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Happy Monday everyone! I hope all our fellow Victorians are coping ok with what feels like a never ending lock down. Just a reminder for our local friends, if you are in the 5km radius you can order online and chose Local Pick Up and then collect from the store. We are closed but Marty is there during the weekdays and will have your order packed and ready for you the same or next day and if you prefer, he will even bring it out to the car for you if you call when you arrive. Take care loveli …

Week two of Remote Learning 2.0 here in Victoria and we have all gone a little bit bananas! But we are happy to be doing the right thing to try and keep our community safe and help get the numbers down. Take care everyone and be kind to each other. Jody

Hey lovelies! I just wanted to remind you all we are still accepting and sending out your online orders all over Aus every weekday. So even though the shop is closed, it doesn't mean you can't get everything you need delivered right to your door no matter where you are. This is a tough time for small businesses so we really appreciate every single order from you no matter how small, every one helps and means that we will hopefully see this though and survive this next difficult few months. T …

New in stock is this beautifully illustrated book written by Australian Occupational Therapist Katrina Davies.Kate's Trust Plate is a rhyming children's book aimed at building trust between children and parents when it comes to meal times. This is particularly important for children with Oral Sensory Processing difficulties.This book is a rhyming children's story book with multiple therapeutic outcomes- parents understanding the child's perspective of why eating is hard- child leaning that t …

Hey lovelies! I am beyond excited to show off this beautiful new book written by an amazing Melbourne mum Charlie Golding - Author. This illustrated childrens book helps kids to understand how the virus came about and why we had to go into lock down. When The World Went Inside offers hope, reassurance and practical advice on how to avoid catching the virus. It is fun, functional and informative and helps to bring comfort to anxious little ones. I am a huge advocate for supporting other small …

Me after day one of "remote learning" with three kids while trying to work full time... I always knew teachers were amazing but how they can put up with my kids is beyond me I hope you all had a successful day if it was your first too, or coping ok if you have been at it for a while …

Super cool new product alert!!! Check out these fabulous handmade Emotion Bean Bags made by our weighted blanket extraordinaire Red Blanket Co. Ideal to help make children both aware of their own and others feelings, they are also very good for conversational and vocabulary skills. Use these bags of colourful fun for literacy, balance and incorporate them into as many games as your imagination can invent! Then pack them up in their own drawstring bag to keep them safe for next tim …

Don't forget the Good Friday Appeal is on this weekend for the Royal Children's Hospital. Due to the current circumstances it is going to be a lot harder for them to reach their target this year since they can't run any events and do collections, so lets all dig deep and give what we can to this essential service.The Good Friday Appeal is a not for profit charity that raises money to enable The Royal Childrens Hospital to provide world class care for our children. The Appeal brings all sectors o …

Guess who we met at the Toy Fair today.... the lovely Apollo! What a sweet guy he is, he spent ages doing magic tricks on my eldest son Sebastian and actually managed to impress him which isn't easy. Oh and I found SO many cool things to add to my store so keep an eye out for lots of new stuff arriving soon....

Thank you so much to all of the beautiful people that donated to help out Clifton Creek Primary School after their devastating loss during the bushfires. Thanks to your generosity we sent up a car load of stuff (we seriously couldn't squeeze anymore in!) and we also had $600 cash to go towards their new water pump for their vege/sensory garden. I am so proud of our wonderful community. Jody If you would like to donate directly to the school there is a donation account set up for them - Bendigo B …