Dog Games: Teach Your Dog to High-Five
Dogs are a great family pet and a well-trained dog who knows its place in the family pack is ideal. Your kids can teach the dog to high five with just 10 minutes training every night.
Eye fillet steaks with red wine sauce
While eye fillet steaks are expensive they are very delicious and tender. This recipe makes a quick and impressive dish, especially if you make the red wine sauce in advance.
Mini Mexican meatloaf
Served with salad and guacamole these mini Mexican meatloaves will be a family favourite, with hidden vegetables and easy to pre prepare it's a winner for the busy family with vege avoiding kids.
Meal Mat
This great art and craft activity will have the kids wanting to sit at the table all the time! Help them make their very own unique place mat and you wont be able to get them off the table even after meals have been finished!
Jam-filled muffins
These muffins come with a surprise inside. A little like doughnuts and a lot like yummy cakes, pick your favourite jam fill them with. No need for icing with these little bites either - they're sweet enough!
Banana custard pie
This lovely pie combines homemade custard with fresh bananas and a jam glaze that goes perfectly with a crisp shortcrust pastry shell. Easy to make and a kid-favourite too!
Boredom Buster Jar
There's no such thing as "bored" when you've got a Boredom Busters jar. This colourful jar is full of ideas that kids can do (mostly on their own) whenever boredom strikes - also a great little jar for warding off screen time.
Potato scones
A variation on the traditional recipe, these scones made with potatoes are a delicious savoury treat. Best eaten warm with lashings of butter.
Bean, pea and potato puree
The highly popular peas and mash with another green friend: beans. Easy to make, it’s a great way to add more calcium, vitamin C and vitamin K to baby’s diet.
Tell jokes
Give kids a giggle with some of your best jokes. They will have a blast re-telling them to all of their friends and other family members. Hours of entertainment to be had if you have some pearlers on hand!
Florentines
Florentines are a yummy little snack that incorporates sultanas, cornflakes, almonds, glace cherries and chocolate. They're super-quick to bake and make a delicious afternoon snack.
Vegan chocolate cupcakes with coconut cream
These vegan chocolate cupcakes are velvety and chocolate-y and topped with sweetened coconut cream. They are delicious and a great way to serve cupcakes if you're allergic to eggs.
Sheep and lamb
Kids generally LOVE baby animals but do they know their names? Learning baby animal names is something that can be remembered with fun. Try these colouring pages that have the adult and baby on the one page with the names in the title. Give the sheep and lamb a go!
Butterfly paintings
Get your kids playing with paints as they create a gorgeous butterfly painting. This is a great art and craft kids activity that will have your kids expressing their creativity in fabulous colours and shades.
Magic toothpick
Even the most timid children can be drawn out of their shell by learning to perform magic tricks. This magic toothpick trick will amaze even the sceptics in the family.
Sex during middle pregnancy
During the middle phase of pregnancy (from about 12-14 weeks until about 28 to 30 weeks), many women find they have a renewed interest in sex.
Cloud dough
Cloud dough is the perfect sensory recipe for pre-schoolers to play with. It has enough form to create fun shapes but then falls apart for them to create something new. Make it on a rainy day and watch them play!
Squeak piggy, squeak
Looking for a fun party game you can play indoors? Try this twist on the always popular game, Blindmans buff.
Make flower magnets
Making flower& magnets is a quick, easy and inexpensive gift idea. They are fun to make and easy so the children can help out too, great for a birthday activity.
Wet sand play
Wet sand is lots of fun to play with because it is so much easier to mould into shapes. Here's some ideas for wet sand play.
Spring Bee alphabet game
This is a wonderful online game for children learning the alphabet in which they master the order of the alphabet letters as they play. The Spring Bee alphabet game changes the letter order each time to keep your child guessing.
Binocular balance game
Challenge all the children to see the world in a new way, from the wrong end of a pair of binoculars! The binocular balance game will have the sound of laughter and delight coming from your party in no time as the little ones play.
Carrot and swede puree
Carrots are a great first food, but to add a little extra taste and nutrients, pair it with swede.
Peachy chicken
There is something delicious about adding a little sweet fruit to cooked chicken - they are very good flavour partners indeed. Your baby will love this pureed dinner that tastes terrific and is so simple for you to make.
Pork with peach salsa
Make tonight's dinner extra special with this healthy recipe that marries pork and peaches. The result? A lovely, light and fresh meal you'll want to make again and again.
Occupation colouring pages: Paramedic
Every kid has a dream to be one thing or another when they grow up. Doctors, vets, police officers or hairdressers, there is a longing to be something. Print off all of these and more in our occupation colouring pages series. A parmedic may be the perfect choice.
Your pregnancy at week 29
Baby continues to develop during week 29. Now baby's brain is developing quickly, bone marrow develops and adrenal glands start producting hormones.
Hot smoked trout, almond and lemon pilaf
This is an easy, healthy meal that looks posh enough for a mid-week dinner or lazy weekend lunch. Its a perfect pilaf!
Fresh pear tarte tatin
This fresh pear tarte tatin is a family favourite at my place. Its easy to make and perfect for when pears are in season.
Christmas gingerbread reindeer
These cute little reindeers are made from gingerbread and the kids will have lots of fun decorating them for Christmas.