Well Christmas is edging closer.
I've done my overseas cards and am now
looking for something for the grandkids
as stocking fillers. I've come up with a list of
Aussie Christmas books:

1) Wombat Divine by Mem Fox.
2) Tea and Sugar Christmas by Jane Jolly
3) Christmas Always Comes by Jackie French
4) All I Want For Christmas is Rain by Cori Brooke
5) Santa Loves Australia by Collette Dinnigan

Anybody got other names that they would suggest
for children?

Hi Foxy,

Bought the Moko, 2 years old, we are having stay with us till Thursday a 'Jingle Bells' book, with a button she can press to play, you guessed it 'Jingle Bells'. She loves her story books read to her. I like those books with sounds, it get the little ones attention. Popa is watching her this morning while Nana vollys at the 'Pantry'. Might put her in the stroller and walk up, have a cuppa, lots going on there Mondays, its about a km away.

Dear Paul,

Thanks for that. Kids love music - and especially
if its inter-active. They also love being read to.
The wonder of books - and what they can achieve is
quite wonderful. Especially when shared with someone
they trust and love - like grandpa.

Dear Paul,

I've just come across another book for your little one:

"The Christmas Bum Book!" by Kate Mayes.

"The only book about bums you'll need this Christmas.
This is a book for anyone who has a bum or who likes
Christmas or anyone who has a bum AND likes Christmas!

It's a celebration of Santa's bum and Rudolph's bum
and tinsel, twinkle and turkey bums. From best-seller
pair - Kate Mayes and Andrew Joyner comes "The
Christmas Bum" book - a book you'll want to deck the
halls with - fa,la,la,la,la bum!

Hi Foxy,

Thanks for the book suggestion, looks a good one. We lose our little darling tomorrow, Mums coming from Sydney to pick her up.

This looks the place to ask the following;

Dose anyone have cheap meal suggestions that freeze well in 'Chinese Containers'. Generally ones that are appetising involving some meat of sorts, mince, chicken, sausages, pork sometimes nothing expensive. Combined with the meat can be pasta, rice potato and other veg like sweet potato, carrots pumpkin. We do the regular stuff, spag bol, chicken curry, bangers and mash, soups like beef and veg, pumpkin is a cheap soup. This weeks challenge was what to do with a couple of 2.7kg caterers cans of baked beans, 'Mexican Chilli' was the answer. Generally we like the cost to be less than $1 per meal. All suggestions are welcomed

Hi Paul,

This might help:

http://taste.com.au/quick-easy

http://taste.com.au/dinner/galleries/cheap-dinner-ideas-2/4p7qr7nc