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Sunshine Wednesday & I’ve only stepped outside to shoot a rocket!

Posted on November 28, 2012November 28, 2012 by BritMumInNZ

It’s nearly 10.30am and I haven’t had a coffee. The first two hours of my day were a whirlwind of lego building adventures with Miss 2 – Alice – block tower building, a rescue mission on the stairs from a lava flow, a shooting sock and a pile of leaves (Grandma and Granddad in England…

Weekend Workout & Recommendations!

Posted on February 20, 2012February 21, 2012 by BritMumInNZ

Some weekends are made for play, others are made for getting down to it and facing up to the moth balls, paper piles, over-grown lawn, dirty windows and piles of laundry. After all, we had enjoyed a beautiful Friday of sunshine – can’t be all play and no work! For our children the weekend was…

Thankful Thursday

Posted on November 11, 2010 by BritMumInNZ

At 5.30pm tonight I so could have lost it when the mess outside the door from messy play earlier in the day looked like this… And the mess in the kitchen looked like this… But, with some team work and a lot of hard graft, everything eventually got put back in its rightful place and…

Trying to stay focused on the magic

Posted on August 6, 2010August 6, 2010 by BritMumInNZ

I’d forgotten how life with a baby can sometimes feel a little relentless. It’s easy to get caught up in the repetition and forget to focus on the magic. Yesterday started well, with berry muffins freshly baked and cooling down at 9.30am. Sophie, still home from Kindi with a cold, played well and Alice was…

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