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First Kiss – a long time coming

August 19, 2010August 19, 2010 BritMumInNZ 9 Comments Random Musings

Ever since my friend Emma told me how babies are really made I haven’t been able to look at boys in the same way. It was all so simple before I knew. Now being 10 feels different. Some of my friends have started playing kiss chase. If you get caught you’re supposed to hide in […]

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Dear Mummy…

August 17, 2010September 9, 2010 BritMumInNZ 9 Comments Art, Random Musings, Writing

An imagined letter from my children to me: Dear Mummy, We’re sorry for the mess we left everywhere, but do you like the painting we did for you? The painting is of you being busy. You are always busy, but we like that you stop to give us a hug and play with us too. […]

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Hope, Faith, Love & Luck

July 29, 2010 BritMumInNZ 11 Comments Random Musings

The junior school field was a sea of clover in the summer. I was at that magical age of seven when everything seems possible and the world full of intrigue and mystery. I’d heard about the legendary four-leaf clover and with a sea of clover under my bare-feet I couldn’t resist the thought that one […]

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Walking back in time

July 22, 2010August 19, 2010 BritMumInNZ 7 Comments Sarah

‘Race you to the top!’ I shouted to my sister as my legs started at a run up to the summit of the hill. ‘See you up there girls. We’ll take our time and enjoy the scenery,’ my Dad said with a smile of pride and perhaps a hint of envy at our boundless energy. […]

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Sophie’s ‘Rascal Rabbit’ book

June 29, 2010 BritMumInNZ 7 Comments Our pets, Sarah, Sophie

Last week, on a rainy day, Sophie and I sat down to write a story about Rascal rabbit, from Sophie’s Kindi. He’s come to stay a few times and he certainly lives up to his name. We used ‘Snapfish‘ and Sophie is delighted with her own special book. We’re going to give a copy to […]

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She who trusts

June 16, 2010June 16, 2010 BritMumInNZ 7 Comments Alice

There is no clock in Alice’s world, only the difference in light between night and day. She feeds when she’s hungry. She sleeps when she needs to. And spends her wakeful time drinking in every sight, sound and texture. The only taste to cross her lips is that of her mother’s milk from the breast. […]

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Because

June 14, 2010September 8, 2010 BritMumInNZ 11 Comments Alice, Random Musings, Sophie, Writing

She left the breakfast dishes with guilty abandonement. She knew she had an hour, if she was lucky. She wasn’t really dressed warm enough, but baby Alice was already strapped to her chest, so she grabbed a blanket and wrapped it snug around them both. ‘Exercise and fresh air; both high on the list of […]

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Airport musings

May 23, 2010September 8, 2010 BritMumInNZ 1 Comment Random Musings, Writing

When Dan flew into Wellington, on Friday lunchtime, Sophie, Alice and I were there to greet him. He’d only been away a couple of nights, but anyone watching the greeting he got would have guessed at weeks. Sophie threw her arms around him and Alice squealed with delight. Airports fill us all with emotion and […]

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The Magic Fart Day

May 12, 2010May 12, 2010 Charlotte 2 Comments Charlotte

One day in a city lived Mrs. Ratbag and Mr. Ratbag. They lived at number 99 Fart Bay Road. Their phone number was 297829694. Mr and Mrs Ratbag spent all their time farting. They were professional farters. Actually, they were the most professional farters in all the universes. Mr Ratbags favourite fart was a wet […]

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Descriptive Colour Poem by Charlotte, Age 6

May 6, 2010 Charlotte 5 Comments Charlotte

Red is the colour of an angry face, Blue is the colour of the wavy deep sea, Orange is the colour of a beaming sunset, Green is the colour of soft grass, Yellow is the colour of a flashing lightening strike. Silver is the colour of a shinning car

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Charlotte’s Day at the Waterfront

April 11, 2010April 14, 2010 Charlotte 13 Comments Charlotte

Charlotte’s first blog post: On Saturday the 10th of April I went kayaking with my Dad. We saw lots of fishes in schools but best of all we saw a Giant Ray. The Ray was about as long as the paddle. We found it under the wharf near Te Papa. It was amazing. I was […]

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Sophie’s Quill Pen

March 20, 2010May 27, 2010 BritMumInNZ 8 Comments Art, Random Musings, Sophie

One sunny autumnal day last week Sophie and I were walking along the beach. She started collecting seagull feathers, which promptly joined the bottle tops, leaves, pebbles and sweet wrappers in the bottom of my bag. I mentioned that many years ago feathers were used to write with and were called quills. She didn’t believe […]

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A positive week thus far :)

November 25, 2009November 25, 2009 BritMumInNZ 7 Comments Charlotte, Random Musings, Sarah

On Monday, I got my mail off to the UK for the economy Christmas deadline. I’d pre-organised a deluxe pedicure for after the mailing (an hour of standing on my feet certainly was deserving of some tender loving care). I’ve never had a pedicure before and it was only because someone had kindly given me […]

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Affordable Art

August 1, 2009September 20, 2010 BritMumInNZ 8 Comments Charlotte, Sophie, Writing

With the New Zealand Affordable Art Show on this weekend in Wellington the girls decided to create some of their own art. With the only cost being a couple of canvases and paint, this really is affordable art! I think it’s so important for children to see their art displayed in the main living areas […]

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