UPDATE, 20 October 2010: The winner of the giveaway is…. Leanne from Cottage Tails. Congratulations! The only reading I’ve done in the past six month’s has been young children’s literature with my girls and blogs (the latter mostly by the glow of my iPhone in the middle of the night whilst feeding Alice). When Sarah…
Month: September 2010
Wardrobe Wednesday
Well it’s still Wednesday in the northern hemisphere, though I’m a day late here! I have my head in a couple of books this week, for the first time since Alice was born in February, and it’s great to be reading again (thanks to Sarah of Kiwi Mummy Blogs asking for volunteers to review some…
Tribal Wives Wellington, New Zealand
I am bravely picking up the baton and going to give this post my best shot, where others have skillfully gone before me – inspired by the amazing mistress of words Vix of Vegemitevix blog and her ‘Tribal Wives in Britain‘ post. Here follows my offering and I’d recommend visiting ‘Moments of Whimsy‘ blog for…
Loving, Not Loving: Yo-Yo Weather
The weather, like my mind, is unpredictable at the moment. It is Spring after all. Some days we run barefoot in the waves, remembering what summer feels like and getting excited at its approach (LOVE). And I think of the daily collection of sand we’ll bring home in clothes and shoes (NOT LOVING). The need…
Sophie’s biscuits
On Saturday the rain fell heavy and the sound of a courier van on the drive-way was greeted with great excitement. Sophie ran to the door to collect a parcel addressed to her, proudly saying, ‘It’s for me, see, it says S O P H I E!’ Inside was the cooking set she’d won from…
Fun simple flower craft
This week we came across these wonderful cardboard flowers from the Warehouse Stationery. They are so handy to have for impromptu play-dates. The girls have really enjoyed decorating them with a variety of materials. For these flowers Charlotte used wool (left) and glitter glue (right): The beautiful flowers below were decorated using old magazines (left)…
Sophie’s sandwiches
Sophie would like to share her latest creation in the kitchen with you. All that’s required is plenty of bread, an assortment of cookie cutters and some scrumptious spreads, fillings & a sprinkling of 100’s & 1000’s! Here’s her fancy jam sandwiches (it’s amazing how much bread we go through when cookie cutters are involved!)……
Change
It’s happened before and it’s happening again. I thought I’d escaped it this time, but the pricking sensation behind my eyes was back. I wanted to cry, just because. There was no rhyme or reason. The children’s laughter was heard, but not felt. The bread was fresh, but not smelt. The flowers, so pretty brought…
Hands through the ages
‘What are those blue, bumpy bits?’ she asks me, as I reach out with my hand to turn the page of the book we are reading. ‘Those are my veins,’ I say simply with a smile. I can see from her face that she thinks they are kind of ugly. ‘What are veins?’ she asks….
With love to the man of the house x
A little girl needs Daddy For many, many things: Like holding her high off the ground Where the sunlight sings! Like being the deep music That tells her all is right When she awakens frantic with The terrors of the night. Like being the great mountain That rises in her heart And shows her how…
Getting hip with ‘Hipstamatic’
Peace brothers and sisters, last night’s howling southerlies gave way to the most splendid sunshine in Wellington this Saturday morning. Surfers were out in force in Lyall Bay and I bolted out of the door for a morning jog at a little past 7am (determined that last Saturday’s ‘I am a gazelle‘ triumph wasn’t to…
Shaken Awake
From GeoNet The blogosphere in New Zealand is full of news on the large earthquake which struck Christchurch in the early hours of this morning. ‘On the garden wall‘ blog from Christchurch reports that they were woken awake and have been feeling aftershocks for most of the day. Also from the South Island, ‘The Far…
Spring Crafts with Children
The start of a new season always motivates me to search out craft ideas to do with my children. There is an overwhelming selection of wonderful ideas on the Internet. Here are a few lovely finds that I’m looking forward to doing (if I can find an opportunity to get to a craft store and…
Wardrobe Wednesday: First day of Spring
The first day of Spring was glorious and I spent the whole day far away from the house & the chores. The morning was spent walking up and down the beach with Alice sleeping for most of it. I was browsing blogs on my phone, whilst taking photographs of the beautiful waves and decided to…