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Standing on 10 Months

November 1, 2006May 27, 2010 Sophie Leave a comment Charlotte, Sophie

Phew! It’s been a busy month and now I’m standing…

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Three and a Quarter

October 28, 2006May 27, 2010 Charlotte Leave a comment Charlotte

In the past month my life has changed dramatically, the reason being is that Sophie is now mobile (horrors!).

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Creativity of a 3 year old

October 27, 2006November 28, 2009 BritMumInNZ Leave a comment Charlotte, Sarah

Creativity comes in all forms… the more traditional forms of painting and lego construction to plastering ones body in a chain of stickers before bed and covering the cat in glitter.

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Dancing with the Stars

September 16, 2006December 7, 2009 Dan Leave a comment Charlotte, Life in action - Videos

Charli dancing to one of her favourite songs – Hey Baby, Hey Baby, Let’s Rock and Roll!

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Betty Crocker!

September 9, 2006May 27, 2010 Charlotte Leave a comment Baking, Charlotte

My baking adventures continue. This week I set about with Daddy to make beautiful blueberry muffins. Wowee! They almost came out as good as what they look like on the packet.

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Charli got to “Get Her Energy Up!”

September 2, 2006March 28, 2024 Charlotte Leave a comment Charlotte, Life in action - Videos

Family Lee have a new toy for the garden – a trampoline. Mummy and Daddy put it up in the living room, whilst Sophie and I were asleep

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Artist At Work

August 26, 2006May 27, 2010 Charlotte Leave a comment Charlotte

Mummy’s ‘Laundry Room’ is actually my ‘Art Room’ and some AMAZING creations are made there. Remember, ‘It’s fun to get messy AND it’s fun to get clean!’.

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Hey, It’s COOL Being Three!

August 11, 2006May 27, 2010 Charlotte Leave a comment Charlotte

It’s been a while since I ‘posted’ a note on the website, as I have been very busy organising our new house. Being three is very COOL.

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Letting Go, Nearly

August 7, 2006May 27, 2010 BritMumInNZ Leave a comment Charlotte, Sarah

Charlotte started Montessori Pre-School last week. We lasted one week!

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I am 3!

June 28, 2006May 27, 2010 Charlotte 1 Comment Charlotte, Special Days

I am 3 year’s old and the sun came out to help me celebrate my Birthday. I woke feeling grumpy, as I had a streaming cold, but when Mummy told me the magic word, ‘Presents’, I soon had a smile on my face!

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My 3rd Birthday Party

June 25, 2006May 27, 2010 Charlotte 1 Comment Charlotte

Badoom! Mummy and Daddy had arranged an explosive volcano cake, which totally blew me away!

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Mid Winter Antics

June 21, 2006December 7, 2009 BritMumInNZ Leave a comment Charlotte, Sophie

The shortest day and the Lee gals prove that winter is no barrier to fun…

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Play Dough and The Italian Job

May 30, 2006July 28, 2010 Dan Leave a comment Charlotte

Daddy and Charli made Play Dough at the weekend and Charli did a road test with her new Mini.

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Frank Kitts and the GIANT Slide

May 10, 2006May 27, 2010 Charlotte 1 Comment Charlotte

We were at Frank Kitts Playground the other day and I really wanted to go down the GIANT slide, but Mummy couldn’t help me climb up..

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