Saturday’s favourite child is……
After a 105km round trip for rugby which involved 1.3 hours of hysterical crying from Nixon, “Kid o’ the Day” was a bit of a one man race today. But never put it past Ethan to lose a one man race, he is apt to …
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Acquisitions | The Birthday Edition
Cosy, cuddly and PERFECT! I was gifted this beauty of a quilt from the loveliest, most generous woman I have ever met. Cat perused/stalked my Pinterest boards and styled the colour palette to match all of my favourite hues plus two of the fabrics used reference …
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“A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014.”
nixon: truth be told, when i was pregnant we joked that there was surely no way we would get another strong-willed, fiery, know-it-all baby like ethan. well, you showed us. you are filled with so much sass and mischief i really do think i’ve met my match. i’m quite scared of you baby hippo xx
ethan: on holiday with nana and geoff, barefoot and deliriously happy. outside is your happy place, with the eels and dogs and diggers, swimming at the beach at the end of april. you are my little polar bear, never feeling the cold xx
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Show & Tell | Pillowcases for the Boys
OK. Before we begin, let’s clear the air: yes, I know it’s completely ludicrous that I am sharing a post on the inter webs about how I sewed pillowcases {possible the easiest, most beginner sewing project of all time?}. However, I am a complete novice …
Easter with TWO
Two boys that is, hope no-one thought that Easter may have passed by with two eggs or anything ridiculous like that. Because I would actually die if I only had two eggs. Each day.
I am a chocolate addict and Easter is my Las Vegas baby! Hello Creme Eggs.
Pretty much the best thing ever about the addition of Nixon to our family is how much his presence multiplies everything that Ethan enjoys and experiences by a factor of like, a million. Five minutes after waking up and beginning his egg hunt {which involved E carrying around his 11kg baby brother and letting Nix grab all of the eggs}, Ethan declared 2014 The Best Easter Ever. Considering he received the smallest stash of chocolate ever in his 9 year Easter history, I’m going to claim that as a big fat win!
We ‘pottered around’ over the long weekend, ticking off to-do list chores. We rented a Rug Doctor and I cleaned all of the carpets {a job I kinda love, almost like water blasting you know? No?}. We visited my grandparents, baked Hot Cross Buns, jumped with joy every damn time it rained – a full tank is the business people, my longing for rain is now over for another year. I also started and completed my pillowcase project, sewing 6 in total for the boys. I may like to shop but I will not spend $45 on one trendy pillowcase for a child ::am I wrong?::
So, with the help of Team Instagram we troubleshot my machines tension problem and the little Globe-877-that-could whipped up some very cute flannelette pillowcases for the boys.
There were quite a few other mini-projects and bits and bobs either started or completed, plus we made time for drinks with a friend, a Date Night In and skateboarding for Dave and shopping for me {at Spotlight and Mitre 10 nonetheless!}.
Hope you and yours had a lovely break before winter sets in once and for all, chow down on those eggs mama’s you deserve ’em xx
What’s shaking kids?
I’m pretty sure I have finally shrugged off the funk that has settled over me for the last month, thank god {collective sigh of relief heaved in this house}. The daily grind, injected with some super busy commitments wore me down for a while there. …
Acquisitions | Origrami Instagram Prints
Well now that we are well and truly addicted to the marvellous Instagram, the obvious next step is printing our hip, well filtered and curated images right? Enter Origrami. Product Perfection.
I’m pretty much gaga over the whole process here; the ease of ordering, the worldwide free shipping, the impeccable packaging, the fruity colours on the backs of my prints + the Insta info {I ordered the Retorprint style $23.95 AUD for 36 prints}, the quality cardboard…….what’s not to love? The colours are a little muted compared to browsing Instagram on my HD amoled S4 screen, isn’t it funny that we have to make allowances for that now?
Fast delivery btw, and with the free shipping a set of Origrami prints would make a lovely gift for someone overseas – file that idea away for Christmas!
This is not a sponsored post, just a product I love and wanted to share with ya’ll x
2014 New Zealand Post Book Awards
I am so happy to be part of the blogging team promoting the New Zealand Post Book Awards again this year. Ethan and I had a blast reviewing some of the Junior Fiction finalists last year and with baby Nixon on board this year we …