Author Archives: Louise

Faith’s Garden Party

Posted on 21 January, 2012 by Louise

Faith had a shared 7th birthday party with her friend Zoe in November.  Their birthdays are three days apart so we decided a joint party would be fun.  All the girls in their class were invited plus a couple of … Continue reading →

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Christmas Cookie decorating

Posted on 11 January, 2012 by Louise

Amy, Faith and I went along to a cookie decorating evening run by my friend Laura who has all the gear and boy did we have fun!We baked the cookies ahead of time so we could spend the whole evening … Continue reading →

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Spring Garden

Posted on 10 January, 2012 by Louise

As all Christchurch residents know, Labour weekend is the time to begin planting your vegetable garden.  Here are a few shots of our spring vege garden.  It looks very different now so I will do an update post shortly. Corn … Continue reading →

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Two littlest sisters

Posted on 8 January, 2012 by Louise

The two littlest sisters outside enjoying the summery weather Looking at the herb garden and preparing to pick some parsley to nibble Miriam with her marigold At Orana Park sitting on an elephant statue with Cora.  Miriam is pretending to … Continue reading →

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Jump Rope for Heart

Posted on 7 January, 2012 by Louise

Nathan and Faith participated in the Heart Foundation’s Jump Rope for Heart programme through school.  They each raised $15 for the Heart Foundation.  Thank you to those who sponsored them! They participated in a range of skipping and jumping activities … Continue reading →

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Beach visit

Posted on 6 January, 2012 by Louise

We’ve been enjoying visiting the beach at Spencerville where some friends of ours live. It is a very quiet beach with not many people and the water quality is excellent unlike at many other Christchurch beaches (especially since the earthquakes). … Continue reading →

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Trick or Treat!

Posted on 5 January, 2012 by Louise

We don’t usually dress up and do trick or treating at halloween although I always like to have some lollypops or chocolate bars ready for any trick-or-treaters who come knocking at our door. In the past I have taken the … Continue reading →

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Miriam’s 4th birthday

Posted on 2 January, 2012 by Louise

Miriam turned four in October and we had a little party for her (her first birthday party with friends). There were plenty of eager on-lookers and willing helpers when she opened her presents! The cake was a giant chocolate cupcake … Continue reading →

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Cousins

Posted on 23 October, 2011 by Louise

We don’t have any siblings here in Christchurch so our children only see their cousins about once a year.  We enjoyed having my sister and her family to stay for a week recently and the children had lots of fun … Continue reading →

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Nathan’s 8th birthday

Posted on 16 August, 2011 by Louise

Nathan turned 8 this week.  He was very excited about his birthday party (on the Saturday prior to his birthday on Tuesday) which was held on Saturday afternoon after soccer and netball. We gave him his present on his ‘party … Continue reading →

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