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Look! No Stabilisers!

October 19, 2008November 27, 2009 BritMumInNZ 2 Comments Charlotte, Life in action - Videos

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 […]

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Loving the school holidays

July 11, 2008August 24, 2008 BritMumInNZ 2 Comments Charlotte

It’s such a relief not to be rushing out the door every morning. The girls are loving having time together and we’ve having lovely first week of the school holidays, despite the loss of dear Simba. On Tuesday we took the bus into the city to visit Capital E, where we made princess crowns and […]

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Charlotte wins the Piston Cup

June 3, 2007November 28, 2009 BritMumInNZ Leave a comment Charlotte

Charlotte’s finally learned to ride her pedal-bike after nearly a year of persevering. She got the bike for her third Birthday, but she was a little on the small side and lacking in muscle power to pedal it! Every other week she’d go off to the garage and wheel it out for a run. She’d […]

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Firsts for Sophie

January 4, 2007May 27, 2010 Sophie Leave a comment Sophie

First steps, First time on Wheels…

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Attention Seeking Trike

December 21, 2006May 27, 2010 Charlotte Leave a comment Charlotte

Mummy humours my dozen requests a day to, ‘Tell story of how Trike went to scrapyard.’. I then intervene on her story telling with frequent direction to ensure the story is told to my liking. ‘Trike went to the scrapyard [the trampoline] having lost numerous races and was just about to be turned into scrap […]

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