Saturday / Sunday
We tried to cram as much as possible into this weekend – it was busy but it was fun. Saturday morning began with soccer – it was a white-wash with Ethan scoring our teams only goal, but what a goal it was; he had the …
Family Time
What could be better than family time in Auckland, New Zealand? We moved from San Diego and definitely miss the weather, but life in Auckland is just peachy!
The Most Shi Tzu-ish Cake Ever
Ethan and I didn’t go out looking for an ugly cake to buy Dave for his birthday, but lo and behold we found one anyway. We were picking up some things for the birthday dinner and Ethan spotted Louie in cake form! Although he was …
My bOy……and me
Parenting a wild almost 5 year old boy is hard [FUN] work. It is so easy to get exasperated with the noise, the mess, the laundry, the tantrums and the 10,000 times a day that you hear ‘MAMA’. Nigel Latta has just released a new book …
August on the farm
I can’t remember ever feeling this acutely aware of the change of seasons. Perhaps it was harder to notice in the suburbs, it was more difficult to hear the birds, you never saw the baby animals or noticed the buds on the huge old trees …
The Sunday Sushi – with Sushezi!
There is probably no way our family could ever eat enough sushi. Dave loves it, Ethan loves it and I love it. In fact Louie loves it too but we can’t afford to feed our Shi Tzu sushi, shame on us I know. I can …
They can even make Ethan look like a dork!
The boys took Bush to the Sky Tower in Auckland, and all they got was this lousy photo – actually three photos, in all different spots around the city…..hmmmmm, that;s tricky.
Stuff White People Like #126 Vespa Scooters
I may not drive a Prius (though I would if Toyota needed me to test drive one for a year or so!) and my car does not run on recycled vegetable oil, but I can say that I have been the proud owner of a …
Project 365 * Day 15: Happy 4th of July!
Dave and Ethan got out and celebrated Independance day at Mustangs Saloon in Newmarket. They ate hotdogs and fries, drank Budweiser (Ethan had ‘American’ Sprite) and loved all of the US memorabilia. Ethan told me it was only for Americans but I would be allowed …
Project 365 * Day 13: Welcome Home Daddy!
We threw a (small) party when Dave returned home from his two week sabbatical in Whangarei. Ethan decorated every balloon with pics of him and his Daddy – here they are on the boat fishing.