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Category: Things I’m Loving

Changing seasons, changing times

Posted on May 13, 2022May 13, 2022 by BritMumInNZ

It’s been a time for adjusting, with our oldest daughter moving to a different country to start University in Melbourne, my Mum dying in December and my thoughts very much with my Dad and sister, miles away in the UK. In the wider world there’s turmoil, with the pandemic lingering on, the atrocities of what…

Reminiscing on the second half of 2019 and our summer highlights

Posted on April 19, 2020 by BritMumInNZ

Autumn is fully upon us here in New Zealand. The temperatures are still warm and the days mostly sunny, just noticeably shorter. Like most of the world our country is currently ‘in lockdown’ as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Our surf boards and other wet play gear is all laying redundant in the garage,…

Loving this week…

Posted on February 25, 2018February 26, 2018 by BritMumInNZ

We’ve all enjoyed some amazing learning experiences this week (as well as watching the last week of the Winter Olympics!). Here’s some snapshots from our two home educated learners and our school going daughter… Science I enjoyed an amazing experience at Victoria University’s science labs this week, with my 12 year old daughter. We went to…

Things I’m Loving – Silver linings to poorly children at home…

Posted on August 28, 2015August 28, 2015 by BritMumInNZ

For the third week, in a row, I’ve had at least one of my three daughters home poorly from school. They have been hit hard by some flu type virus, that is doing the rounds across the country this winter. They are all slowly on the mend, though still not at full energy. In the…

Outdoor loves from Martinborough

Posted on March 6, 2015April 27, 2015 by BritMumInNZ

Last weekend was spent with friends, in the beautiful countryside of the Wairarapa, at our Martinborough home. The weekend was full of special moments in the sun, made all the better for having good friends to share it with. Our three daughters each had a friend, their age, to buddy up with – which made for incredibly…

Summer holiday loves, at home in Wellington

Posted on January 17, 2015 by BritMumInNZ

This is such a magic summer we’re having back in Wellington, New Zealand. Having hubby not working has made the school holidays all the more special (and less stressful!) too. We have just over a week left before our two older girls start the school year (our now 9 year old homeschooler is giving school…

Catching some air in San Francisco!

Posted on May 30, 2014August 20, 2014 by BritMumInNZ

The children discovered there was a ‘House of Air‘, in an old airplane hanger, in Crissy Field Park, San Francisco… Our first visit was in the evening, when the older girls could play an exciting game of ball tag on a dozen trampolines, but our youngest had missed out on the younger children’s bounce session,…

Things I’m Loving

Posted on May 23, 2014August 21, 2014 by BritMumInNZ

A few gems I’ve loved this week… ❤ Watching my daughters and dear ‘hubbie’, on a Sunday avo at a local school field, being active, having fun and keeping fit together (and eating pizza together al fresco). ❤ An afternoon visit to the marina and maritime museum in Santa Barbara with my three daughters. ❤…

Things I’m Loving – whilst I can’t run – WINE :)

Posted on May 15, 2014August 20, 2014 by BritMumInNZ

It’s International Sauvignon Blanc Day in New Zealand – 16 May – and whilst I sit here sipping a local Napa Valley, Californian white, I came across this beautiful little video about the Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc wines (a fav spot of the hubbie and I – and the sweet spot where he proposed to me…

❤ Things I’m Loving; Having a Kiwi friend to stay!

Posted on May 9, 2014August 21, 2014 by BritMumInNZ

After an amazing week in Disneyland California with our friend Frances, visiting from New Zealand, we returned back to our temporary home in Santa Barbara.We made a pit stop at Universal Studios Hollywood – where it was great to see New Zealand spinning on the globe outside the park – and gave Frances a chance…

Loving turning Forty in Santa Monica!

Posted on April 27, 2014August 21, 2014 by BritMumInNZ

My Facebook feed was flooded with lovely messages of ‘welcome to the club’ and ‘forties are the best’ this weekend. It’s been like reliving turning eighteen again, as I’ve watched friends slightly older than me party into their forties and then, last weekend, it was my turn. It was a fabulous weekend away in Santa…

❤ Paper towel art, birds, snails, ice-cream, wine-tasting & running!

Posted on April 15, 2014August 21, 2014 by BritMumInNZ

A few things I’m loving from the past week… ❤ Colourful paper-towel art – dipped with fascination, in food coloured water; observed in awe, as the paper towel absorbed the colours; unravelled with surprise, as the pattern was revealed; put out to dry with love and a toy animal, to stop the breeze blowing away the…

Weekend Fun Carpinteria & Santa Barbara

Posted on April 7, 2014August 20, 2014 by BritMumInNZ

Some family weekends are golden and this was one of them, the highlight being a delicious meal at a local restaurant (Pierre Lafond Wine Bistro, Montecito) with all three daughters behaving charmingly. It was an impromptu meal out (often preferred to a scheduled, overly anticipated evening) and the love around the table was brimming over…

What’s the theme tune of your life?

Posted on April 4, 2014 by BritMumInNZ

This popped up in my Facebook feed and I’ve had so much fun looking up the tunes that were number 1 in the UK charts on some of my Birthdays (especially apt with my big 40 approaching this month!). Check it out and enjoy reminiscing on ‘What’s The Theme Tune Of Your Life?‘! When I…

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