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Silent Sunday

Silent Sunday

May 20, 2012May 20, 2012 BritMumInNZ 5 Comments Alice, Silent Sunday, Sophie

Silent Sunday | The rules: Use just one photo in your post. You must have taken the picture. Use a photo taken in the week leading up to your post. ___________________________________________

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Silent Sunday

February 26, 2012 BritMumInNZ 12 Comments Charlotte, Sarah, Silent Sunday

_________________________________________________________ For more Silent Sunday photos check out the #SilentSunday hashtag on twitter and there is now a linky being hosted at Love All Blogs too. And thanks to dear hubbie for looking after DD2 and DD6 so that I could enjoy some precious one-on-one time with my DD8. It was time well spent (and yes, […]

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A wet summer Sunday walk

December 4, 2011December 4, 2011 BritMumInNZ 1 Comment Alice, Dan, Sarah, Silent Sunday, Sophie, Walks

It was perfect walking weather – mild, a slight refreshing breeze, a touch of rain and plenty of cloud cover to shelter from the strong sun. And with a tired family (Charlotte was performing in a dance show the night before) and a bit too much morning television on waking up, we were getting that […]

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My (not so) Silent Sunday

November 27, 2011November 27, 2011 BritMumInNZ 3 Comments Sarah, Silent Sunday

The day started before dawn and by mid morning the garden had turned into a holiday camp, complete with Bollywood music on a mini-ghetto blaster (courtesy of Charlotte, age 8). I was in the middle of baking scones (as the blueberry muffins I made the day before hadn’t lasted long). My hands were just at […]

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Silent Sunday: hanging around!

November 13, 2011November 14, 2011 BritMumInNZ 5 Comments Sarah, Silent Sunday

Just hanging around after the Wellington Christmas Parade! Have a great week & hope your weekend was a good’un x

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Engineering in the garden on a Sunday afternoon

November 7, 2011November 7, 2011 BritMumInNZ 7 Comments Garden, Silent Sunday

Sometimes it’s so nice not to have to be anyway or even want to go anywhere. It’s great to have a home and garden that we enjoy ambling around in. This Sunday was just one of those that called for some home-time chilling. My view from the sofa… Though Dan did need to take our […]

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Sunday snippets & a bus with a big heart

October 16, 2011October 17, 2011 BritMumInNZ 3 Comments Sarah, Silent Sunday

On Sunday we took a jaunt into Wellington town, where Sophie and Charlotte took their Daddy skipping along the waterfront. Alice took a nap, warm and snug in her buggy. Whilst we stopped for coffee and cake (and Sophie gleefully devoured a chocolate fish with her fluffy!). And whilst Dan took Sophie to expel some […]

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Sunday snippets: Enjoying the sunshine

October 10, 2011October 11, 2011 BritMumInNZ 4 Comments Alice, Charlotte, Dan, photography, Sarah, Silent Sunday, Sophie

After a week of rain and cold winds, with just a few snippets of blue in between, it was with great relief that we woke to sunshine this Sunday. We did the chores, mowed the lawn and then got out together and dosed up on Vitamin D to fight our snuffly noses. Here’s a few […]

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Silent Sunday

July 31, 2011 BritMumInNZ 19 Comments School hols, Silent Sunday

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Wordless Sunday: Liquid

July 24, 2011July 24, 2011 BritMumInNZ 12 Comments Alice, photography, Silent Sunday, Sophie

__________________________________________________________ There’s plenty of wet stuff sweeping across New Zealand this weekend, with an icy blast from the south bringing snow to lower levels than have been seen in a long time. For us it has been a rug up warm weekend. Lego, board games, music and dancing. This afternoon there was plenty of delightful […]

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Silent Sunday

July 10, 2011 BritMumInNZ 6 Comments photography, Silent Sunday

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Silent Sunday

July 3, 2011 BritMumInNZ 9 Comments photography, Silent Sunday

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Silent Sunday

June 19, 2011June 19, 2011 BritMumInNZ 11 Comments Alice, Charlotte, Dan, photography, Silent Sunday, Sophie

Being temporarily hosted by ‘HerMelness Speaks… out‘, whilst Mocha Beanie Mummy kicks someone’s technical behind!

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Silent Sunday

June 12, 2011 BritMumInNZ 8 Comments Alice, Silent Sunday

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