I’d rather read blogs than magazines. I prefer reading about real lives than watching soap operas. The television is reserved for movie nights. My MacBook gets a lot more viewing hours. And I love writing. I’ve always loved writing. I prefer writing my thoughts to speaking them. I’m one of those people that would rather […]
Author: BritMumInNZ
Things I’m Loving! Purple tights, red boots & more!
LOVE Purple tights and red boots, because sometimes a girl likes to pretend she’s a cosmopolitan chick – even if she does get very strange looks at the school gates of her local school. So after cleaning the windows (that nobody but her notices whether they’re clean or not), and being the laundry fairy to […]
School Pick-up – the scenic route
Yesterday saw a return of the glowing ball in the sky, minus a southerly Antarctic chill. Since the clocks turned back at the weekend the weather has gone typically unpredictable. One day it is blowing a gail, pelting down horizontal rain and knocking toddlers off their feet, the next it’s warm enough to ditch the […]
Brum, brum! Beep, beep! Alice at 13 months.
Our little girl is a real toddler now. All running, climbing and creating mayhem, mess and mischief. With older sisters about there are so many goodies to get her hands on… pen marks aplenty are being found on walls and furniture – eek! Thought it was about time I shared a few pages out of […]
Upside Down this Lyrical Sunday!
A poem from my dear Mum (and wishing her and Chinese Grandma a very happy Mothering Sunday in the UK x): Spinning on our world of awe by Grandma – Celia Aspinall Spinning on our world of awe Day light there Night time here Whatever time Always dear Love birds Up-right – upside down Swinging […]
Things I’m Loving… this last week of daylight saving
The clocks have turned back. This morning when the girls awoke at 7am I wearily acknowledged the fact it was actually 6am. Tonight darkness will fall at 6.30pm. The long summer nights will, for a while, be but a memory. We shall rug up, play board games, watch sunsets and admire starlit skies before bed-time. […]
Carlucciland Playdate
Mix a sunny Saturday morning with a play-date at Carlucciland mini-golf and smiles are mostly guaranteed (sore losers not tolerated). Great for mini-golf, great for maths (hand over the score cards to the little’uns and *trust* they’ve done an accurate job when you discover you’ve lost again!). Hand over the iPhones to the children (carefully […]
Monarch Wednesday
It’s Autumn in New Zealand. Our clocks go back an hour at the weekend. But the sun is still smiling and the beach is still tempting. We are choosing to ignore the chillier mornings and evenings, the shorter daylight hours and the dew in the mornings – whilst we can! Winter’s on its way? But […]
Running with heart
SO admire our strong, little runner… Having come 2nd in her school cross-country, she was entered to run in the ‘Southern Zone’ against several other schools. She asked for a ‘big brekkie’ of scrambled eggs on toast and was more nervous about whether the school would have a yellow shirt small enough for her than […]
Theme for Week 13 of Lyrical Sunday: Upside Down!
The theme for Week 13 of Lyrical Sunday is ‘Upside Down!‘. This fun idea evolved from a Skype video-chat over the weekend with ‘Chicken’ Grandma & Granddad… we were talking about the seasons being opposite and Granddad is always asking what life is like ‘upside down’ on the opposite side of the world! So let […]
Silent Sunday
My Home Town: Lyrical Sunday (Week 12)
Two places resonate in my mind with the words ‘home town’; The hilly, coastal scene, Of my married years and where I currently call home. The gentle, rolling landscape, Of my growing years, which will forever be home too. The first… The home I now live, is where I’m raising my young, A city set […]
Welly Walks the Walk for Christchurch!
We did it! My wonderful friend Meghan, of MNM’s blog, organized a group of around 70 people and we all gathered, in the rain, to walk 10 km around Wellington’s waterfront to raise money for the Red Cross earthquake appeal for Christchurch. Over $2,000 was raised (and if you’d like to donate please click here… […]
Something to Love Every Day of the Week
Wellington from on high one sunny Saturday… Family time in the beautiful natural sanctuaries that Wellington holds dear. Appreciated, loved, protected and nurtured by many that care… Delighting in Alice’s awe of nature and forever expanding our own knowledge and appreciation. Special time with our big school girl on Monday, who loves learning with a […]