First time running school cross country. Battling severs in both her heels but still made a break for the finish line!
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Currently, around here .. Watching – Killing Eve. It’s brilliant. Listening to – Not much actually, I’m rather enjoying the silence of a calm house during the day. Reading – Ice by Ulla-Lena Lundberg. Making – Leggings! Using the pattern from Halla which is the best legging pattern I’ve ever tried. And its free! Hubby…
Read moreA Little Holiday
A trip down south. A couple of night away and such fun. A breath of fresh (wintery) air. Hiking in the shadow of our amazing countries tallest mountain. Icebergs on glacial lakes. Sunsets over snow. Steep climbs leading to big views. Swing bridges and handstands. Autumn colours and steep moraines. And a sneaky pic thats…
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Holiday activities, gym comp. Learning. In season fruit – Feijoas are weird and an acquired taste but the kid likes them. Baking.
Read moreAutumn highlights
We had a lovely day out with friends out in the backwaters of the Hurunui to kick off the Easter weekend. It was a perfect day, sunny but not to hot and we found the coolest domain with a great play area and lots of awesome shade for a picnic lunch. The kids played for…
Read moreI used to homeschool
And I still do. The kid is loving school but after our initial homeschool journey and transition to school life we have decided to actively supplement her school work. Her school is a small local country school where most of her close friends go and she’s very happy and settled there. It follows a traditional…
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Mama made clothes. Funny faces. The best cats ever. Enjoying the last of summer, leaping through the sprinkler while its warm enough, last of swim club done and dusted and finished with a BBQ. Still warm enough to walk in shorts and T-shirts, taking softies with her. Those funny moments between tweenager sass and the…
Read moreSwim, Bike, Run
The kid did her first Weetbix TRYathlon at a couple weekends ago. 7 is the youngest they can do it and she was mostly excited and a little nervous. A 50m swim, then a little run to the transition area and onto her bike for a 4km bike ride and to finish off a 1.5km…
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Jungle gym climbing, baking, homemade tomato sauce, keeping plants alive for more than a week!!! The exciting going-ons of the last few weeks. And some sewing too.
Read moreSummer Holidays 2
We day tripped from Nelson up to Abel Tasman and had a great day hiking to Harwood Hole through the beech woods and scrambling over limestone rocks, took a tour through the caves beneath Takaka Hill and finished with a paddle and supper at Kaiteriteri. Our last day was super chilled out with brekkie at…
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