LOVE the surprise of a huge pile of sand on the beach (that appeared literally over night down at Lyall Bay).
Photo a Day MAY | 25th | UNUSUAL
LOVE seeing Charlotte and Sophie team up and learn to play a few tunes together on their recorders (which were a Christmas present, at least two years ago, and are now getting used with much more interest than they’ve ever been).
Photo a Day MAY | 24th | SOMETHING NEW
LOVE a Monday of baking, playing, eating and creating. Alice decorated an airplane, a boat, a train and a car. Sophie wrote a couple of poems on her blog: ‘LOVE‘ and ‘the sun‘.
LOVE Alice’s enthusiasm for baking, hee, hee! She came up to me on Monday morning, with her ‘Peter Rabbit’ apron on and a bowl in her hand, asking me to get out the flour, eggs, milk and sugar to make some cakes!
Photo a Day MAY | 27th | SOMETHING SWEET
LOVE meeting hubbie for lunch. We haven’t indulged in this treat for a long time. After a morning of play with friends we met up at Big Thumb for a yum cha lunch.
Photo a Day MAY | 26th | 12 O’CLOCK
And then we played some more! LOVE the cool playgrounds in and around Wellington (well over 100 and all superb!).
Photo a Day MAY | 28th | THE WEATHER TODAY (fine for play!)
Tuesday was cheering on Charlotte in the Western Zone Cross Country race. An hour or so before the race the heavens opened, lashing down with hail (even snow in hilly parts!), but then the sky cleared and then sun came back out. Charlotte did great – came 28 out of 60 girls in the Year 5 race (there were ten schools competing and each school entered six girls). All the girls were splattered in mud, but they took it in their stride and participated with great enthusiasm.
Tuesday was also a special day for hubbie and I – our 13th Wedding Anniversary.
Photo a Day MAY | 30th | MY PERSONALITY (romantic!)
The children were well looked after by our friend Frances – whilst Dan and I nipped out for a couple of quiet drinks, tucked up in front of the fire at the local, whilst waiting to pick up a take-away dinner. We had a great evening (‘Lace’ rocks!).
Photo a Day MAY | 29th | A NUMBER
Have to share this gorgeous proposal video going around the Internet at the moment – guaranteed to make you shed a tear, fill your heart with warm fuzzies and give you butterflies in your tummy!
LOVE Charlotte’s photo of a regular light in a room in our house – the theme was ‘Technology’ and how we’ve been using technology to practice the ancient art of yoga and help with our home school learning!
Photo a Day MAY | 23rd | TECHNOLOGY
Wednesday was ‘sunshine school’, meeting up with another home school family at the Chocolate Fish in Shelly Bay for brunch, home for Alice’s nap and then off to pick up Charlotte from school. We lingered to play at the Katherine Mansfield Memorial Park, in Thorndon, under the last of the autumn leaves on the deciduous trees lining the pathway to the little playground there.
Then we drove home, admiring the pink colours in the sky as we drove around Oriental Bay and Evan’s Bay – taking the scenic route home. Beautiful.
Beautiful, just like my youngest poppet, Alice, meeting ‘Noddy’ for the first time! She was smitten!
Photo a Day MAY | 31st | BEAUTIFUL!
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Dad and I love it all !!…the pictures of all going on there just lovely and achievements galore going on there…well done to all. Loved the little film clip and we had such a chuckle…just perfect for an anniversary time.!! Big hugs to all.
You often make my week with your various postings. Â The video link above is inspirational but what strike me as most impressive in your writing are the respect, the love and the affection which are hallmarks of your interactions with people and places. Â You really have soul … in the most honest definition of that word. Â Again I thank you for sharing your family and for routinely reminding me that life is a balance of emotions and need not be relentlessly demanding.
what a cool cool post Sarah!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVE the way you incorporated the themes for the photograph challenge into it
I LOVED that video
and I always enjoy reading about what you and your lovely family haven gotten up to 🙂
Cheers Jen!
That video really is wonderful. x
Oh, thank you so much! Such lovely words to read and take in. Wishing you a wonderful long weekend!
Oh that video made me cry! What an amazing way to propose! And I’ve got that song firmly stuck in my head!
All your amorous anniversary posts make me smile 🙂 I must say I have a romantic personality as well…unfortunately The Husband is as romantic as a car tyre. We had one night (ONE) before we were engaged of him whispering sweet nothings in my ear, showering me with roses, sipping champagne in the candle-light…he said he just did it to “suck me in and seal the deal” before he proposed. HA! He hasn’t uttered a single romantic word to me since (unless you count “I love you”)…lucky he makes it up to me in other ways 😉
Hee, hee, sounds like my lovely hubbie. Yin and Yang and all that! xx
As always lots to love here! Love your eager little baker, and the determination on charlottes face as she braved all that mud. And best of all Happy 13th anniversary to a wonderful couple who are a great example of love 🙂 have a wonderful long weekend together xx
My daughter loves to bake too and we also have blue bowl.When she brings it up I know whats next 🙂
Aww, that’s so lovely!