Bottling It Up
byA couple of years ago my wife and I decided we deserved to eat nice food, despite having a large family and not much…
Bottling It Up
Sleepover for Miss3
byMiss3 is staying with her Uncle & Auntie tonight so she can play with her cousins. We rang her up to say goodnight and…
A Night Read
byEvery day or two we have a new school ‘reader’ book sent home with Miss6 and Master5. Initially this can be a very frustrating…
The Cheeky Mango Plan
byWe freeze mango cheeks at the height of the season (when they’re falling off the trees up the street and cheap to buy in…
Thought for the month of September
byTime is the only thing everyone has in equal measure. Our ’BIG FAMILY little income’ Facebook Page ’raising a family on little more than…
Big is Back
byWhen people find out we’ve got 6 kids their responses are fairly clichéd. “Don’t you have a tv?” is the most common. I always…
All that Jazz
byWhen two of my children raced out onto a potentially busy road because they glimpsed a dog on the other side of the park…
Saving Your Bacon
byWe usually have a kilo of bacon in the freezer, and up to half a kilo of bacon and a couple of dozen eggs…
Yes, No & Maybe
byConsistency is important. When we say no, we mean no. If you start to let kids change your mind all the time you’ll forever…
Their Favourite Toy
byLittle kids really don’t care about expensive toys. They want you! You can spend a fortune on forts and cubby houses and handheld games…
A Lazy Sunday
byTook the kids to Roadcraft today with their cousins so they could ride their bikes around the course while we sat in the shade…
The Shiny New Thing Comes Home with Us
byCommon sense won the day here in the Devereaux household and we purchased a new Whirlpool washing machine today instead of repairing again the…
Nice Ice Baby
byOne of the best purchases we’ve made in recent years was a second freezer. This has allowed us to buy bulk meats and bread,…
I Just Want to Praise You
byWhen a kid comes at you with their latest stick figure masterpiece praise the artwork not the artist. Telling a kid their artistic awesomeness…
Preserved Lemons
byA friend of mine had a risotto at Noosa last week which he said blew him away. Turns out the secret ingredient was preserved lemons.