Due to Dan’s increasing work commitments, as a tender deadline approaches (12 Feb. – his Birthday!), the past couple of weeks have given me a taster of what life would be like as a single-parent. Fortunately, the girls have been good for me, but I’m feeling pretty worn out with all the post bedtime chores! […]
Month: January 2007
Around the Clock
Charlotte: Mummy and Daddy have got a little fed up of New Year’s Eve being a non-event, since my arrival, so this year we decided to do things a little differently: We celebrated at midday with our own little countdown! We popped balloons filled with home-made confetti, rice and jelly-beans, played ‘Around the Clock’ (a […]
Fun in Windy Wellington
Sophie: Since I started walking there has hardly been a moment when the wind hasn’t been trying to blow me off my feet (and when it nearly does Mummy is always quick to sweep me off my feet just in time)!
The Holiday is Over
After a two-week holiday Dan went back to work today. We all felt a bit depressed and it was up to me to put on a brave face for the girls. A morning at the gardens started out fine (apart from my three year-old, Charlotte, making a teary wish at the ‘Wishing Well’ that, ‘Daddy, […]
The Zoo
Daddy took us to Wellington Zoo, one of his favourite places to go. We’ve been waiting for the weather to fine up (since December 2006 was the coldest in Wellington for 60 years!). Finally, today, the sun came out (and so did most of Wellington). Charlotte’s highlight: the porcupines. Sophie’s highlight: the chimps. Later in […]
Fun at ‘Te Papa’
Daddy’s been let out of the office…Firsts for Sophie
First steps, First time on Wheels…2007 – A Year to Dream
Just before New Year’s Eve I dreamed of a rose growing around the pine tree that stands tall and erect in our garden. It was the most magnificent rose I had ever seen. It’s stem encircled the tree and rose it’s heady scent to the sky. I woke up the next morning, with Sophie snuggled […]