Brrrrr, I shall try to stay positive in this post! I said all the right things at the time; but in my head I couldn’t help reminiscing of Sport’s Day when I was a child… egg and spoon; sack races; wheel barrow races; 100 metres (for Mum’s and Dad’s too!), balancing bean bags on our […]
Author: BritMumInNZ
School at the beach!
A week ago Charli’s entire school ditched the books and headed to the beach on foot for the day – how cool is that! They had a splash of a time, with classes taking it in turns to swim in the sea, whilst the rest of the children delighted in building amazing sandcastles, drawing in […]
Traditional family fun on a Sunday
Growing up we always spent Sunday going for a walk (often with a pit stop at a classic country pub) before returning home to a beautiful roast dinner. Well, there’s no country pubs nearby (sigh!), but there is plenty of nature. One of our favourite places for a walk is Karori Wildlife Sanctuary. With the […]
Monarch Butterflies flourishing in our garden
The wonder, mystery and awe of nature is always a treasure to behold. We have all delighted in watching our Swan Plants grow and be visited by Monarch butterflies. Little eggs have grown into baby caterpillars, which we’ve watched grow day by day. A magical Chrysallis now hangs in the wind, waiting to reveal its […]
Vibrant, creativity in a City of party lovers!
For a population of 190,500 Wellington City is certainly full of a vibrant, creative population that really knows how to party! Cuba Street Carnival celebrated it’s 10th Anniversary and was bigger than ever. Wellington City Council are fabulously conducive to big events. Superbly organized in closing down roads and making it possible for the city […]
Yoga workout with Sophie Jade
On location at Lyall Bay… Sophie Jade’s yoga workout (not for the faint hearted!). Thankfully, the superb Maranui Surf Cafe was close at hand. With every deep inhalation I was greeted to the delightful aroma of freshly ground coffee filtering from the windows, mmmmm, ommmmmm…. She’s still at it in the cafe… can’t sit still […]
Remember the days of tying your shoe laces for the first time…
Do you remember those simple days? Tying your shoe laces for the first time felt like such a huge accomplishment. Charli brought home her first ever ‘homework’ book last week. She had a week to complete various tasks and one of them was to learn and practice tying shoe laces! Beautiful! She’s been quite good […]
Birthday Boy!
Last Thursday was Dan’s Birthday and having been out the Saturday before for some dance action, it was more about the simple delights of celebrating for the love of it! The girls are of an age when Birthdays equate to party, cake, candles and balloons. Needless to say; they were excited. Charli didn’t really want […]
Hot, hot, hot!
The past two day’s I’ve actually been thankful for the wind! It’s been hot and I’m not complaining! Friday was cooler but, with it being Waitangi Day (yah! Three day weekend!), we were determined to enjoy a good family day out. We met up with Kathy and Mark in Eastbourne for lots of ice-cream (basically!). […]
Sophie starts Kindi
Okay, it’s only 7.5 hour’s a week, but it’s still a milestone for Sophie. Up until now she’s been tagging along with me and watching her big sister run off to Kindi and now school. Now it’s her turn! From 9pm on Thursday morning she was asking me every five minutes, ‘Is it time for […]
Jedi Charli Returns to School
Charli bounded into school this morning, running ahead of us, with great excitement. She ran into her new class with no hesitation. She eagerly sat on the mat as soon as the bell rang. We left quickly. Sophie was in my arms, very sad and choked up. Dan was with me for moral support and […]
Farewell Summer Hols
Two more day’s till we run for the bell. Late night’s of summer reigned in with earlier bedtimes. Farewell to long, amicable days at leisure round the house. Reading together. Learning together. Creating crafts, food and music together. Nurturing the fruit and vegetables growing in our garden. Savouring the sweet taste of summer on our […]
Feeding Eels…
One sunny Sunday over these marvelously, long summer hols (which, sigh, are soon coming to a close… term starts back 4 February), we went to one of our favourite places, The Saddleback Cafe. Nestled in the rural Ohairu Valley, it is such a tranquil place to escape Wellington City (not that it’s really the kind […]
Blast from the past: Wet and Wild!
Whitewater rafting is a silly thing to be doing isn’t it? Well really, think about it. Six gullible fools sitting in nothing much more than an inflatable rubber dingy, going up against God and his almighty million gallons per second Zambezi style mega rivers, with nothing much than a paddle that wouldn’t look out of […]