It was a gorgeous day today and the little Tadpole was so excited – he wore his wettie and clubbie beanie all the way to the beach! E’s coach decided after the session that he needs to move up a grade with the older kids …
Ethan and I had the pleasure of spending Miss Freya’s Very Special 6th Birthday with her last week. She got her splendid new pink cast put on in the morning….and then we kicked off Freya’s Special Day with lunch. Her choice, of course, but it …
The Outrageous Fortune final was last night and it was insanely insane. The ending was the ultimate cliffhanger (Pascalle or Sheryl?) and as a result Twitter exploded. #outrageous quickly became a trending topic followed by Outrageous Fortune. Two New Zealand topics in the top 5 …
We spent Sunday morning at the beach out west and both boys were charging! Ethan has been riding without training wheels for just three weeks now and he charged the BMX track – HARD! Louie was always right there to lend Ethan some moral support …
So I recently spent $99 on registering our guard dog Louie with our new local council. This is the type of burn-your-money expenditure that comes with dog ownership and that is a fact of life. However, we received in the mail today a Dog Owners …
I wasn’t going to weigh in on this topic but my opinions on the matter keep running about in my head and what’s a blog for if not your own personal soapbox right? Background (for the foreign peeps) This weekend past, New Zealand’s first Telethon …
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 following describes EXACTLY what being a kid in New Zealand was like for me, it was amazing. I intend to print this out to remind me of all the things that Ethan needs to learn to grow up a proper kiwi; I’m talking about …
From me: Where are you travelling wilbury? I am starting to worry. Please send an american spirit smoke signal this way so I know you are still with us. Miss you, it has been sunny and warm since you left but supposed to start raining …