On Sunday we stepped back in time at Harcourt Park, in Upper Hutt for the 2009 World Invitational Jousting Tournament. Watching the sword fighting we felt transported into the medieval world (apart from the sea of cameras and modern day attire of the onlookers). The swords were sharp and the fighting real enough to cause…
Category: Dan
Daddy looks after his girls in the sizzling, summer sun…
He takes them to blueberry heaven (and thinks that this might be his next business venture, as all his hard-earned dollars are being spent on blueberries – oh, but think of the antioxidants!): He digs holes in the sand for them to splash in and soaks up the sizzling sun at beautiful Days Bay in…
Wet and windy walk on the wild side at Breaker Bay
On Friday we drove over to Seatoun to do one of our favourite short walks in Wellington; the Seatoun-Breaker Bay beach walk. There was a stiff northerly blowing in as we embarked on the walk and the girls were marvellous considering the conditions. They were rugged up warm, unlike Dan and I in our shorts…
New Year rolling in on a BBQ!
Phewie, the BBQ has been steaming over the past few day’s. Dan’s got the whole week off work and we are so blessed to feel like we’re having a holiday at home in our beautiful garden, with the sea just a short walk away. Kathy and Mark came round on Sunday, with their gorgeous boys….
Counting down… party season!
The Christmas tree is up (with our usual eclectic collection of decorations, added to each year!), the advent calendar doors are being greeted with great excitement every morning (and they’re not even chocolate ones – what mean parents!), parcels have been arriving and swiftly hidden from prying eyes and we’re all looking forward to the…
Who needs alcohol?!
Just inject a shot of children into a home and let the craziness take hold. It all started when Sophie emerged from doing a painting… not on paper, but all over her face. She looked liked she’d dipped her head in a pot of paint and it was one of those moments when I could…
Active Weekend – We CAN do it!
Last weekend was a whirl-wind of action and sunshine. Saturday was filled with the school fair and voting, but still left time for some fun at the local ‘Spray Pool‘. Sunday morning was full on at the Recreation Centre’s family time, with Charli adamant she would roller blade. She has the most incredible persistence, strong…
Too young to vote
Today was New Zealand’s National Election. It was also Charli’s school fair – with a polling booth on site. Whilst Dan was busy running the bouncy castle, I was trying not to lose the girls in the throngs of people who came to enjoy the sunshine, support the school and, of course, vote. TV One…
A little planting between the partying
Well it wasn’t all play on Labour Weekend, there was a little work too – though planting seedlings in the garden hardly felt like real ‘work’ – more like therapy. Dan took the girls out again on Sunday ‘avo (after a morning together of Pirate Ship mini-golf and swimming at the wave pool in Porirua)….
Look-alike Meter
MyHeritage: Family tree – Genealogy – Celeb – Collage – Morph MyHeritage: Look-alike Meter – Genalogy – Family tree diagram The results have an element of truth. Charli is so like me – sensitive, creative, likes to eat Marmite, cheese and tomato sauce. She also has overcrowded teeth along the bottom and will definitely need…
Bug off germs: Leave us in peace to admire the tulips
It’s the start of the annual ‘Spring Festival‘ this Sunday in Wellington’s Botanical Garden. Tulip Sunday on 28 September kicks the winter blues away and calls in the joy and colour of Spring. The festivities continue throughout the two-week school holidays, culminating in a Family Picnic on Sunday 12 October. These photographs weren’t taken this…
Crook again but the force is with us
UPDATE: Still crook. Saw the doctor today – which was, as I expected, a total waste of time. Spent half an hour in the waiting room, dozing in and out of sleep, before being poked, prodded and told, ‘Lots of fluids, Vitamin C and lots of rest’. $45 worse off at the end of it…
Time to Chill and Eat Cake
Term three is coming to a close, And these three can’t help but strike a pose. For though they’re happy stepping out on their own, They are only too happy to strut together in town. Weekends of ballet and swimming take a break, It’s time for us to chill and eat some cake. No rushing…
We Are Family
What a weekend! Spring really is upon us and here’s a little video clip of our family fun on Wellington’s Waterfront on Saturday (with plenty of hooning around and shoddy camera work!): Sunday was a trooper of a day too. We always love chilling out at home on a Sunday morning (and catching up with…