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Playing the Game of MumSense
06 February 2012
During the holidays my family has been playing a variation of Scrabble, called Twister Scrabble. It is very much like the original version of Scrabble except when you put tiles on certain marked squares you get to pick up a Twister card. These cards have things like “spell a word backwards”, “take a tile from another player” and “take someone else’s score for their go” written on them. My parents, who are avid Scrabble players, struggled a bit with the twisted rules!
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Starting off for 2012
30 January 2012
Welcome back, after what I hope has been an enjoyable Christmas and a restful holiday break. The holidays have come to an abrupt end and it’s back to work, getting the kids ready for school and kinder, enrolled in extra curricular activities and preparing to start the MOPS year with a new theme and some new team members.
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Closing the curtains on 2011
19 December 2011
The year is fast drawing to a close. This is our last blog post for 2011 and we will recommence in February when school returns.
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Better Mum Magazine 2011
28 November 2011
It was at the Australasian Conference last year that I first suggested the idea of an annual glossy MOPS magazine. Twelve months (and a whole lot of hard work) later, copies of Better Mum magazine are all over the country! Editing the mag was a huge privilege and I am so proud of the finished product. It was a very big effort by a very small team of people.
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Bloom Again
24 October 2011
Spring has sprung even here in Tasmania! Magnolias, blossoms and bulbs are in full bloom and the most ordinary of gardens is a kaleidoscope of colour.
After a long winter of fog, frost and naked trees, the warmth of the spring sunshine has awakened the landscape as we enter a season of prolific growth. I have tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, camelias and blossoms growing enthusiastically in my garden and I’m not even a good gardener. I just love spring for its warmth, freshness and colour, for that sense of starting again. It’s what caused our mothers and grandmothers to ‘spring clean’ isn’t it? To throw open the windows and let the fresh air blow away the undesirable stale damp of winter.
