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Welcome ...
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We are currently in the middle of the July school holidays in Victoria and the kids and I are loving hanging out in our PJs with no where to be at 9am!
We have some exciting new things to announce this month ... a great new competition to kick start the 2nd half of the year, some NEW ickle products and more ickle tips - on choosing a destination.
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Win our Ultimate ickle Activity Pack valued at $30!
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This great pack will entertain your ickle ones in the car (whether its a short or long trip), dining out at a restaurant, travelling on a plane or visiting friends.
Enter our great ickle competition by clicking here. The competition closes on 15th August 2008 and the winner will be announced in the September e-newsletter.
Help spread the ickle word! If you refer someone else to enter our competition, we will put another entry in for you! Just remind them to include your name as their referral in their answer box of the competition form.
Good Luck!
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Exciting New ickle Products ...
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Hide & Seek Safari (age 7+) $29.99
We have found another great Brain Teaser to add to our list! Similar to Hide & Seek Pirates, there are 48 challenges to work your way through. Pick a challenge and count how many of each of the animals are shown. Place the four puzzle pieces on the game board, in such a way that only the animals shown on the challenge stay out in the open and visible. Are your ickle ones up for this challenging game?
Click here for more details.
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Pull the String (age 3+) $24.99
This fun toy encourages children to explore their creativity! Using the specially designed pen and different colour threads, your ickle ones can make their own pictures or copy one of the example cards included.
Its really that simple, stick the pen into one of the holes in the board and when you lift the pen, you will discover that the string stays there ... keep drawing with it and you will soon find a masterpiece in front of you!
Click here for more information.
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ickle Travel Tips ...
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Over the next few newsletters, I will be giving you some handy tips on flying with kids. This month, I have come up with things to think about when choosing a destination:
* Is the destination child friendly? A great way to find out is to read reviews on websites for places to go, ask friends and family with kids for recommendations, or ask your travel agent.
* What kind of holiday are you after? Whether its adventure, relaxing, sight seeing, theme parks etc, try to think of everyone's limits. Will your two year old get bored if you spend three weeks on a beach holiday with no other "attractions" that would be suitable for their age? Or if you are planning to go to a particular theme park - ensure they will be able to go on enough rides by finding out height restrictions (for the little ones), appropriate rides for their age etc.
* Kids Club - is this a requirement? Are your children used to "day care" facilities? If not, try enrolling them in "occasional care" at your local centre a few months in advance. We know friends who specifically planned their destination around kids club and their children who were up for it in theory, did not attend kids club for even half an hour!
* Visas (if you are traveling abroad) - do you require them? If you are booking with a travel agent, they will be able to give you this information. However, if you are booking a holiday yourself, contact the embassy of the country you are visiting and they will be able to tell you.
* Weather - check the weather at your destination when you are planning to travel. Keep in mind that 35 degrees in Melbourne is very different to 35 degrees in NYC and London. We get a breeze in Melbourne which makes it more bearable, whereas NYC and London are concrete jungles and the heat is therefore contained and magnified. Also, some countries have extreme weather seasons - monsoon, typhoons, hurricanes etc.
Check out www.climateandweather.com - a great site that gives you the climate for most overseas destinations (rainfall, minimum and maximum temperatures, what months to avoid etc).
* Immunisation requirements - this varies from country to country so its best to speak to your doctor about what inoculations you require. Some vaccines need to be given a few weeks before you travel so keep this in mind.
* Length of your holiday - think about total travel time. Jet lag is an issue if you are flying overseas (especially with kids) - will you have enough time to get over this before having to turn around and fly back home?
* Is it school holidays at your destination when you travel? Definitely something to think about if you are incorporating theme parks into your holiday - obviously it will be packed during this time.
I hope you find this checklist helpful when you plan your next family holiday away. If you have any other handy tips on how you choose your holiday destination, please contact me here - I would love to hear them!
'Till next time ...
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If you are on school holidays at the moment, we hope you enjoying them! Don't forget to enter our competition and tell all your friends about it - it might increase your chances of winning!
Cheers and happy travels,
Laine
www.icklekids.com.au
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