Wordless Wednesday - the pictures speak for themselves :)

That's an apple if you can't quite tell. It made me laugh :)

My first snow day.

When we woke up we saw snow on the mountains and I ate some snow off the grass so that I could taste it. Then I played in the garden for a little.

After breakfast, at 8 o'clock I got dressed very warmly and wore a hat and a hoodie and gloves. 

Daddy, Mummy and I drove to Tunnel Gully to see if there was more snow there. When we got there it was snowing. We stopped the car and went in the snow. It was snowing and it was cold. Daddy and I built a snowman. My hands got really cold and I was sad and cried. After that we drove a little further to play at our river spot. Daddy and I threw snowballs in the river. They floated down the river. 

When we left Daddy put three snowballs on the car. They were still there when we got to our house. We threw them at garage and at Mummy.

Dictated by Kian!

Tunnel Gully Entrance Bridge

What! My gloves keep getting wet!

Daddy took a little time off work to play in the snow with us!

The sun trying to break through the clouds.

Making snowballs to throw into the river where we spent so much time in the Summer

Chasing Daddy up the hill with a snowball!

Photo Friday

A ferry trip with Daddy.

A beautifully sunny Winter's day in Wellington.

 

Yummy sushi at a cafe.

4th of July - Kiwi style.

The Amerikiwis decided to celebrate Independence Day in NZ and invited us to a Sparkler Extravaganza!

Picture ten under fours, assorted parental units, root beer floats, cupcakes, pyjamas, slippers, sparklers and the front yard in the dark and cold.

They played tag, played with the sparklers, watched a few fireworks, laughed, giggled and monkeyed around.

Pretend tea was made and shared, Snail had a birthday cake and Monkey asked the whole party to stop and blow out the pretend candles. A few tears were shed, lots of kisses and cuddles shared. Happy 4th of July!

Enjoying Root Beer floats (Although he was convinced it was wine!)
And wouldn't you kill for BusyIzzy's hair?
Also note the new slippers - the only size 11 slippers in the store!

Pre-sparkler running -
No sparkler pics though as all the mums and dads were panicking about burns!

 

 

 

Happy hyper kids ready to go home after a great night of sparkler fun.

My new bedroom!

By Mummy

Kian's Room Makeover!

After a fair few months of mulling it over and falling over all of Kian's things, we decided we would revamp his room. 

I had been inspired by this Book Nook at Ohdeedoh and Scandinavian Kids Rooms at L'il Magoolie.

Now before you get any high hopes, I am by no means a designer nor am I very patient with fiddly things... So if you pop round please don't look too closely at the handiwork, just take in the whole feel! 

I would like to add that I lost the battle with regards painting the inside of the closet in the same yellow as the book shelves... But I have the paint and Stud1 goes back to work soon.

I am proud to say that the whole revamp cost us less than $100 and a few choice swear words. Most of those swear words were from me as I used my torture sewing machine. 

But I bet you're yelling "Gosh darnit woman! Where the heck are the photos!??" 

Before:

          

After:

 

Poor forlorn Froggy! Too many books, so little time!

 

 

Bench seat and bookshelf. Touch lamps to read by.

Personalised alphabet chart on right.

Nana's cross stitch above the nook.

 Still to do: Paint chest of drawers, sort out the curtains and the bookshelf needs help :)

Kian's Friend Snail's Tale of Woe

Written by Mummy, this morning I told Mummy and Daddy a very sad story... Mummy is going to write it for you.

My friend Snail has moved home. He has moved to live near Jenny. His Mummy and Daddy are having a new snail baby and he can't live with them. He is sick. He will live with Wayne, Graeme and Richard. Snail's doctor is Uncle Shae.

Snail's name is Eeookk. It's his new name. He has a bad cough. Everytime he coughs he goes left around the roundabout. His house is making him sick.

Poor Snail. I love him!