Bahhhhhhh! 5 day’s of rain in a row. 3 day’s of not leaving the house. There’s only so much scrabble, baking, painting and children’s T.V. a person can stomach. I’m done with the washing, the hoovering, the ironing and the scrubbing of fly poo from the window sills. I’m packing our suitcases and we’re leaving…
Author: BritMumInNZ
Flowing with watercolours
Whilst the rain continues to lash down outside we have been flowing with watercolours inside. I know little of art techniques, but I do enjoy a quiet moment to draw or paint. I have fond memories, from my childhood, of whiling away hours drawing and painting, particularly on weekends away visiting extended family. Dan also…
SkyWatch Friday: Last of the sun before the rains
This was the sky on Sunday, as we ran in the last hours of the setting sun. It’s now Thursday and we’ve been corked in with an oppressive grey sky, incessant rain and now the wind has started to throw its weight around. Few parts of the country have escaped and there is flooding in…
Autumn sunshine
‘Let’s go for a walk,’ Charlotte said. Saturday morning and the sun was winking down on us with a nod to get outdoors and be grateful. Winter is beckoning, throwing us the occasional warning day of rain and wind, so each day of sunshine is one of grace. Time to put the baking, the board…
Airport musings
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…
Sack of potatoes: A father’s love
The magic relationship of a father and his daughters. They adore him, worship him, seek his approval and search out his praise. He is their play thing, their most loved toy. He riles them up and they passionately love it. He throws them in the air, hangs them upside down and struggles to say, ‘No,’…
Water play
Sunday afternoon, what shall we do? A photo shoot in the bath tub! Throw in some food colouring, blow up a few balloons, stir in a couple of ducks, random flippers and some leis… ta da!
Three month’s sweet :)
Alice, oh Alice, you have us all hook, line and sinker. Still holding on to your baby blues and happily tagging along wherever your big sisters need to be. We adore watching you explore and grab at life around you to smother in your love. Such a beautiful age of coos, giggles, smiles and twinkling…
Cooking with Charlotte: Chocolate cobweb cookies
Charlotte’s had a busy week at school and done brilliantly, considering she’s got a bit of a cold, even earning an ‘Outstanding’ certificate for giving 100% effort to all she does at school. She really didn’t seem ‘A1’ this morning so a rest day was definitely in order. She has been learning about procedures in…
Cooking with Sophie: Butterfly cakes
Sophie whipped up some delicious butterfly cakes yesterday. The recipe and instructions follow. The biggest lesson we learned was DOUBLE the recipe! The recipe we followed was supposed to make 8 cakes, but we managed to make only 6. They must have used mini paper cake cases to make 8! We used muffin cake cases,…
Orcas to start the day
Think of the perfect start to your day. A coffee and pain au chocolat perhaps? A beautiful sunrise or birdsong at your window? Happy children that eagerly cooperate in everything that is asked of them? Tuesday morning we couldn’t have asked for anything better than seeing a family of Orcas just metres from shore. FIN-TASTIC:…
Rascal thumps his stuff
He came, he went, he came again. Rascal rabbit is living up to his name. After causing us one sleepless night back in January, when he went missing for 24 hour’s and was later found in a neighbour’s backyard, he has done it again! This time he went missing for not one, but two night’s…
Carlucciland mini-golf
Last week Charlotte had a play-date here at home, whilst Sophie enjoyed a visit to ‘Carlucciland‘ mini-golf with Frances. Frances took some lovely photographs, many of them under direction from Sophie – who loved the varied sculptures: On the way home Sophie was delighted to see some horses and the most beautiful sunset with the…
Bullying at 7?!
Aren’t these supposed to be the golden years of innocence for our children? My daughter is coming home from school with murmurs of bullying. She’s not yet 7, but many of the children in her class are. I talk with other parents and hear of the talk of ‘gangs’ and one girl ‘firing’ other children…