Well, since my last blog post of howling southerlies I’m pleased to report the fine weather has been restored. The past week has been glorious and, as you can see from the lack of blog posts, we’ve been making the most of it! At least Sophie and I have, whilst Dan has been working hard […]
Life in action – Videos
Vibrant, creativity in a City of party lovers!
For a population of 190,500 Wellington City is certainly full of a vibrant, creative population that really knows how to party! Cuba Street Carnival celebrated it’s 10th Anniversary and was bigger than ever. Wellington City Council are fabulously conducive to big events. Superbly organized in closing down roads and making it possible for the city […]
Birthday Boy!
Last Thursday was Dan’s Birthday and having been out the Saturday before for some dance action, it was more about the simple delights of celebrating for the love of it! The girls are of an age when Birthdays equate to party, cake, candles and balloons. Needless to say; they were excited. Charli didn’t really want […]
Driving into the sunset
New Year’s Eve itself was a quiet one for us, but we did enjoy a little countdown and fireworks with the girls. Our dear neighbour was home alone, so we joined her (or at least I did for a few chick flicks – Sound of Music and Runaway Bride!). Dan joined us at midnight and […]
Happy Birthday Sophie!
Our dear Sophie turned 3 on Boxing Day and her first words on waking were, ‘I’m three, I’m three, I’m really three!’. It seems only yesterday when she made her joyous arrival and she’s been our happy ray of sunshine ever since. Ever the charmer, the peace maker and the joker. She only stops talking […]
Oooo, Christmas Day! Did the reindeer eat the carrots?
What a day! Phew – it’s been magic and just as we’re thinking about retiring to bed our thoughts are far away with all our dear folks and friends in the Northern Hemisphere just tucking into a day of festive frolics! Thank you so much to our dear family and friends who have blessed us […]
Merry Christmas Eve from Family Lee!
It’s been raining all day, but we’ve felt right at home (in a Northern Hemisphere kinda way!) and had a great day of baking and singing with our neighbours. Dan and I have just finished the final wrap up and are leaving little signs of Father Christmas. Just posting a quick one before heading back […]
Counting down… party season!
The Christmas tree is up (with our usual eclectic collection of decorations, added to each year!), the advent calendar doors are being greeted with great excitement every morning (and they’re not even chocolate ones – what mean parents!), parcels have been arriving and swiftly hidden from prying eyes and we’re all looking forward to the […]
Sounds Magic!
For the first time in five and a half year’s I got away for the weekend and left Dan to run riot with the girls. They had a blast at Staglands and Harcourt Park in Upper Hutt on the Saturday, so much so that they fell asleep on the return – woke at 5.30pm – […]
Mission impossible – not!
Charli and Sophie love to climb. After ballet on Saturday morning we headed down the waterfront for a bit of adventure. Sophie gave it her best but found the stretches a little too much for her legs – though she’s so determined to give it a go every time we visit the wall! Charli was […]
Who needs alcohol?!
Just inject a shot of children into a home and let the craziness take hold. It all started when Sophie emerged from doing a painting… not on paper, but all over her face. She looked liked she’d dipped her head in a pot of paint and it was one of those moments when I could […]
Too young to vote
Today was New Zealand’s National Election. It was also Charli’s school fair – with a polling booth on site. Whilst Dan was busy running the bouncy castle, I was trying not to lose the girls in the throngs of people who came to enjoy the sunshine, support the school and, of course, vote. TV One […]
Guy Fawkes in New Zealand?
Home grown fun! Safety first of course (only four day’s of the year when we can actually buy fireworks here – and there’s talk that this will be the last year ever of retail sales)! Fireworks in a plant pot – what more can one ask for – and a bucket of water close at […]
Look! No Stabilisers!
Well done Charli! You cracked it in under a week! After a few days of pushing off with your feet, and gliding around the house, you decided the recreation centre was the place to really go for it. You calmly turned to Daddy and said, ‘Just hold the saddle whilst I get my feet up […]