Last week Charlotte had a play-date here at home, whilst Sophie enjoyed a visit to ‘Carlucciland‘ mini-golf with Frances. Frances took some lovely photographs, many of them under direction from Sophie – who loved the varied sculptures: On the way home Sophie was delighted to see some horses and the most beautiful sunset with the […]
Author: BritMumInNZ
Bullying at 7?!
Aren’t these supposed to be the golden years of innocence for our children? My daughter is coming home from school with murmurs of bullying. She’s not yet 7, but many of the children in her class are. I talk with other parents and hear of the talk of ‘gangs’ and one girl ‘firing’ other children […]
Baby yoga with Alice & Sophie
With Alice being awake for longer stretches during the day I am finding time to do more exercise. Today, Sophie led me in a yoga workout. Alice joined in with a few baby stretches and thought the sight of Sophie and Mummy standing on their heads was hilarious…
Every day has its highs and lows…
but when the lows are met with humour and acceptance, rather than resistance and annoyance, they are much easier to deal with and quickly forgotten. I have a saying that is frequently used in our home, ‘It’s in the past, put it behind you and move on’. I use this a lot when the children […]
Then and Now
Taking my shower on Saturday morning, enjoying ten minutes of ‘me’ time, I found myself reflecting on how at this stage of my life I am more inspired and pleased for friends when they shout from the roof-tops that they’ve done a 5 km run or joined a gym, than stories of downing shots over […]
Sophie’s Super Energy Charged Car Cookies
She loves to bake does our Sophie (as much as she likes to eat!). On Sunday she whipped up some ANZAC biscuits and today, after only 8 hour’s sleep (see below!), she made these car cookies… So, little Miss Sophie, despite not being ‘A1’ was up chattering till 9pm last night and was awake before […]
Tummy Time
Alice is 10 week’s old and has been so much more wakeful and active in the past week. She’s getting stronger by the day and reaching out to grab things (Daddy’s chest hairs and any hair in general is her speciality!). Here she is doing the good ‘ole turtle impression… Thought I’d look back at […]
Who wears the pants in your house?
In our house this week…. This is what happens when I leave Charlotte, Alice, my iPhone and the laundry basket alone for 5 minutes!
The way we sleep
Winter’s approaching, though you’d barely notice. Sophie was out in the paddling pool on Tuesday morning, helping me to clean all the bath toys that had found their way outside during summer and stayed there gathering dirt and cobwebs. She was home from Kindi with a little virus that reared its head Monday night with […]
Football is taking us places
Fair weather football supporters are the Lee girls. This Saturday afternoon Daddy was set to play in beautiful Eastbourne and so we tagged along. The postage stamp sized pitch is beautifully located next to the sandy dunes of Eastbourne beach. With beach, playground, football and art galleries all within a kilometre square we were easy […]
Alice’s Coos!
First week of term 2
It’s been a great first week of term 2. I’m always sad on the first day of the new term, as I really do love having the girls home over the holidays. However, it doesn’t take long (all of a day!) for me to quickly get used to having my morning’s quiet with Alice. The […]
Ugg Ugg
Warm, autumn sunshine continues to grace us this week and my twinkle toes are still happily feeling the air in a trusty pair of jandals. But it shan’t be long before I’m swapping my jandals for something warmer and my wonderful hubbie gave me permission to treat myself to a pair of Ugg boots. So […]
The day Alice arrived
11pm: ‘I think we should go now,’ I said, not really wanting to leave the comfort of my bed. The hospital was only a short distance away but I didn’t want to be in the car when the contractions got to the crawling on the floor stage. They had been coming all day. Not painful, […]