It’s the second week of term 1 and we are getting well into our stride. Thankfully the first two weeks of this term have been short ones – four day weeks (if only all weeks were four days on, three days off!). We headed over to Martinborough for a couple of days this weekend, to […]
This is such a magic summer we’re having back in Wellington, New Zealand. Having hubby not working has made the school holidays all the more special (and less stressful!) too. We have just over a week left before our two older girls start the school year (our now 9 year old homeschooler is giving school […]
Miss 9 returns to school on Monday. She’s all stocked with her stationery booty and has new buttons sewn on her blazer (thanks Granddad – he’s also fixed two door handles, replaced a broken toilet seat and countless other ‘to dos’ around the house!). She’s been setting her alarm to get in training (hope the […]
Lots of creative fun in the house this week, as well as enjoying having Grandma & Granddad over from the UK. Loved painting young Alice’s face and watching her reaction to my artwork on her face! Loved the photos Grandma & Granddad took of a trip into Wellington on the bus, with Charlotte & a […]
12. texture | 13. open | 14. building | 15. finger | 16. sign | 17. my addiction 12. texture Give me sunshine on a winter’s day and pass me a hat to soften the blow of the wind. Show me the smile on my little one’s face, given a moment to run in fresh […]
7. garden | 8. lunch | 9. big | 10. my favourite colour | 11. letter (all taken on my phone – which has taken a few tumbles for the worse – multi-tasking with little people does that – hence dodgy, out of focus quality!) 7. GARDEN This is the view I see every day, […]
1. self portrait | 2. busy | 3. best part of my day | 4. fun | 5. on the floor | 6. chair Playing along with this month’s ‘Photo A Day’ challenge at ‘fat mum slim‘ blog, because it’s fun to see the day through a different perspective (especially when much of the day […]
A lie in of sorts – past 7am. Happily lazing in bed with Alice chattering away and nuzzling up to me. A shower by myself – a treat – whilst Alice played with her Daddy. It wasn’t long after I’d finished my shower that she found me again – whilst I was trying to decide […]
Cosmos flowers, fresh from the garden, filling a vase in the kitchen on Monday morning. Picked with Alice, whilst the rest of the house slept, just after 6am. Bare feet on dewy grass. My windowsill littered with shells, crystals, gem stones and jewelry. A gift from my Mum, a reminder to live every day to […]
I can only manage bullet points. This afternoon has been… (and gone and now I’m drinking red wine – faster than I should be): 7 children (3 my own, 2 soon to be neighbour’s children – no parent help – busy moving in next door, 2 friends – with their Mummy) 2 adults (myself and […]
The wind ruffled our feathers wildly, whilst the sun teased us with blue sky, oyster clouds and dashing streaks of white. A sky that if painted wouldn’t look real. A day that held promise but so easily could have been spent hidden, sheltering from the gale force winds. Not a day for being whipped by […]
The Red Monster – Our Jim by Chinese Grandma We have a little monster, Who came to visit us, All the way from England, On a plane and on a bus. He is a little devil, And likes to move about, In the trees and bushes, Of that there is no doubt. He hid inside […]
We were all set for a play-date this morning, but Alice had me tossing and turning a bit in the night and Charlotte sounded heavy with a cough first thing. I canned the play-date and proclaimed a ‘Pyjama Day’. We started with Disney Sing Star after breakfast: Made chocolate chip cookies for morning tea: Followed […]
Day 2 of the school hols was all about chilling out and embracing the p-jays. So nice not to have to rush out the door. The girls creativity is coming out in bounds and they’ve completely taken over the garage with cardboard boxes, glue, glitter, tissue paper… the car is officially parked on the drive-way […]