After a two-week holiday Dan went back to work today. We all felt a bit depressed and it was up to me to put on a brave face for the girls. A morning at the gardens started out fine (apart from my three year-old, Charlotte, making a teary wish at the ‘Wishing Well’ that, ‘Daddy,…
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The Zoo
Daddy took us to Wellington Zoo, one of his favourite places to go. We’ve been waiting for the weather to fine up (since December 2006 was the coldest in Wellington for 60 years!). Finally, today, the sun came out (and so did most of Wellington). Charlotte’s highlight: the porcupines. Sophie’s highlight: the chimps. Later in…
Fun at ‘Te Papa’
Daddy’s been let out of the office…
2007 – A Year to Dream
Just before New Year’s Eve I dreamed of a rose growing around the pine tree that stands tall and erect in our garden. It was the most magnificent rose I had ever seen. It’s stem encircled the tree and rose it’s heady scent to the sky. I woke up the next morning, with Sophie snuggled…
Sophie is 1 year old!
Sophie turned 1 today! She took her first steps on Christmas Eve and is practicing at every opportunity. She got a trike (just like her big sister’s one) for her Birthday (as she’s been trying to get at Charli’s for a month or two!).
A First Christmas for Sophie Jade
It was a very beautiful Christmas in our new home, made all the more special by having our gorgeous girls to share it with.
This time last year…
I was HUGE! Little Sophie Jade (‘bubs’ at the time) was curled up in the warmth of my womb waiting to make her arrival. My due date, of 21 December, had been and gone and I felt about as comfortable as a stuffed turkey awaiting Christmas dinner. I was willing bubs to hold off until…
(Stereo)Typical!
Whilst Christmas shopping for the girls today I couldn’t help but be disturbed by the stereotyping of girls vs boys toys, or that there should even be a blatant division between the two in the first place. For instance, as I walked in one store I was greeted with a ‘Dress-Up Box for Boys’ (complete…
Countdown to Christmas
The Advent Calendar has been given lots of interest this Christmas, I would like to say this is due to Charlotte’s love of numbers but suspect it has more to do with the chocolates!
Daddy’s Little Carnivore
Mmmm, Give me meat, please, Daddy!
Summer, please!
The look of relief in stay-at-home parents faces is universal – relief!
Peace is…
Peace is…Charlotte’s carseat, Sophie’s bed…
Expat Forever?
Ever felt like you are on the outside of a bubble looking in?
Walking on Glass, No More
We were out the other day and I realised, that for over an hour, I hadn’t needed to intervene in a potential ‘bust up’, to guide Charlotte’s behaviour or even to be her best buddy.