Our back door opens to a flat concrete patio complete with roof, the perfect spot to enclose for winter play with the addition of two sides of roll-up PVC blinds. I can see it now…… That’s on the wish list. A very rainy first weekend …
For 6 years now Ethan has played rugby for our local club. We have lived, breathed and loved rugby each winter for each of those years and look forward to doing it all over again with Nixon – god help us! E missed his first …
If you grew up in New Zealand like me, the Slip Slop Slap message became as much a part of summer as jandals and Coppertone. So much so that we all pretty much tuned it out. I was born in the late seventies to hardworking …
When one day of the week is just soooooo bad it’s best to just pretend it never happened. Eventually though, enough days will pass and you’ll be able to look back and recall all of the stabby details without wanting to smash a hole in the …
The first Auckland City Limits Festival has been and gone and dealt an undisputed smackdown to the New Zealand festival scene. Organiser Campbell Smith successfully pulled off an event that was everything Big Day Out could only dream about. The Western Springs location was central and easily …
So today whilst Nixon was throwing an almighty tantrum because I wouldn’t let him pick up the dog shit with me (I really am doing this parenting thing all wrong aren’t I?), and I was ruminating on how I was going to create a calm, …
Reigning in our family’s screen time has been high on my list of priorities over the last six months since it has become apparent that little-big Nixon was seemingly getting as attached to his ‘iPad’ as the rest of us are to our phones and …
It’s that time again! The latest recipients of Jetstar’s Flying Start grant were announced yesterday in the New Zealand Herald as the Avonside Girls High School Dragon Boat team. The girls have held the competition at bay for the past two years, holding on to their national …
It may technically be ‘summer’ if we’re discussing the weather but when talking parenting, this Mum is very firmly entrenched in a dark and stormy winter. Instead of beginning the school year refreshed and full of pep, the personal toll of beginning a new intermediate …
