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Photo A Day MAY | Bird [flying on the eve of a full moon]

May 5, 2012May 5, 2012 BritMumInNZ 7 Comments Alice, photography, Sarah

‘Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me!‘ Eric Carle you’ve given my little girl the thought that she can play with the moon. She stared at the moon, saying, ‘Hello Moon!’ and then turned to me and said, ‘Fetch a ladder Mummy!’. But, as mole discovers in ‘Bringing Down the Moon‘, some things are not […]

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Photo A Day MAY | Fun!

May 4, 2012May 4, 2012 BritMumInNZ 2 Comments photography, Sarah

Another disturbed night of sleep with Alice (blame the super moon, molars, growth spurt, developmental surge, too late an afternoon nap… take your pick!). Lack of sleep made the thought of ‘fun’ hard this morning (and I forgot about taking a photo). I was invited to Charlotte’s school for ‘Mothers to School Day’ – 8.30am […]

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Things I’m Loving: BIG Swells, Lyall Bay, Surfers In Action!

May 3, 2012May 3, 2012 BritMumInNZ 2 Comments Blasts from the past, Loving & Not Loving, photography, Sarah

The ‘super moon’ has been tossing up some amazing swells in Lyall Bay, Wellington, this week. The temperature of the water, even in summer, takes a little getting used to, so right now – as the Antarctic starts to send us the off shoot of its big freeze – it takes some serious stamina, heavy […]

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Photo A Day MAY | Skyline

May 2, 2012May 3, 2012 BritMumInNZ 8 Comments photography, Sarah

After one of the warmest April’s on record in New Zealand, May has started with a taste of the winter season yet to unfold. Blustery winds and horizontal rain battered Wellington.  But, the sun kept shining through the dramatic, fast moving, cloudscape to reveal rainbows of light on the hilly topography that surrounds Wellington. After […]

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Week in the life | Sunday

April 30, 2012April 30, 2012 BritMumInNZ 4 Comments Alice, Charlotte, Dan, Sarah, Sophie

Our first ‘garage sale’ has been and gone, with lots of preparation and sorting out – but only a few customers (we only told friends). Nevertheless, it was an amusing exercise for Charlotte and Sophie – with long, detailed discussions on garage sale etiquette and how best to sell, a sharing out of the float […]

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I’m picking up the pace!

July 26, 2004July 28, 2010 Charlotte Leave a comment Charlotte

From baby to toddler – Mummy and Daddy are having to catch up pretty fast!

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