On Saturday we drove up the stunning Kapiti Coast to MacKay’s Crossing, Queen Elizabeth Park, Paekakariki for the ‘Anything Vintage Vehicles and Machinery’. It was a stunning day of sunshine and fun at the fair! With pony rides, merry-go-rounds, bouncy castles and wonderful entertainment the stage was set for a perfect day. The beautiful trams […]
Month: December 2007
Daddy’s Home for the Holidays!
With New Year’s Day and the day after being public holiday’s in New Zealand, Dan has taken off the few days between Christmas and New Year (only three!) and has a good week and a half off work all up! Yah! After the rainy Christmas Day the sun returned and the reason for the lack […]
Sophie’s 2nd Birthday: Boxing Day 2007!
Sophie was SO excited that she was finally turning two! She had been waiting for weeks to eat cake and blow out candles. After unwrapping her pressies (in record time!) she kept asking, ‘Sausie rolls ready now?’ – she LOVES sausage rolls and was very keen to have them for her Birthday! The children enjoyed […]
Christmas Day at Chez Lee
6.30am and the day started with a rush as the girls jumped onto our beds with shouts of excitement and stockings loaded with presents. We try to insist on breakfast before opening the pressies under the tree; but Sophie ensured it wasn’t a leisurely one! She couldn’t WAIT to rip into the presents. She wasn’t […]
Christmas Eve at Chez Lee
Inaugural YouDo Christmas BBQ!
Saturday afternoon was the inaugural YouDo Christmas BBQ at the home of Chez Lee. After ten year’s in New Zealand it’s so exciting to be independently involved in your own business – well, Dan’s business, but I can now say I’ve done a bit on the social secretary front! I spent the morning getting the […]
End of Term
Charlotte finished Kindi on Friday with a delightful party. Families were invited and Dan absolutely loved the opportunity to watch Charlotte at Kindi. The teachers put together a wonderful morning of events; including songs, stories and a visit from ‘Zappo the Magician’! Each child presented their parents with a beautiful bag of Christmas delights; including […]
The Earth Rocks in New Zealand
Living in New Zealand there is always a feeling of being literally close to nature. This morning I watched powerful waves rolling out onto Lyall Bay Beach; this evening, I felt the whole house shake in a major after shock of a 6.8 earthquake more powerful than the 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake. It was centred 50 […]
At the Car Wash
A magic weekend of Birthday party fun, Christmas carols and fun on the Kapiti Coast!
What a magic weekend! Our good friend’s, Marrisa and Michael, organised the best Birthday Party for their daughter Bethany. It was at our favourite place, Te Papa, with a wonderful ‘under the sea’ theme. Afterwards there was a lovely Birthday lunch, balloons and cake. The Christmas trees in Te Papa’s foyer were gorgeous – three […]
The call of Aotearoa brings back another good friend!
This morning I caught up with another old friend of my early years in Wellington, who has been living in the UK for a stint. She’s recently returned (New Zealand is her birth country) and has done so with her British hubbie and British born daughter! It was so great to see her and meet […]
Princess Bay to Houghton Bay: Sisterly Happiness
This morning was an exciting one for me, personally, as a very good friend moved back to Wellington after four year’s in Australia. Wellington, New Zealand, has a magnetism to it that draws people back. This afternoon was simply wonderful: watching my two daughters at peace with one another in nature. Houghton Bay and Princess […]
Tohora at Te Papa!
Wow! The new Tohora – Whales exhibition at Te Papa is FANTASTIC! We went last week with Marrisa and Bethany, and then went back at the weekend with Daddy. There are some HUGE full skeletons and great cinematography. Charlotte was happy to stay for a couple of hours, whilst Sophie went in and out for […]
Summer in the City: Wellington’s full of surprises!
From November, Wellington revs up for a multitude of events: from small-scale festivals in the various suburbs to grander events in the city centre and surrounds; with the likes of the Meridian Energy Summer City and the New Zealand International Arts Festival. These continue well into March and there’s never enough time to attend all […]
