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How good are the school holidays guys?! Slow starts, maybe a sleep-in (not in my house but a girl can dream), no lunchboxes, no homework dramas and maybe a road-trip thrown in for good measure……… The easiest way to kick your school holiday mojo into gear is to take a second to remember just how much you lived for the holidays …
As the junior club rugby season wound to a close here in Auckland last week, I was privileged enough to spend a morning with some ecstatic Kiwi kids and their idol, All Blacks Captain and Swisse Ambassador, Keiran Read. Verran Primary school played host to the Swisse team and media as students participated in a super-fun event, the ‘Swisse Kids Cup …
One Sunday morning at 4am the sun was not up, but into the bed came a very wriggly and very hungry little boy. He started to look for some food, but Mum and Dad were still sleeping. Last week they survived; 1 professional exam, 1 swimming lesson, 1 basketball game, 1 basketball practice, 1 committee meeting, 4 rugby practices, 2 GST returns, …
If the idea of traveling with your kids is enough to induce a cold sweat, or the thought of spending 4 hours (or more!) on a plane with both your toddler AND the general public warrants a stiff drink, then read on friends. Traveling with your kids, whatever their ages, is a great privilege and luxury afforded to few. If …
Thanks to BNZ for partnering to help make this post possible. It’s true, “you are never ready” is more often than not my response when friends and I discuss the age-old question of now, or, later, especially when it comes to having a baby. My feeling is that you can plan the heck out of the process – make all the lists, …
(The irony of what I’m writing right now doesn’t escape me as we are on what I call, ‘hospital watch’ with Nixon after a day of vomiting and 2 days without a bowel movement. Fingers crossed x). I’m sitting here blogging and thinking back to 3 years ago when we had a very sick child. Multiple GP visits had come …
Ooohhhh yaassss, come at me chicken wraps! PF Chang’s is a popular restaurant chain in California that serves a lettuce wrap dish and people go gaga over them. I ate there once and wasn’t flipping out over them to the point that I felt I would never be able to recreate them at home. I mean, they were totally …
This weekend away in March was amazing! We ditched Auckland and had an epic three-day family adventure in Hamilton. Our itinerary was co-ordinated by Hamilton & Waikato tourism and was so good I’ve decided to share it step by step in case anyone wants full details on how to max out three days with your kids, in a super-fun city …
After a pretty manic end to 2016, Dave and I had absolutely no inclination to plan an extended, extravagant summer holiday with the kids. There was to be nothing involving chilly-bins or tents, no road trips, no car/boat combo packed to the hilt….. Some years that stuff seems easy, is easy, this year we just couldn’t manage it. What we …
When I think about sight and eye health, the sum total of knowledge accrued in my near-38 years is limited to; I like colours Carrots (may?) help us to see in the dark? Sharp objects and eyes don’t mix I realise I’m pretty much an expert already HA, but as there are two little men and their four, fairly virginal …