Daily Look | The Joy. Why My Son LOVES the Easter Show
I probably shouldn’t take him on any more rides, look at all the little children having so much fun!
Ethan
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?
Me and my boy
Ethan was surprisingly precious about his Dad going to Wellington for work. He wanted to talk to and text him ALL. THE. TIME. I was a little flummoxed, I was all like this is good E, things are quiet, there are no socks lying around …
Play | What it means to us
When I was asked to be involved with the fantastic Milo Play Movement I was awesomely stoked {and quietly confident, play, meh, we play ALL the time}. We play rugby, we play touch, we play trombone, we surf and skateboard, Ethan swims every week, we …
PLAY | Boy v Wild. Mixing the old with new
By accident, we came upon this idea of mixing the new technology we love with the old-fashioned play we miss. By combining something a child is passionate about {in Ethan’s case bugs/animals/wild/dirt etc} with a little YouTube inspiration, taking cues from suitable role models and …
Sweet Little Notes & Deciduous Teeth
Sometimes it’s too easy to look at my son and marvel at how he has grown into such a big boy {mostly because he is massive!}, how he is so independent and capable and smart but then out of the blue he surprises us with …
My Little Minder
Ethan is quite convinced that I am unable to make my way through the world without his assistance. Lord knows how he thinks I manage at work, where I have keys to the building and have to drive a company car and TALK TO STRANGERS …
What E’s Reading | The 13-Story Treehouse
The 13-Story Treehouse – By Andy Griffiths Ethan received this book for Christmas from his wonderful Nana – or from Santa who went to Nana’s by mistake, I’m not quite sure – anyway he will finish it tomorrow night and we will be sad. This …
Cross that one off the list for another year….
The end of New Zealand Summer {or the seamless transition to Autumn as has been the case this Summer-less year!} always brings with it March, and in March comes school Swimming Sports. Despite Ethan’s obvious enjoyment of swimming, his natural awesome swimming ability and the …
Roll on Rugby Season
Autumn begins {officially} tomorrow, though some would argue it actually began in December! All hope of summer is lost so we might as well look forward to the winter sports season hooray! Kumeu Rugby Club held its first junior registration evening tonight and the …