There’s barely been a day in the past week when our girls haven’t been playing in water (thankfully out of choice, not due to flooding – poor Queensland, Australia is in awful strife). We’ve been keeping out of the midday sun and heading to the local swimming pool – or Dan’s taken the girls further […]
Author: BritMumInNZ
Looking Back on 2010
First words of each month of the last year… January (Late pregnancy, summer holidays and welcoming Grandma and Granddad from England.) Five day’s into 2010… The weather in Welly is being a tad dicey for us, but we’re grabbing the good and sheltering from the bad (wild winds + late pregnancy hormones = unpredictable mother […]
Theme for Week 3 of Lyrical Sunday (9 Jan 2011)
This week’s theme is ‘Flowers’. It’s summer in New Zealand, so we are surrounded by beautiful blooms, but if you’re tucked up in the Northern Hemisphere please feel free to indulge and take your mind on a trip to warmer seasons. I have included some links to flower themed poems by famous poets. I read […]
Lyrical Sunday: Week 2 – ‘Holiday’
Holiday Essentials by Sarah A holiday to take the cares away, A break from routine, with a change of scene. We left the clutter of the house behind, Took just the basics, to restore the mind. Jandals and togs. Buckets and spades. Bats, balls and Some books to read. A sketch book to draw in. […]
New Year’s Day 2011: Starting the Year on a Positive Foot
This morning we made the most of a cooler day, with cloudy shade, and set off on a local walk at Te Raekaikau Point: Te Ranga a Hiwi Track. The last time we did this walk we hoped to find our way through the bush and come out at Princess Bay – but got completely lost and […]
Thoughts for a New Year
When the year is done, and the time ticks on, We think of the past, and what is to come. We look, deep inside, and seek out the truth, For our spirit speaks, with an honest tongue. The path is clear, our goals are set, and yet, We fear, the inner torment, of, self doubt. […]
Here’s to a New Year (a little premature)!
Dan and I enjoyed a very rare and impromptu dinner out together this evening. Our friend Frances gifted us some ‘time’ for a Christmas present and our big girls decided tonight was ‘the night’! They excitedly packed their bags, favourite books, teddy and duvet for a sleep-over at Frances house! Alice was too little to […]
Boxing Day Baby!
Baby no more, Sophie, you are five! Such excitement you have felt in reaching this milestone. So much emotion as you make the transition from Kindergarten to School. You keep asking, ‘When do I start school?’ and we keep saying, ‘After the holidays!’. You are such a little fire cracker, filled with endless energy, questions […]
Starting the day with doughnuts & rain
Well thankfully we’re not camping! This morning’s rain is torrential. Here’s the Pohutukawa tree in the garden, battling with horizontal rain in windy Wellington. The perfect tonic to a rainy morning was doughnuts freshly made before breakfast… and eaten with fresh coffee… Building with lego… Crafts… Beading… (Charlotte loves her ‘aqua beads’ from Aunty Sue […]
Theme for Week 2 of ‘Lyrical Sunday’
Thank you to Jen for linking up with the very first ‘Lyrical Sunday’ (which was themed ‘Christmas’). This week’s theme is ‘Holiday’. So whether you are lounging on a sun lounger or snuggling up in front of a roaring fire, come and wax lyrical about your holiday. Come back on Sunday 2 January (2011!) to […]
Lyrical Sunday: Week 1 – Christmas
CHRISTMAS Kiwiana Style by Sarah Carols in the sun, Hammocks in the garden strung. Relies gather round, In Aroha they are bound. Seasons come and go, Though stories linger so. Mary and Joseph loved God’s greatest gift, And so we give though times have shift. Sand not snow, us Kiwis know, but same the world […]
Merry Christmas Kiwi Style 2010!
This year the sun was out in full summer style for a primo Christmas ‘Kiwi style’. Some past years have been grey, drizzly, or too darn Wellington windy for the beach, but NOT this year! We decided to leave dinner till the evening and simply enjoy the gorgeous weather. The sunshine was one of the […]
Merry Christmas! Love, peace & happiness this Christmas Eve x
Family and friends we wish you a very Happy Christmas and wish you all a New Year full of love, peace and happiness. With love from us all. And now, the much awaited annual Christmas Eve Show from Family Lee! Have a wonderful Christmas! And peace, love and wisdom from our three wise monkeys. They […]
It’s snowing like you wouldn’t believe…
in England (and in parts of Australia!). Here in New Zealand we’re thinking of our northern hemisphere loved ones as we snip, decorate and paste paper snowflakes on the windows. My wonderful sister’s boyfriend, Mike Hutton, sent me this photograph of my father and sister at The Roaches, near where Claire and Mike live in […]