A Random Post about STUFF and Happenings

Not much energy and not much time right now!!

COUNTING down to the 2 week school holiday that starts at the end of this week.

20c Te Kuiti op shopped dress.

Currently 34 weeks..
HEAVY bump..

Another Bird's Eye View (lol)
I will have to get some decent bump shots soon..

MATARIKI
which is a mid-winter festival celebrating the appearance of the 7 stars (Pleiades)

Family celebration - soup smorgasboard..

..and ice cream sundaes.
Kids in heaven with their cousins.
Great way to make the dreary weather disappear!

Gil and his 7th birthday..

Party @ the avantidrome

Waikato people with kids - I hope you've all been to the Avantidrome - SO MUCH FUN!!

Iris (in the middle of pic on a scooter) and Arlo hooning around the 'roads'. Learning traffic rules and etiquette. LOL

Can't resist crochet blankets if I spy them in an oppy.

And these place mats were 50c and too cool to be eaten on! I shall have to turn them into something else!

Happy Days!

Lately :: Winter Scenes Part One

So the school holidays have finished, and my blog break is also over..

We had some good times, but the holidays were also full of quite a lot of sickness. Dang. I was the only one in the family who wasn't sick. (*touching wood*)

Teeny tiny mouse making! (the kind of mice I can cope with!!)

Soup smorgasbords with cousins and friends..

Dinner by toadstool-light..

I've seen these all over the www, but my first ACTUAL taste/look.. Good!

Fish and Chip night.. (individual packs - a BIG thrill!)
For those who don't know, down here in NZ that's how fish and Chips come from the takeaway shop - wrapped in newspaper!

Homemade, with vege juice which is a standard drink we make when we have f 'n' c!!

Arlo's selfie 

Daddy doing the nails..

Lots of blogs to catch up on - hopefully this weekend!!

I'm behind on everything..
been chasing my tail..

Hoping to have a cruisy weekend so I can actually get something done!!

Happy Days despite the craziness!

STARS and the Best Boots in the World

THE BEST THING ABOUT WINTER!

CAMPER COMFORT

I'M IN LOVE ALL OVER AGAIN..

..JUST LIKE LAST YEAR!

Happy Matariki!

It's Matariki here in NZ.

Those stars, sometimes called the 7 Sisters, are visible at this time of the year, and herald the MAori New Year.. How brightly they shine is how good the crops are going to grow this year...

We celebrate Matariki by having some sort of feast.. usually involving things cooked 

using  kumara. (sweet potato) 

A kumara cook off.

ANyway..

Today was the kindy family KAI HAKARI (feast) and it was, 

as always FAN-BLOODY-TASTIC!!

Scoff, scoff, dribble, drool.

BROWNIE STARS

WOBBLY STRIPEY STARS

(stars and stripes?)

ANd of course, it was about then that the camera battery died 

and so there are no photos from the party. 

Bummer. It was amazing.

Thanks to my sister for this.
I have put it on the KITSCH-en window sill.
Because I need to remember that!

It's Busy City here!