Christmas Shoebox Project Completed!

Christmas Shoebox Project Completed!

We finished picking, packing and wrapping our families contribution to Operation Christmas Child this weekend. I have discovered that I am absolute rubbish at wrapping cardboard shoe boxes {how can it be so hard?}. I thought I would share what we included in our gift 

Christmas Giving | Lets do this!  I dare you

Christmas Giving | Lets do this! I dare you

I am SO excited about this project, I can’t stop thinking about how awesome it is, how easy it is, how absolutely meaningful it is and how much we are going to enjoy putting it together with Ethan. Of course I discovered it on Create 

Life Lately

Life Lately

    1.  Lou & Dash survive their Christmas grooming marathon once again.  Best $100 EVER spent 2.  Jeans & shoes mid-December.  I picked these shoes up online for $50, saw the SAME shoes in Country Rd for $100.  Snap.  Single worst, wettest month of 

Life Lately

Life Lately

            

Christmas Cooking 2010

Christmas Cooking 2010

I don’t have time this year to whip up batches of cookies as per usual so I have opted for something a little easier but just as fattening yummy. I sourced this recipe from the Canvas Magazine in the Herald last weekend, it’s easy and 

Ethan Decorates for Christmas

Ethan Decorates for Christmas

Whilst I have been hanging the normal Christmas decor, Ethan has branched out and is creating these stunning Christmas fish mobiles. Pictured below is the snapper model, hung on a purple pipe cleaner and blue-tacked to the ceiling. A truly festive addition to our bedroom. 

You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello

You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello

Hello Hello 2010!  I think I love you already.  The weather on your first 2 days!  Hello?  Keep it up. We saw in the New Year Rhodes Family style as we did last year, but with children who were fast asleep as the fireworks blasted 

Christmas Day 2009

Christmas Day 2009

I wasn’t prepared for just how prepared Ethan was to get amongst Santa’s loot on Christmas Day.  The child didn’t even wait until 6am!  I’m pretty sure he slept with one eye open the whole night, listening for the jingling sleigh-bells and the dent he 

The night before Christmas…

The night before Christmas…

Ethan was SO excited when this arrived in the mail yesterday.  He was worried that Santa may not have been able to read his return address on the letter he wrote.  Luckily Mama sent Santa a quick email just to make sure.  It’s quite handy 

Christmas Eve in New Zealand

Christmas Eve in New Zealand

I had to ‘work’ this morning but had to stop my car as I was driving down our road and take some pictures because it was a breathtaking morning – these photos have NOT been edited or colour corrected Merry Christmas everyone, stay safe on