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Things I’ve learned about Saturday Sport

Our 5th season as rugby parents has just come to a close, and with that our washing machine, gumboots, weekday evenings and Saturday mornings breathe a collective sigh of relief! Don’t get me wrong, we LOVE rugby, but it’s a big commitment at J1 level – and the commitment is required by the whole family, not just Ethan. In terms …

Milo Play Prize Pack

Milo Giveaway…….. & the winner is!

Just so everything was on the up-and-up I used the webs definitive random number generator that I’m sure you’re all familiar with ……… Psychic Science {or, the first result from Google that was free!}, Free custom random numbers for lotteries, prize draws, gaming, divination, research I love it when I find a website that helps me with my divination!  So …

Milo Play Prize Pack

Giveaway {closed} | Milo Play Kit – this is AWESOME!

The wonderful team at Milo have really gotten in behind the concept of play in 2012 and it has been so great to be involved as a Mum Ambassador! You can catch up on what we’ve all been up to by heading over to the Milo Australia/New Zealand Facebook page and getting involved in the discussions and play ideas, plus keep …

Playing on the tramp

Play | Risk, kids & the urge to swing higher!

You know that feeling when one second you are walking hand in hand down a gentle slope with your toddler having ‘a moment’, it was sunny, birds were singing perhaps, there could be ice creams involved but there is definitely fun and you are definitely present in full Mama capacity.  And then little fingers slip through yours and start charging down …

Rugby kid

Play | Rugby Barbarians Day

After an amazing game against Helensville on Saturday {Ethan’s team won 120-10!}, he had to don his mouthguard again on Sunday {I had to get up at 6am!!!!} for the Barbarians tournament in Devonport. I was quite unprepared for the size of the tournament, there were schools from all over Auckland and hundreds of keen-as, rugby mad kids ready to …

Must Click | Milo Play-O-Pedia

The awesome gang at Milo have put together a great resource for families – an interactive encyclopedia of play activities! The Play-O-Pedia is a fun app on the Milo Australia & NZ facebook page; you specify whether you want to play inside or outside, hit the play button and voila!  Give it a spin, you might end up with some …

Milo Play Zone Event – Birkenhead, Auckland

As part of their major Australasian Campaign to get our little ones playing EVERY day, Milo have created a series of free events across Australia and New Zealand with the goal of encouraging and developing active play.  FUN!  Check dates on the official FB page here Dave and I took the day off work last Wednesday, ‘borrowed’ some neighbourhood kids …

PLAY | My Interview with Dr Grant Schofield

Dr Grant is awesome!  So easy to chat with and he had some GREAT ideas about play and what we can do to fire our kids up!  Hello – THE TV IS BROKEN.  Genius. I guess this counts as my first {kinda} vlog??  Let me know what you think x Follow

Play | Milo Play Zone

We are down at the Birkenhead Leisure Centre this morning from 10-12 getting our play on! Come and join us the weather is perfect and the Milo team are ready to play! Follow

Play | Rolling in – Don’t fear the skatepark

Skaters get a bad rap and skateparks get a bad rap.  I’m married to a skater, skated away a good part of my twenties in the states and find my self frequently watching Dave and E have a blast at skateparks all over Auckland.  Dave does not even have one tattoo!  It’s crazy how un-intimidating my husband is! Skateparks are …