Stay at home mommy, mum, SAHM depending on where you live, I guess I am a mommy blogger and I love it! Eternal student, and eco-conscious mama who loves to read, plant in my vege garden, spend time at the beach and nurture my amazing son.
After last nights whiny chocolate-loving post, Ethan returned home from his soccer game this morning with the Player of the Day trophy AND a box of 20 bars of Cadbury fundraising chocolate! I am yet to sample it, but the box assures me it’s made in …
Such a good week, and such a bad week. Quite the juxtaposition I know, imagine how I feel! On one hand I want to run around the neighbourhood (ok the farm) and scream my good news to the cows and Hermione the pig and the …
So, I’ve been skipping class but I’m back with this weeks Writers Prompts from Mama Kat; 1. How I keep myself swimsuit ready in the depths of New Zealand winter Oh this is a book you must read. For real. I put lotion on my …
Ethan is actually participating in the art projects at his new kindy! It’s amazing, the stuff he brings home is super cute as well. He does some creative stuff at home, but usually it’s of the punitive variety. He just wrote his Daddy two speeding …
We threw a (small) party when Dave returned home from his two week sabbatical in Whangarei. Ethan decorated every balloon with pics of him and his Daddy – here they are on the boat fishing.
It was very quiet in the house, never a good sign when both Bush and Ethan are home. They were busy, doing their make-up. Ethan declaring that he has NEVER done this before (well, actually son you did do it when you were 2. Don’t …
A freezing Monday, a bus full of four year olds and a trip to the observatory. Ethan was so buzzed on all he learnt about the planets and stars, (this was possibly all eclipsed by the Astronaut Ice Cream we purchased at the gift shop, …
“……..My oldest now lives in southern California where she teaches special ed pre-school to support her surfing problem”. Love it.
We got a mountain of overripe bananas at the orchard for $2.99 – 2 loaves of banana bread and a dozen muffins and still more bananas left! Banana Loaf – Edmond’s Cook Book, this recipe is SO easy & quick, which is good because I …
So our Besty, aka Ms. Bush (say it with a lisp pleaseth) flies in from San Diego on Wednesday and we have just begun emailing and txting back in forth about what she needs to bring etc. Yes it’s late but this is how we …