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By E K Wills The night before Christmas... We recently moved from a house we were bursting out of and into one with a spacious open plan. It felt like all our Christmases came at once! I remember when we took the leap, it had everything I had hoped for (except off street parking and a second shower but who’s keeping tabs?). Enough space for all three children; a rumpus downstairs, even a media room, and a family room, which now makes three areas that require sofas! It felt li

By EK Wills What better way to spend time with friends and family than to get together for an activity? It could be to socialize over drinks, bake with the kids or make Christmas decorations. This time of year is the opportunity to reconnect with community and we’ve been squeezing as much of it in as we can. Christmas Cookies Baking is a great way to get kids off screens and teach them kitchen skills. Plus you get to spend time together with the objective of creating somethin

By EK Wills Is Santa coming to your house? What if you don’t have a chimney? As we move into December, the Christmas list for each child is growing. Lego is a favourite for our ten year old and the teenaged girls are looking at earrings and clothing: all things they have to choose themselves or they won’t like them. Then we came up with a brainwave. Although it’s been four months since we moved, we’re still working out what we need and where it should go. The big-ticket items

by EK Wills Ever wonder how to survive a 10 hour trip in the car with young children - without an electronic babysitter? Sounds challenging, but it is not impossible with some surefire ways to keep them entertained and interested. Now we are heading into the travel season, it’s the perfect time to think about the practicalities of the upcoming trip with support of handy travel tips. We regularly drove to Byron Bay from Sydney in the Christmas break utilizing these self help p