I have lusted after these necklaces for years and figured that Nixon’s first birthday was the perfect occasion to finally order one; a gorgeous hand stamped necklace celebrating the two pieces of my heart. I ordered the shortest length (16″) initial necklace with two charms …
There are certain things in life that I like to embrace early; fashion, home style, technology, apps, digital media……. but diving into the latest diet and nutrition phase as an early adopter is not something I’m into. I’m not a paleo, raw food, protein only, …
“A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014.”
nixon: cheeky chops. you were playing for ages with your trucks, quite independently. i just sat and watched and took a thousand pics of you. just our standard morning really! you are walking everywhere you can now, only crawling when you haven’t anything to pull up on, you are steady and getting faster by the day. i think we have a toddler on our hands x 
ethan: player of the day for the third time this season, a rare game when the sun was shining, it was warm and nix and i joined your dad on the sidelines to watch. you have had a wonderful season {thank goodness}, your coach called you tony woodcock the 2nd and your proud mama’s heart went boom!
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I’m not a huge milk fan, to be honest I really, really don’t enjoy milk. This makes remembering to offer it to my kids a wee bit of a problem. Problem now solved as I don’t have to remember – Ethan simply asks for milk …
I love 9am.
Everyone has gone to work, gone to school, gone to sleep.
The PIA dogs are lazing their way through the morning, asleep on someone’s bed probably, but at least they aren’t barking or taking a dump on the carpet at this stage of the day.
At 9am I sit down with my bowl of gourmet microwave eggs {HA! I’m a creature of habit ok?}, some caffeine and I start MY day – even though I’ve been awake since 5am – Hello Nixon!
This has been a good week y’all. Ethan headed back to school without so much as a whisper of complaint, the weather has co-operated somewhat so he has been able to ride to school most days, Nixon’s surgery has been scheduled for Aug 4th and I successfully met with a group of women in business and had a lovely morning presenting some ideas on social media and smartphone photography! It was so much fun to step out of my comfort zone and prepare and execute something completely new and exciting, I highly recommend it!
SO….
I’m feeling > Grateful and happy and hopeful and mostly cold
I’m wishing for > Warmer climes and a vacation {maybe this might happen?}
I’m waiting on > News that is out of my hands, hence they call it waiting I suppose?
I’m trying to > Bake lots of things with lemons
I’m trying not to > Eat all the things I’ve baked with lemons, winter padding is in full effect : (
I’m hoping > Surgery waiting lists magically shrink so a friend’s life can go on happily and with full health for her family x
I’m going to > Be eating hangi for lunch today at Ethan’s school, but I’m terribly fussy so a bit nervous that I won’t like it eep!
I’m needing to > Take a shower asap before the baby wakes up, otherwise I’ll be eating hangi at school in yesterdays face and hair {A TERRIFYING SIGHT!!!!}
I’m proud of > My big for making the coolest claymation stop-motion dinosaur movies! I love to see him being so creative.
What’s shaking with you guys? I’d love to know x
Have a great weekend!
I was totally one of those girls that avidly scanned the beach for the perfect shell ring, until I found the next one and then the reject was relegated to a pendent, strung on a leather thong around my neck……for years. Luckily for me …
I case you missed it, this mummy blogger {that would be moi!}, scored an epic review op over the school holidays and we got to cruise in the delicious Citroën C4 Picasso for two weeks! Just to see if it was up to spec, put …
We have an amazing little trooper of a lemon tree that is only two seasons old but has produced a bumper crop this winter. So, lemon recipes are go!
This cookie recipe is a winner, quite a different texture; lovely and soft and cakey but the backseat Master-chefs in the house all approve and I’ll be baking these again for sure.
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