What could be better than family time in Auckland, New Zealand? We moved from San Diego and definitely miss the weather, but life in Auckland is just peachy!
It’s one of the defining catch-cries of modern kids, one that seems to defy age, gender and geographical constraints. Whatever it is that kids are doing and enjoying, they always want 5 more minutes of it. Enough is never enough, ‘done’ infrequently means ‘I’m actually …
So shopping for my little guy is so much easier than for #1, the possibilities are pretty much endless and I find before I even think about hitting the toy aisles I have to write a list, check the budget and be FIRM in my resolutions. It’s …
Ethan turned 11 just last week and present-wise it was a total non-event. He had been saving for a big ticket item (Xbox One) for ages, and after tucking his pennies away and pretty much everyone gifting him cash for his birthday he was able to …
As much as it pains me to admit it, jumbo Nix is just TOO big to ride his classic plastic motorbike anymore! Every time I run behind him as he careens at full speed down a hill I can see the little axel at the …
I LOVE making lists and planning activities for the school holidays. Even better when I begin early! Now that we are a family of four, I’m really feeling the pinch when I see those expensive, special occasion attractions creep onto the kids Holiday …
It’s about this time every year that Ye Ole debate starts, you know, the one that starts with this gem; “ugh, I HATE Halloween, it’s so American humpfff”. Yeah well, I pooh-pooh those haters and say BRING ON HALLOWEEN! Here are my Top 5 reasons for getting down with …
Dave returns today from an 11 day work trip and lord that plane can’t get to Auckland soon enough. I find it super hard to parent without Dave as he’s the steady, stable half and I’m the emotionally fractious one who struggles to hold her shit …
So Dave is away in Wellington for 11 days completing a project that’s been ongoing for about a year I think, resulting in many trips back and forth. Now is probably NOT the best time to be writing this as we were FB messaging this …
I always thought I had white teeth. I know I have great, strong, cavity free teeth (yes it’s true!), but after living in America for 6 years where at-home whitening is something that everyone does, I realised that my teeth were definitely not as white …
I love Marmite and so do both of my little kiwi-mericans. The great Marmageddon of 2012 hit particularly hard in our house and I haven’t really looked back since toast turned black again and we could eat Marmite EVERY DAMN DAY. But I realised something …