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Saturday stew season

August 21, 2010

We’re eating out this Saturday, but I’m carrying on with the stew theme. Flemish braised beef stew. Louise is having mussels.

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Secret Agent Nathan turns 7

August 12, 2010

Nathan had a Secret Agents birthday party for his 7th birthday.  When the boys arrived they had to pick a secret agent name (Nathan was Doug-man) which we wrote on a sticker along with their fingerprint. They were then allowed to choose a disguise (a mustache).  Nathan then opened presents – lego was a very [...]

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Isabella’s Baptism

August 10, 2010

Isabella is seven weeks old now and so precious.  We are getting beautiful smiles and even some ‘talking’. She’s pretty gorgeous while sleeping too!  She wore this special outfit for her baptism on Sunday. Mum has been down in Christchurch for the past 10 days so was able to come along to Isabella’s baptism too. [...]

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Spezzatino di manzo con vino rosso (Beef Stew with Red Wine) – Saturday Stew Season

July 31, 2010
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It’s time for the second instalment of Saturday Stew Season. Last week we made Beef Bourguignon.  It was very nice, although a little too salty.  I think it was too salty because the bacon we used was very salty.  This week, we’re going to try the Italian version.  We were going to do Irish Guiness [...]

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Six weeks old

July 31, 2010

Isabella is six weeks old today. She is still having trouble breast feeding, but it doesn’t seem to be holding her back.  She put on 600 grams over the last two weeks.  She has also slept through the night a couple of times this week.  If only we could get the other children to do [...]

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Saturday Stew Season

July 24, 2010

Saturday is usually my day for cooking.  We’ve decided it’s time for a season of stews. Last week we made our version of one of Jamie Oliver’s stew recipes.  The photo above is a before shot, but I forgot to take any after shots, so I guess we’ll have to make it again. My plan [...]

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Bathtime

July 15, 2010

Isabella loves the bath.  I usually bath my babies in the kitchen sink for the first few weeks as it is so much easier on my back.  Isabella has had baths in the big bath with me and in the baby bath and she really enjoys the extra space to kick around so I think [...]

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Interview questions from Tammy :)

July 11, 2010

I follow Tammy’s blog www.tammysrecipes.com which is a neat mixture of recipes, kitchen and food tips and updates on Tammy’s lovely family. One of her posts recently was answering questions people had asked her and she suggested people join in the game and answer 5 questions from her. So here are the 5 questions Tammy [...]

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Two weeks old

July 3, 2010

Isabella is two weeks old today.  Time is going too fast….I love the newborn stage so much. The midwife came and weighed Isabella today and she now weighs 4270g .  Breastfeeding is improving which I am thankful for. We have ventured out a couple of times in the last week with Isabella snugged up in [...]

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Isabella’s First Week

June 26, 2010

Baby Isabella is one week old already! When we saw the Midwife on Friday and weighed Isabella we found she has gained back the 300g she lost during her first few days, plus an extra 100g. I am still struggling to get her to latch on and breastfeed and hoping that she will soon.  We’ve [...]

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