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Our rainy day finds in Copenhagen

August 5, 2014August 20, 2014 BritMumInNZ 1 Comment Adventures, Lifestyle

We were blessed with mostly sunshine on our visit to Copenhagen, but when it did rain we weren’t short of options (including scrumptious places to eat!). I was delighted to have a decent cup of coffee too (reminiscent of my Wellington, New Zealand, days – the Capital City of Coffee!). There are numerous museums and […]

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Happiness is RAIN for Kiwi Kids in Santa Barbara, California!

October 29, 2013 BritMumInNZ Leave a comment Lifestyle, Things I'm Loving

We arrived here in early August. It’s nearly Halloween, end of October, and today, for a couple of hours, we had PROPER rain! We’ve had a couple of hours of attempted rain only once in the past three months. This was real rain, that created hundreds of circles on the surface of the swimming pool, […]

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Easter weekend pool fun

April 9, 2010April 15, 2010 BritMumInNZ 3 Comments Life in action - Videos, School hols

Most of the Easter weekend, aside from consuming chocolate, was spent at the swimming pool. On Friday and Saturday we visited our local pool in Kilbirnie (the Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre and Spray Pool) and on Monday we went to the wave pool in Porirua. Both the girls are loving swimming and started lessons again […]

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Busy weekends are becoming the norm!

June 18, 2008August 24, 2008 BritMumInNZ Leave a comment Charlotte, Dan, Sarah, Sophie

Saturdays are busy at Chez Lee these day. Ballet lessons for Charli, soccer for Dan and a horse ride for Sophie are fast becoming the norm (Mum just needs to fit in a yoga session somewhere and we’d be sorted!). Sunday was tres relaxed. Our good friend Lucy took Charli out for the morning to […]

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