We had a lovely time yesterday at the beach, poddling round the rockpools, finding shells and sea-weed, peeking under rocks for crabs, and admiring the “beautiful patterns” left by the boat-towing cars on the sand.
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Late-afternoon rockpools
Posted in Kids, Shore Life, outdoors on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Easy paper doll chains and snowflakes made with paper napkins (serviettes)
Posted in Crafty, Kids on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Beetle and I were trying to make paper snowflakes the other day. She is just getting the hang of using scissors now, and she has been doing a lot of practice at snipping little bits out of paper.
But we found that once a regular bit of paper was folded the four or more times required [...]
Lollipops and Aunty Em’s Farm
Posted in Kids on January 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We went on a car trip to the Waikato today to my Aunty Em’s farm. She has the best place; every window, every wall, and most of the ceiling are covered in marvellous, glittery decorations. Oh, and the garden, too.
I imagine that a first-time visitor might be taken aback at first but you know, it [...]
Two Thousand and Nine
Posted in Uncategorized on January 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Happy New Year, everybody!
I sent out text messages last night; got one back this morning with a grizzle about being woken up at midnight. Whoops. I put mine on mute before I went to bed.
We finished 2008 with a second round of Christmas dinner. We had a big family gathering at my parents on Christmas [...]
Gidday
Beetle
Billie
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