To all our family and friends, north and south, we wish you very happy greetings of the season. Gather the harvest in the north and plant the seedlings in the south. Love & light x These little ghosties took over my kitchen middle of last week… And after Alice’s nap this morning I came downstairs […]
Month: October 2010
Fresh eyes on new life at the Zoo
Our local Zoo is a short ten minute drive away and with our annual passes we often pop in for a short walk. It’s not so much the animals we always come to see, but the natural setting of the Zoo. Set on a hill, overlooking Wellington city in the distance, it is a pleasant […]
All the fun of the fair with a touch of spooks!
Off to the school fair we went, carrying our contribution for the cake stand… Dan was on the plate smashing… The girls had a blast (with the highlight for Charlotte being a ride on the back of the Head Teacher’s motorbike around the school field!): The crowds gathered for the food, coffee, live music and […]
A not so new Mummy gets a wake up call: Cocktails at Naptime
‘Cocktails at Naptime: A woefully inadequate guide to early motherhood,’ should carry a warning: Not advisable to read in the first six week’s postpartum. Guaranteed to make you laugh and burst your stitches. When Finch publishing kindly sent me a copy of Cocktails at Naptime, to read and review, I couldn’t ditch my rubber gloves […]
Hat Friday
When was the last time I had a shower? Best I don’t confess. Sometimes taking a nap is more of a priority; especially when little Miss 8 month year old decides to practice her new found vocal chords in the middle of the night. In a matter of weeks she’s gone from not moving at […]
Wardrobe Wednesday: Someone’s learned the art of keeping awake!
It’s close to 1am and little Miss 8 month old has decided it’s the perfect time to exercise her vocal chords. She has a beautiful voice and is making the most delightful sounds, only her timing is awful! I have brought her downstairs so she doesn’t wake up the rest of the household. I can […]
Look what happened before school & kindi today!
With time to spare, and two cupcakes going begging on a plate after breakfast, the girls decided to raid the larder for icing pens and get decorating. They went off to school and kindi fully loaded today 🙂 Charlotte pausing for a moment before tasting the goods… Sophie couldn’t get enough of the icing, or […]
Digging up worms and spring planting
There’s talk of Halloween and even Christmas in the air. My own children are already counting down the days till they can start opening the doors on their advent calendars and are walking around with ‘trick or treat’ buckets anticipating a load of treats this coming Halloween weekend. They would love to go knocking on […]
Surrendering to play this Labour Weekend
Yes we have chores to do and some of them are getting accomplished, but on the whole we have been making the most of this long weekend to spend some good quality time together as a family. Dan and I are feeling shattered and sometimes the unstoppable energy of our children is simply exhausting to […]
Wearing our Bandannas for CanTeen New Zealand
Today our wonderful nanny, Frances, who helps out for a few hours after school each day, was selling Bandannas to help raise funds for CanTeen New Zealand. Frances was diagnosed with cancer when she was only 7 and suffered into her teens, until she was finally in remission. She has been a volunteer with Canteen […]
My new secret weapon…
The Borne Naked Handbag Makeover Challenge has changed my life (or at least answered some of my style prayers – to answer all of them a miracle would be required!). This was a typical Pre-Borne Naked occurrence in my life: I hurriedly dive into the depths of my mega baby bag to retrieve the all […]
Shades of red from New Zealand: The Gallery
This week’s theme on the wonderful ‘Gallery’ is ‘The Colour Red’ (with an optional Halloween twist). It wasn’t until I started looking back on all our photographs that I realized how evocative a colour it is and how all colours hold so many different memories. I have spent so much longer than I ought to […]
Cuddly toy take-over!
After the Kindi Fair on Saturday the girls were inspired to set up their own cuddly toy raffle. They numbered over 60 toys with paper, pen and sello-tape! Then they duplicated the numbers and put them in a bowl. This was a great learning exercise for Sophie in reading bigger numbers. Dan was roped in […]
Wardrobe Wednesday: Wishing for Sunshine
I’m wearing this colourful t-shirt from good ‘ole Marks & Spencer (thanks Mum!) in protest of the weather this week. In case you can’t read the words, they say, ‘Sunshine’ (weather please take note!). It’s not been too bad in Welly (down south they’ve had hail and another large, 5.0-magnitude, aftershock). We’ve had a few […]
