I LOVE music. It is a HUGE part of my life. I don’t know about you, but often when I hear a song that I know, I immediately think of a particular place, experience or moment in time. Often a song will trigger a strong emotion as well as a memory. I don’t think I’m […]
When Ethan turned 10 (almost 1 year ago!) I decided that we would plan a special weekend together, just the two of us. Rob & Ethan did “The Big Weekend” in July last year, where Ethan learned a lot more about the birds and the bees. Ten is a milestone age in our family, and […]
Yesterday was Mother’s Day, and it was a really lovely one. To be honest, it had been a pretty rough week, and I wasn’t holding high hopes for a drama-and-stress-free day. But it was! And I enjoyed it very much. The boys woke me with big smiles and lots of hugs and kisses. They gave […]
Sometimes I look back on the ‘good old days’ of parenting, where the biggest things I had to worry about and deal with were tantrums and dummies and toilet training. Actually, those were pretty big things at the time, and I definitely didn’t think those days were easy back then! In many respects, we are […]
I meant to post these recipes a couple of weeks ago, but I forgot. Sadly our feijoa trees are empty now, but I know some people’s trees are still laden and you can even buy them if you are happy to pay for them! The puddings are apparently awesome (I haven’t tried them because I’m […]
Time to share some photos and stories from my trip to Rarotonga with Mandy! Because Mandy lives in Wellington, and I live in Auckland, we met at the International Airport after her domestic flight. Sadly it had not been a great experience, as her plane flew through a thunderstorm and was hit by lightning. But […]
Rob & I are celebrating our 14th wedding anniversary today. I love being married. According to my calculations, I have now been married for 40% of my life! And although 14 years is not a very long time in the big scheme of things, I have learned so much during those 14 years. I have […]
Well, I’m home again after a wonderful holiday in Rarotonga with the lovely Mandy. What a trip! It was AMAZING. I took about 200 photos (no surprise there!) but I’m waiting to get copies of Mandy’s photos before I do a blog post about our holiday. My pics are up on Facebook if you want […]
So I was thinking that I might head off to a tropical island tomorrow with this girl. Rarotonga sounds nice. Yep, good plan. I’m outta here. And look, the sun will be shining for the duration of our stay: I’ll post again when I get back from here: Aere ra! (that’s ‘goodbye’ in Cook Island […]
I read a blog post this morning that made me stop, pause and reflect. The first line of the article really grabbed me: “The space between our expectations and our reality is a fertile field. It will grow something. Disappointment.” I’m not sure why those few words spoke to me the way they did, but […]
