, we wouldn’t drink too much, eat unhealthy food, or live in polluted cities, but this is a tad unrealistic. So…