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Entertainment from the Car

October 1, 2007November 27, 2009 BritMumInNZ 1 Comment Sarah

The miserable wind and wet weather continues over the school holidays. We are having fun at home, but the occasional drive out lifts all our spirits. The other day we cruised down past the end of Evan’s Bay, along Cobham Drive, to look at the great sculptures (check out the Wellington Sculpture Trust‘s website for […]

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End of Term and Both Girls at Home

July 2, 2007November 28, 2009 BritMumInNZ 2 Comments Charlotte, Sarah, Sophie

Today was the first day of the school hols and it was quite strange to have both the girls at home for the day – though lovely too of course! Charlotte was quite sad at not going to Kindi, which I saw as a positive as she is definitely loving it. We’ve had a truck […]

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Fun in Windy Wellington

January 9, 2007May 27, 2010 Sophie Leave a comment Sophie

Sophie: Since I started walking there has hardly been a moment when the wind hasn’t been trying to blow me off my feet (and when it nearly does Mummy is always quick to sweep me off my feet just in time)!

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The Wind’s Changing

March 23, 2006May 27, 2010 BritMumInNZ Leave a comment Sarah

The clocks went back and Wellington’s infamous, wild winds kicked in with full force. With the change in the wind, and the cooler temperatures, Charli decided her ‘cloud’ bed was a better place to sleep than the floor after all.

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I’m back from my travels!

May 30, 2004July 28, 2010 Charlotte Leave a comment Charlotte

I’ve been back in New Zealand for three whole weeks and Simba, my cat, told me he’d missed me lots.

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Walking on the Wild Side

January 15, 2004July 27, 2010 Charlotte Leave a comment Charlotte


It was a long weekend so I had heaps of fun playing with Daddy. Mummy and Daddy took me to Staglands Wildlife Park, which was amazing.

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