Daily Look | Candlelight Wordsmith
Sometimes when we eat out, it appears my little scholar gets ‘struck’ by inspiration, only to lay down his pen when food arrives. And then again when my food arrives…. and so on. Maybe he should write a cookbook?
Every minute of Ethan’s life
Our only child who is thriving at kindergarten, soccer and swimming. He loves life on the farm in Auckland and is crazy about animals, plants, writing stories about the dogs in our extended family and wrestling with his Daddy.
Life. Lately | IPhone Snaps
We didn’t bother with the mad Post-Christmas shopping frenzy, but I DID bother with the Country Road sale, it was so good! The weather has kept us indoors for so many days lately, luckily E has lots of new books to read, he …
Empty Nest
Last week as I sat at the side of the pool, Ethan’s swim instructor ejected all the kids from the pool to watch Ethan swim 25m of PERFECT breaststroke. I was proud. Until I realised that he had no business being in this class anymore …
Ethan turns 6!
So, I’m a bit behind with my posts but I will be trying to catch in the next few weeks. Ethan turned 6 at the end of November, in fact the whole month was one big massive countdown. Bigger than 5 was and bigger than …
Who We Were Day
E’s gorgeous little country school has been studying ‘The Olden Days” this term, so after the requisite trip to MOTAT the whole school dressed up in period costumes and spent the day not doing school work! Love it. How cute is he?
My favourite time of the day
I love 3pm. Ethan has just arrived home, he had fun on the bus and is happy to see me (or the plate of afternoon tea, who really knows?). We sit down while he eats and talk about our day and then he does his …
The Little Rascals
Ethan’s soccer team are ruling the competition this year, they have won every game so far! The talent in this team is insane, some of the boys look like they came out of the womb kicking goals. Ethan was awarded Player of the Day on …
Eventually the whole story comes out
For the past 6 weeks Ethan has been really into the sandpit at school. Everyday he comes home with sand in every orifice, pockets and socks full of sand and the occasional story about injuries sustained in the course of sandpit play. This last part …
School Holidays #2: Fishing w/ Nana & Grandad
The weather has been pretty lovely for Autumn which is good, but bad because of the drought and our empty tanks, but Ethan made the most of it with a little fishing trip where he got to practise hooking ’em and releasing ’em!
School Holidays #1 – How to Train Your Dragon
Ethan doesn’t often want to go to the movies, he has ten trillion better things to do but he wanted to see this movie. Dave was away for the day on a fishing charter and I was the pre-req first trimester exhausted so a movie …