Nov 27 2007
Wordless Wednesday - Decorating The Christmas Tree
Archive for November, 2007
Nov 27 2007
Works For Me Wednesday - Potty Party
If you have been reading my blog this week you will notice a common theme…… yep…… it’s Potty Party week in our house. My son is 3 and a half years old and has shown no interest in the potty at all. So to get him excited we are holding a potty party all week!
We have all been making a big fuss about him, giving him a lolly when he sits on the potty, 2 when he actually does a wee, he has a Dora sticker chart and gets to put a sticker on the chart and we blow up a balloon everytime he does a wee in the potty and hang it on the loungeroom window. We have party food as a snack in the afternoon, on Monday we had corn chips and salsa, Tuesday we had cupcakes and today we will be having coloured popcorn.
So far he is doing fairly well, so I think it will be a success, so that is what works for me this week 
You can read more about our Potty Party
here, and Day 2 here and Day 3 here!Visit
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Weigh In Wednesday - 28th November
Starting weight: 73kg
Todays weight: 71.5kg
Todays weight: 71.5kg
My goal to loose 6kg in 6 weeks is going quite well. I haven’t been completely good, but I have been trying to fit some exercise in as well as drinking more water, eating an apple a day and drinking a glass of V8 juice each day.
Nov 27 2007
Potty Party - Day 3
Day 3 has been pretty much the same as day 1 and 2, some successes and some accidents. I’m starting to think that this is going to take a little longer than the week I allocated… hehehehee! Oh well we’ll hang in there
Nov 26 2007
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Nov 26 2007
Potty Party Week - Day 2
It is day 2 of Riley’s Potty Party (Read my post on Day 1 here) and if you had of asked me yesterday afternoon how it was going I would have told you that I had had enough and wanted to put him back in a nappy….lol! We did have 2 successes but we also had lots of little accidents which was very frustrating. But I kept my emotions in check, I didn’t loose my temper and we ended the day with out my head exploding.
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This morning after we got home from taking the girls to school, we took off Riley’s night nappy and he sat on the potty and did a wee……… yeahhhhhh! He got his two lollies, stuck a sticker on his Dora chart and pumped up another balloon. I don’t think I told you about the balloons yesterday. We decided that a party just isn’t a party without balloons, so every time he does a wee on the potty we blow up a balloon and hang it in the lounge room. The plan is to have a lounge room full of balloons by the end of the week
As part of the party the kids are having party food as an afternoon treat when the girls get home from school. Yesterday they had corn chips and salsa and today I have just made them cupcakes.
Anyway it has been two hours so far and he has done one more wee and hasn’t had any accidents so things are looking pretty bright
I am using our Potty Party as my tackle for today. It is pretty exhausting to be so focused on potty training so I don’t think that I will have the energy to tackle anything else today Thanks to Susan and Janice for hosting Tackle It Tuesday at
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If you love Christmas as much as me take a look at my
Christmas Creativity Blog, also join in my new Christmas Meme, It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like ChristmasNov 25 2007
Menu Plan Monday - 26th November
Here is my menu for this week
Monday
Dinner - Lemon Pepper Chicken, Mashed Potato, Peas and Corn
Baking - Foundation Biscuit Mix
Tuesday
Dinner - Curried Meatballs, Oriental Rice and Vegetables
Wednesday
Dinner - Spaghetti Pie
Thursday
Dinner - Pizza Chicken
Baking - Vanilla Muffins
Friday
Dinner - Ravioli Lasagna
Baking - Chocolate ‘Yogo’
Saturday
Dinner - Easy night - Cheese on Toast
Sunday
Dinner - Dinner at Mum and Dads
Thanks to Laura at I’m an Organizing Junkie for hosting Menu Plan Monday.Go and check out more great menus!.
If you love Christmas as much as me take a look at my Christmas Creativity Blog, also join in my new Christmas Meme, It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!
Nov 25 2007
Potty Party Week!
This week we have declared it Potty Party Week!
Riley is now 3 years and 5 months old and still not potty trained. He is by far my slowest to get out of nappies so I thought that it was about time that we worked on it (again!)
Today is day 1 and here is how we are tackling potty training today:
We went to the shop and bought a bag of mixed lollies, we put them in a container and the rule is that when he sits on the potty he gets 1 lolly and if he does a wee on the potty he gets 2 lollies.
He also gets to put a sticker on his Dora chart when he does a wee.
We are currently watching the Bear In The Big Blue House - Potty Time With Bear DVD.
We have set the timer for 20 minutes and when the timer goes off Riley goes and sits on the potty. It is quite exhausting to be thinking about potty training constantly but it needs to be done and it will be worth it in the long run
Nov 22 2007
Frugal Friday - Frugal Decorations
A really cheap way to add some festive colour to your walls this season is by gift wrapping your wall pictures. Simply take your picture frame down off the wall, wrap it in colourful Christmas wrap (leaving the hanger exposed). Decorate it with ribbon or anything else you like and then hang it back on your wall.
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My Other Frugal Friday Posts: Birthday Gift Box, Birthday Card Organiser, Homemade Yoghurt, Double Your Washing Powder, 40 Uses For Vinegar, Baby Burpers, Newborn Clothes, Shaving Conditioner, Spray Detergent, Party Loot Bags, Don’t Waste Water , Frugal Shampoo, Playdough, Organise Your Errand Day, Drying Clothes, Freezing Milk, Cut Out Junk Food, Rinse Aid, Freeze Candles, Cake Icing, Potato & Beef Burgers, Face Paint, Salt Dough Ornaments, Playgroups, Christmas Wrappings, Christmas Candles
If you love Christmas as much as me take a look at my Christmas Creativity Blog, also join in my new Christmas Meme, It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!
Nov 21 2007
Thursday Thirteen - 13 Things I Learnt About Thanksgiving
Firstly I’d like to wish all my American friends a very happy Thanksgiving Day!!!
We don’t celebrate Thanksgiving here in Australia so to be quite honest with you I didn’t really know what it was all about. So to get myself up to speed I have been doing a bit of reading and thought that I would dedicate this weeks 13 to some facts I found out about Thanksgiving!
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Thanksgiving Day is a day set aside each year for giving thanks to God for blessings received during the year. On this day, people give thanks with feasting and prayer.
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The first Thanksgiving celebration can be traced back to the Plymouth Pilgrims in the fall of 1621.
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The pilgrims were the first real European settlers to go to North America.
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They boarded a ship called the Mayflower in 1620. They were setting off to the new land of America for a variety of different reasons. This group included merchants, servants, freemen, and religious separatists. Regardless of why they chose to become colonists, they were all willing to risk everything they had – including their lives – for new opportunities that could not be found in their home countries.
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The first Thanksgiving meal was nothing like the meals of today. It was more like a giant cook out.
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The Pilgrims celebrated Thanksgiving that first year after they arrived at Plymouth as they had suffered through much hardship. They had run out of food and the crops they had planted failed to grow. With the help of Native Americans led by Chief Massasoit, they survived to once again have an abundant harvest and rebuild their lives and carve a niche for themselves, and those who later followed, in the New World.
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One of the things that enabled the Pilgrims to survive was their friendship with Chief Massasoit and his tribe. They showed the Pilgrims about native food and crop cultivation so that their farming would be abundant. The Pilgrims, in turn, showed their appreciation for the friendship of Chief Massasoit and his tribe by inviting them to celebrate their harvest and bounty after all of their sufferings.
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The president to proclaim the first ‘National Day of Thanksgiving’ in 1789 was George Washington.
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Abraham Lincoln announced Thanksgiving to be national holiday in his proclamation on October 3, 1863.
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There are also Thanksgiving holidays celebrated every year in Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Laos, Liberia, Puerto Rico, Guam, Grenada, and the Virgin Islands.
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Americans feast on 535 million pounds of turkey on Thanksgiving.
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There was no milk, cheese, bread, butter or pumpkin pie at the original Thanksgiving Day feast.
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Contrary to popular belief, the Pilgrims did not have big buckles on their clothing, shoes, or hats.
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If you love Christmas as much as me take a look at my Christmas Creativity Blog, also join in my new Christmas Meme, It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!
