Friday’s storm brought an unexpected visitor to Wellington – a Northern royal albatross! There are only around 30,000 of them in the wild and when a female one was grounded in Wainuiomata on Friday the team at ‘The Nest’ down at Wellington Zoo were quick to swoop into action. After a weekend at the zoo […]
Month: March 2010
Baby eyes ease my tiredness through the night
Baby Eyes, by Bernard Shaw Large Baby eyes smiling joyfully at me, Baby eyes as brown as can be. Two deep pools most innocent and bright, To me are symbols of sheer delight. May I greet you every single day? For you are sunshine on my way. Other people see you smile so sweet, All […]
More whiteboard art
Guess what we’re doing today? By Charli: And other whiteboard creations from Charli: And Sophie is so looking forward to seeing her friend at the museum… and has joined Charli in whiteboard art.
Wild weather
Wild weather blasted Wellington this afternoon. Forecaster Chris Noble said that, when the storm hit Wellington, temperatures plummeted from 18.5 degrees Celsius to 8.5 degrees in Kelburn within ten minutes, with a similar drop recorded at Wellington Airport. At 4.30pm, wind gusts of up to 130kmh were reported in Kelburn, and 120kmh at Wellington Airport. […]
Circus fun
The Wellington Circus Trust and the Kapiti Equestrian & Vaulting Centre provided a fantastic display at Waitangi Park in Wellington over the weekend. We were entranced by the displays and the girls very excited to participate. There was fair-ground fun and rides, including aqua-bubbles – which were hilarious to watch. Charli and Sophie came out […]
Charlotte the Cicada Fanatic
Charlotte is fascinated with cicadas this summer. Ever since she’s watched ‘Bindi the Jungle Girl‘ Charlotte’s discovered a new level of confidence in handling creatures great and small. Cicadas are the sound of summer and this year we’ve had a few ‘pet’ cicadas accompany us out on various trips – in a well sealed and […]
The best kind of time waster…
Alice, like all newborns, really is the best kind of time waster. Stuff the baby sleep books telling me to put my baby to bed in her cot – whilst I can hold her in my arms and watch her sleep, I will! But how do I get anything done? Well, my Natures Sway sling […]
School’s out and everyone’s at the beach!
Charli’s entire school, of 180 pupils, walked down to the beach on Friday morning. Sophie and I picked her up just after lunch, as we knew she’d be pretty tired. She had a great time; though found the walk there quite tiring – carrying her heavy back-pack (bless, she is only a pint size lass […]
Life with a newborn third time round
A neighbour dropped round the other morning and brought with her every new Mum’s most desired gift – a large coffee. As I gratefully sipped the fuel of latte we chatted about life with a newborn third time round. She also has a baby – a few month’s older, as well as two other children […]
Charli’s white-board updates
Charli has been cracking us up lately with her daily white-board updates outside her room. Here’s a few from the past week: She also uses her whiteboard to vent her anger and on occasion puts up a sign to say who can and cannot enter her room! The other morning she was fed up with […]