Macbeth Matters

Last Minute Cramming for December

2011-12-24T11:15:00.000+13:00

Another month passed and I still haven't added November's photos......maybe I'll have more time in 2012............

Where Has November GONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2011-11-24T13:07:00.000+13:00

I heard on the radio today that it is a month since the All Blacks won the world cup which made me think heck its that long since we blogged!

GO THE ALL BLACKS!!!!!!!!!!!!

2011-10-23T20:30:00.000+13:00

This little All Black is so ready to see his heros in action! I wonder if these sportmens really understand how significantly they impact on New Zealands young minds!

This was a warmup on the grandstand. (Thankfully no one fell).

Party Central!

The Gold

Inside the White Cloud

School Hols Activities

2011-10-18T21:28:00.000+13:00

bubble bubble bubble

thats Graeme in the background, he is Scottish and H thinks he is pretty fab

patiently waiting for big brother with the help of a little ham

new playground at the mall, really not very exciting

Onepoto Domain has a super bike track around it now

Florence with Ryan

Go hector Go

The new kiwi house at the zoo is amazing - this attraction was a hit with most

seals having lunch - I could tell H would jump in and help if he got the opportunity

new part of the zoo - it is so so so well put together

a little zoo literature

aviary

eels apparently.....

what a smile! The kaka hang out in here.

School Hols Hanging

2011-10-18T21:17:00.000+13:00

Wet rainy weather is not ideal for school holidays.......

we ate

and ate

Hung out between the sofa cushions

acted surprised

did lots of cheeses

blah!!!!!!!!!!!!

serious playdough

playdough is a compund word apparently (as per HJM)

painted pictures to send around the world

and more cheeseing

Ride Em Cowboy!

2011-10-18T18:59:00.001+13:00

Collected and ready and waiting for Eyre pick up!

Front Row Seats

2011-10-02T16:56:00.000+13:00

I would have thought a 105 inch screen wouldn't require up close viewing, but these two are pretty happy perched on their boxes watching the AB's.

soon after this Florence hit the deck....poor darling. She hopped back on.

Strike!

2011-09-30T11:42:00.000+13:00

Sunday was rainy and wet so we headed to the bowling alley...scary! That is one determined face on my boy.

A very close eye needed to be kept on Florence as I found her numerous times with a bowling ball in hand ready to fire it down the lane - trouble is its hard not to keep your back turned when you're bowling your ball. Surprisingly she never tried to chase the ball down the alley, now that would have been fun.

F

2011-09-23T18:33:00.000+12:00

Hector the School Boy!

2011-09-12T09:53:00.004+12:00

Well, he is there right now and not a tear to be seen! The whole family walked him to school this morning and it was all very easy. He's met his new teacher Mrs Price, found his desk, and it appears he is loving it, wonder if he'll think the same by this afternoon or this time next week?

The wind this morning made for a few funky fringes

A little bit apprehensive as we get closer to the school - he bolted all the way until the schol was in sight.

All the stationery lined up, and this is the side of Mrs Price!

Sitting at his desk, with the blue star. A little girl Jessica is also at his table.

Here is Room 20 with all the newbees tucked safely inside and all the parents gone so they can finally get down to business.

AND NOW ITS AFTER SCHOOL AND...................................

Fly Fly Fly that Kite!

2011-09-10T21:29:00.000+12:00

I can so vividly remember as kids trying to make kites and getting kites as gifts and never ever did we have any success with gettiing them airborne...........well, all that has faded into distant memories because the kite Hector got from his friend Maddie is a super star of kites! In true Hector style by the third minute he was giving Chris direction on how it should be done.

The Very Last Kindy Day

2011-09-10T21:20:00.000+12:00

Friday was Hector's last day at kindy - I don't know, I think maybe this face tells the story of a wee boy who's going to miss those beautiful teachers at Waimauku Kindergarten.

Hector's wish for his last day as a kindy kid was to do a double whammy of The ZOO and MOTAT! We managed it but they were power visits with a leisurely tram ride in between.

wish this was in focus

The Brow Raise

2011-09-07T07:08:00.000+12:00

Hector's 5th Birthday

2011-08-29T11:18:00.002+12:00

give me the puppy!

How to start August

2011-08-19T20:29:00.000+12:00

Nothing better than startinf off the month than by indulging in a little wall art, very proud!

The rain and cold kept on coming so when things started to get a bit predictable we thought a little posing in th guest room was appropriate.

Then we managed to finally get outside!

Florence's First Day at Highbury

2011-08-03T06:59:00.002+12:00

Florence had her very first day at Highbury creche - it was made easy for her by Hector being there too to show her the ropes!

Hector's Trip to Southland.

2011-07-29T10:39:00.006+12:00

26^th July 2011 Christchurch

Written by Auntie Fe Fe

Yesterday I had skyped Hector to show him the snow that was falling in Christchurch and remind him to bring some snow gear for the snow. Today when I picked up Hector, Aimee, and Emily from the airport Hector was very excited about getting home and building a snowman, “Auntie Fe Fe I have a great idea we can build a snowman” he said, “that’s a great idea we should still have plenty of snow when we get home” I replied “you know what else we can do Auntie Fe Fe once we have made him we can make snow balls and throw them at him” he continued excitedly, “we might knock his head off if we do that” I replied “yea” he replied with a smile. As we drove Hector was keen to share another idea he had had “do you know what I thought I could do if the plane couldn’t land” “no what” I asked, “put skies on the front and then we could just slide onto the runway” what a great idea Hector.

When we arrived home and had unpacked the bags we headed outside to build the snowman, with the dogs in tow we worked together to gather up enough snow to build the snowman; we carefully made his head and then used a carrot for his nose, two pieces of coal for his eyes, and a red leaf for his mouth, not long after Erika arrived and helped find two stick for his arms, two of Auntie Fe Fe’s gardening gloves for hands, a scarf, and a cap for his head, once he was ready Hector was keen to roll up some snow balls and use his newly made snowman as target practice, after just a couple of shots he hit the bulls eye and knocked the head off “got-him and the heads off” he called excitedly, great shot Hector.

Later in the afternoon Aimee and Emily joined us outside were Hector and Emily tried to make snow angels before heading to the chickens to feed them, on the way Hector spotted three little pigs with their mother in the garden, “awesome pigs” said Hector “lets take a photo” suggested Aimee, Hector held Emily for the photo before we continued on to the job at hand, feeding the chickens. When we were in the chicken’s paddock Hector noticed that their water trough was frozen “Auntie Fe Fe the chickens can’t get any water it’s frozen” he said “ “o no what should we do” I asked him, “I could use my snowman’s arm” he replied showing me the stick he was carrying, “ok” I replied and with that he broke the ice so the chickens could reach the water. We slowly headed back inside exploring the garden as we went.

July!

2011-07-25T12:18:00.004+12:00

47This is what Florence has been up to while her big brother is away..

Hector started swimming at the Swim Centre... its so warm in there!

A LOT of inside time these holidays.... so much rain!

shoes....

Look at these faces: (MOTAT)

South Island Road Trip

2011-07-25T12:17:00.001+12:00

We celebrated Chris' 40th birthday by triping around the South Island!

A little catch up!

2011-07-25T12:16:00.005+12:00

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It's no Engagement, ....its a WEDDING!!!

2011-07-25T12:14:00.001+12:00

Da, da, da-da!

WE SO SHOULD HAVE KNOWN! Brad is notorious for his surprise entrances, why would his wedding be any different?!?!?! I'm pleased I wasn't wearing denim to their 'engagement' party, I would have been mortified to have attended my only siblings nuptials in jeans!

They make a loving couple and I'm so proud and happy for my brother to have the little family he has always wanted. "Yay, YOU guys"!!!!

A 16" Upgrade!

2011-04-17T15:50:00.002+12:00

The 12" was looking more like torture than fun so we procured this beauty today!

Girls

2011-04-09T20:06:00.000+12:00

Walking for Daddy!

2011-04-07T08:14:00.004+12:00

Three steps this morning, a plane ride and a few hours later it was this many steps! By bed time she was covering the length of the hallway.

Hi Daddy!

2011-04-05T15:39:00.003+12:00

Buttercup B&B

2011-04-05T13:25:00.004+12:00

No comment.

Big cuddles for Popa Tom, F was very fond of her great popa

Bubbles brought by Nana C were a hit

This is the new swimming location - Muriwai Beach - so far so good.

Hector found Chris' pants quite amusing for about half an hour, not sure of the mother in law was impressed or not?

Hmmm, yeah right.

Waimauku Kindy Trikathon 2011

2011-04-05T13:02:00.005+12:00

Racing this time! !!!!!GO HECTOR GO!!!!!! a bit of bike decoration first (quite hard to not girl it up when crepe paper is the key ingredient!)

chief supporters plus the gold medal!

HI MELLY!

2011-04-05T12:53:00.001+12:00

Update coming soon.... I promise! Buttercup Place has resembled a B&B lately!

Baptism Day for Florence

2011-03-12T19:36:00.008+13:00

Our wee Florence Eliza was baptised today, she was more than happy to be covered in blessed water.

A celebratory cookie and brandy snap to top off the morning.

Couzie Bros

2011-02-28T21:59:00.003+13:00

A few hours were spent in the car this weekend - the boys dropped us of in Taupo while they carried on to Wanganui for a bit of golf. Hector only started to get a little bored around Tokoroa so I handed over my camera and this is what he came up with - pretty good I thought!
The how about this - 5 cousins. Not all first ones but only one step removed. How is that smile on Williams face aye, adorable. I thought wee Florentine was a laid back soul, these two are chilled out man! Thats Alyssa and Ryan, Annabel and Williams other counsins! Hector is omitted, tough luck, thats what happens when you go on a boys weekend!

Butter Wouldn't Melt....

2011-02-25T09:08:00.001+13:00

Look at me, I couldn't possibly get into mischief....

Nope!

Zoo animals on Strike!

2011-02-22T21:12:00.002+13:00

After to talking to Gilly and Nola today we were inspired to get out in the sunshine - so we went to the zoo! We saw no animals, so settled for a makeup iceblock and a drink of water, then it was a race through the chicken tunnels!

Racing Hector

2011-02-22T20:38:00.002+13:00

For a small while over the weekend I'd lost sight of where HJM was at, then I discovered him and his latest invention. He'd worked out the water would flick up his back when he pedalled fast! Water is precuous for us now but I couldn't stop this, he'd used too much initiative!

Party Day!

2011-02-22T10:05:00.007+13:00

Birthday Day!

2011-02-16T19:29:00.004+13:00

Oh, this little one has given us a year of pleasure and it was the same when she woke on her first birthday - all smiles. (even with the battlewound on her poor sore forehead).

Opening parcels didn't seem too difficult, I think Hector just have taught her well.

The red parcel was from Aunty Sarah and Uncle Brad - the flower from the puzzle is her hew favourite thing, she spends a long time pushing the yellow centre into the red flower, such patience.

Our one year old baby (exactly)!

2011-02-10T21:50:00.005+13:00

So here she is, our precious wee bundle Florence at exactly 10 to 10 on 10-2-11. The fastest year on record for us! What a pleasure she is, I could not feel more blessed.

S'mores

2011-01-30T14:37:00.006+13:00

Last night we made s'mores.

Two out of three original ingredients aint bad.

The result was perfect - just as sweet and grose as we remember!

THIS

PLUS THIS

EQUALS THIS

This is a contemplative looks. It took a good wee while be he got through in eventually. Thank God these things are part of our daily diet though.

Makeshift Sleeping Bag

2011-01-30T14:29:00.002+13:00

Who needs blankets?!

I had an interesting find when I went to tuck Hector in lat night!

Kindy is Back!!!

2011-01-24T21:19:00.004+13:00

Hector was thrilled to bits this morning when he woke up and remembered it was his first day at his new kindy - he's been waiting foooooooooooooooooorever! There is just the one pic - I didn't want to embarrass him on his very first day. He stated with 3 others, including TWO Felix's, now what are the chances of that!

This is Hector sitting next to the new teacher Jackie. And that is the red dice that you have to be holding in order to be able to talk during mat time... we will have to work on this skill.

Hector's pride and joy. He planted the teeny tiny seeds of the sunflower and is intrigued at how they always point toward the sun - until today. At 6pm they were facing east! With the last 3 days of continuous rain we think they might be a little behind schedule!

From 4 to 2 (feet)

2011-01-22T18:36:00.002+13:00

It doesn't matter when your child does something new, every time you think they are just the cleverest thing alive

Move Over Martha! (photos for my mum)

2011-01-22T16:24:00.007+13:00

This is my plum jam. I can not lie, I am so proud of myself, it even set! (which is more than I can say for my first attempt at strawberry). What makes this jam even more exciting is that the plums were hand picked on a beautiful hot sunny day by my two little darlings and me.
Things are getting growing.

not sure why these are up the wrong way

crazy amounts of basil. Thats fennel - or as we planted it from seeds called Florence for reasons that are obvious.

Pesto manufacture photos to follow.....

Bug

2011-01-20T19:54:00.004+13:00

Hector found this cicada on our garage door - he insisted we needed to get a 'wrelly close shot of it'. So here it is............

Got the Cot Crazies!

2011-01-20T10:11:00.003+13:00

Honestly, what goes on here! Look mum - NO HANDS - and the audience (even though they are not watching, LOVES it!)

N.B. This is the first time there has been permission given to have two in a cot!

Bit of hot glue gunning to end the drought HJM has had over the holidays - we're wondering if Waimauku Kindy has H.G.G's?!?!?!

The craziness carried on when buckets of rain came down - this was the 3rd change of clothes for F for the day and only Hectors second - easy!

We've expanded to SIX!

2011-01-16T13:49:00.004+13:00

THE PURCHASE! Adoption would be a nicer term ....

Moni was with us to make sure we were on track.

Yes, two new residents movcd in today. At the moment we're referring to them as Ronga and Tonga, but that could change at any minute. The newly Chris-built hutch was christened today when they moved in - not overly thrilled with their new surroundings but hopefully they will get a bit more adventurous once they have had a few days to settle in.

Hot Rod Show

2011-01-16T10:14:00.003+13:00

Chris and Hector found their inner bogan and went along to the Kumeu Hot Rod show this weekend. No hot rods were purchased but Hector was lucky enough to get this Hercules.

Daddy TIme

2011-01-16T10:12:00.001+13:00

AJ and HJ's beach cricket outing

2011-01-16T10:10:00.001+13:00

Muriwai sand is HOT ...... this is what we learnt today.

Geckos & Hot Air Balloons

2011-01-16T10:06:00.002+13:00

This one's a biggie! Thankfully he got away without losing his tail.

A little bit of sunset over Buttercup.

What a thing to see at 8 am - a hot air balloon floating past the breakfast table. The fire we could see shooting up into the balloon was a favourite with HJM.

The School Pool

2011-01-16T09:59:00.003+13:00

This is where we've been almost every day of the school holidays!

Exploring the Gifts

2011-01-13T21:59:00.002+13:00

These are a few things the kids got for Christmas...

we're feeding the birds!

And splashing in the backyard!

This smile says it all - she LOVES it.

Muriwai

2011-01-13T20:51:00.004+13:00

It's pertty easy to fall in love with Muriwai Beach - for me just seeing Hector race around in and out the water for almost an hour non stop was enough.

2011 Begins

2011-01-07T15:09:00.003+13:00

Day 1:

Taupo for a swim.

Day 2:

No one is really looking that impressed with the gondola ride....

Off to Rotorua for a whiz down the luge. 4 times took 2 hours - we were both surprised Hector tolerated the lines, shows he must really love it.

The ever patient Florence was happy to hang out for a few hours in the sun! She was more tolerant than me, but thats not really saying much.

Love

2011-01-06T15:04:00.002+13:00

A picture of love!

Clan Macbeth

2011-01-06T15:00:00.002+13:00

Just a handful of the Macbeth family gathering at our home post Christmas. We met some long lost cousins - Jenny and Anthony with their kids Thomas and Lara. Hopefully they are enjoying some safe and fun travels around the south island.

Annabel & William Eyre

2011-01-06T14:55:00.001+13:00

Brad & Sarah - looking pretty chuffed here with their two brand new babies.

Christmas Christmas Christmas!

2011-01-06T14:45:00.004+13:00

This Christmas morning was the first time Hector (and Florence) had woken up in their own house. It was lovely. We missed the family action though. Luckily we did it all again when we met mum and dad and the Eyre-Dawsons in Taupo for New Year.

Florence's first Christmas present.

a Christmas arrangement.

This was the newest addition though - our niece Aimee welcomed her darling baby Emily in the early hours of Christmas day.

Hanging out at Birth Care on Christmas afternoon.

Brother Sister Act

2010-12-26T20:22:00.004+13:00

Aw, for me it doesn't get much better than this. H is such a loving big brother and F just laps it up. I never knew two things could mean so much.

Last Day of Kindy & a Pantomime!

2010-12-26T11:52:00.003+13:00

It was a crazy last week at Birkenhead kindy for Hector - we drove in every day so it was pretty tiring for him. Hector was pretty excited that he and his little buddy Liam were sharing their last kindy day together.

To celebrate christmas some of the kindy parents put on a pantomime for the children - they loved it.

Florence snuggling up to old Knobbly knees the reindeer (aka our neighbour Sue) and then there were lots of treats..

Last Day of Gym for 2010

2010-12-26T11:30:00.003+13:00

Gym goes festive!

Hector has loved going to gym this year - him and George always seem to catch the attention of the 'lovely Robyn's' eye - but we're sure its just because they are so enthusiastic!

Moving Day

2010-12-24T20:35:00.005+13:00

It is always quite harrowing to see all your personal belongings loaded on a truck/container/boat and sent off.....will they get to the other end? For the first time ever Chris and I were in full charge of our belongings and their well-being (it made us appreciate the assistance we'd had in the past) and they all arrived with minimal disturbance. Yay!

These two were nothing short of perfect when the day came - Hector gave some instruction and kept himself hydrated with an array of purchased treats not usually offered to him while Florence displayed her endless patience with everyone and everything.

said treat....

and here are my two babies enjoying their first meal on the kitchen floor - it consisted to canned spagetti canned beetroot and a few scraps of dry bread - they were loving it!
Watch out Buttercup we have arrived!

Isn't Hector the American??

2010-12-24T15:02:00.003+13:00

I found Florence like this the other night (well, maybe less the book) but how much is she striking the pose of the Statue of Liberty herself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???!?!?!?

My crawling baby!

2010-12-24T14:48:00.003+13:00

3rd of December 2010! This is marked as they day Florence found her mobility. No stopping her now, took 3 days in the new house (with two steps) to sort out how to navigate up them...although the reverse is a different story!

Sato's Sushi

2010-12-24T14:41:00.003+13:00

My dear friend Sato taught me how to make authentic japanese sushi the other day - YUM - thanks Sato! Needless to say it didn't hang around for long!

Trinity, Issei and Hector needed lots of nourishment for the intense play that went on after lunch!

Zoo Crawlies!

2010-12-01T15:33:00.007+13:00

My kiddies and I went to the zoo today. We wagged kindy (very naughty) and learnt all sorts of fun things during our outing. And even though F had the tiniest power sleep ever while we were there she was still able to manage this stella crawling effort when we got home.

skyping

2010-11-30T10:57:00.002+13:00

How cute is this! Good snap mama!

Playing catch up again

2010-11-19T11:01:00.003+13:00

The kids and I met Jennie, Greg and Rocco down at Little Shoal for a bbq - we love summer!

The first day we've really been able to hang out in the backyard.

Saturday afternoon at Birkenhead Wharf

Here, fishy, fishy, fishy....

This one is a classic, Hector rarking things up while poor wee Florence gets all stressed out in the back ground. Her first two teeth broke through shortly after this day.

Photos for Daddy

2010-10-29T20:51:00.002+13:00

x f & j

Gym

2010-10-26T20:14:00.005+13:00

This is Hector at his gym - and Florence riding the donkey at her gym.

Oh Bless!

2010-10-20T15:06:00.002+13:00

Just to clarify, I did not make my son do this, he offered!
He's a sweetheart.

Florence Eliza

2010-10-11T12:58:00.002+13:00

Hello Uncle Bruce

2010-10-08T16:53:00.000+13:00

Farm Park

2010-10-08T16:37:00.004+13:00

Hector showed wonderful amounts of patience this school holidays - it took us ages to get a good day to go out to the farm park, but finally it paid off, we had a lovely sunshiny day.

Just waiting for Rocco and Jennie to arrive

Cheers mates!

Baby Baby Shower Shower

2010-10-08T16:28:00.004+13:00

Not long now until the Eyre twins arrive. Sarah's baby shower was this past weekend and I managed to get a flight there and back on the same day so Florence and I met Didi and Karen for a girls day out! Sarah was looking fabulous and took home lots of beautiful things for her bambinos.

How funny is this! Got my own seat - look at me!

Macbeth Birthdays

2010-10-08T16:03:00.005+13:00

Only in the Macbeth family could there be two 20ths, two 30ths, a 40th, 50th, 60th and 70th all in the space of a few months...... we travelled to Hawera to help celebrate. This was the first time most of the family had met Florence. Chris was especially excited for his number one god daughter to me his number one daughter!

Nana cuddles.

Hector and his beautiful wee cousin Niah. And the Buhlers!

Cynthia's GF fruit cake was a hit, Hector is eyeing it up here

The battle of the favourite aunites....

It was a very big day for our two kiddies, sleep was blissful. And an exciting pic of Uncle Shane surfing goodness knows what internet sites!

Where has the last month gone!!!!

2010-10-08T13:41:00.002+13:00

A bit of a catch up here of the past month..

serious Hector

not serious Florence

We love smiles!

This was a bit of rainy day craziness when the cabin fever was hitting hard. We pulled out Nana Joans old silk scarves and decorated ourselves!

This shot of the nappies was really to try and get him to think nappies are uncool, but it seems he LOVES wearing a nighttime nappy! The dinner was a pooma one, a sausage and left over from what I was making Florence, it went down in seconds after I named it a POWER PATTIE!!!

Snow Planet

2010-09-19T17:28:00.002+12:00

Nanny-tastic

2010-09-18T11:25:00.003+12:00

Does she look part of the furniture? Hector wishes she was! Annaliese has been with us for 12 hours of each day for the past two weeks and we've enjoyed every minute. I saw a new side of Hector last night as we waved her goodbye, his bottom lip started quivering as I closed the door and a few seconds later the flood gates opened. Yup, she'd made an impact on him alright! One French family will score it lucky next year when she's Europe-bound to be a nanny. Thanks for having us Annaliese.

We did a spot of gardening too, hopefully we'll be eating yummy pok choy in a couple of months.

Birthday Birthday

2010-09-18T10:40:00.009+12:00

Here are Chris and I on the evening of my 34th birthday - I look quite happy considering I thought I was turning 33!

We enjoyed Shubu-Shubu at the local Japanese joint, we even ate some RAW! YUM! Honestly.

The weekend before we were in Wanganui to celebrate Dad's 60th birthday.
bit naughty but it turned into a mini pre birthday for me....

A rare photo of all of us. 8 in total in this pic including the 2 Sarah has on board. She's looking pretty fabulous for being two thirds the way to the finish line.

Two perfectly behaved children on the flight down. It was really nice and very rare that Hector and I get to sit down and chat for an hour, I adore my wee girl but I miss time with my boy.

All thumbs up here captain!

The Week that was...

2010-09-10T21:09:00.004+12:00

What a week! We had the company of Annelise this week and it was fabulous to have some help.

Two Sleepers

2010-09-09T14:55:00.000+12:00

How perfect is this!?!?!?!

Margie's Present!

2010-08-31T08:20:00.002+12:00

A birthday present from Margie arrived on the doorstep at 7am this morning, by 8am Hector was well into playing it!

Thanks Marg!
xxx Hector

BOYS!

2010-08-27T17:34:00.000+12:00

Gotta love them!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HECTOR!

2010-08-24T14:18:00.005+12:00

Hector started his birthday by bumping into a bundle of presents that were waiting for him outside his door.

The opening begins....

(Florence didn't seem to mind getting sat on during the process)

Hector got lots and beautiful cards from his friends and family.....he got some great gifts too, although I wasn't so thrilled about the wrapping of Neil and Jays one that arrived on the courier this morning.

they both loved it as these pics show

That crane is bigger than him!

Kindy was on the agenda this afternoon, where I found him sweeping the sandpit with Magnolia.

He'd mentioned to me earlier that he wasn't that keen on going to kindy because he was scared of being sung Happy Birthday to. Looks like he got over that.

This is turtle time. The kids duck down until the teacher sees their parent and they are dismisssed. Hector is typically ALWAYS last to be chosen, even though i am there early for pick up, but today he was dismiss first! GO HECTOR!

The feared Happy Birthday sing to :

Green Smoothie Craze!

2010-08-23T16:40:00.004+12:00

In a bid to improve my energy I've taken on green smoothie creating... this is what I've concocted so far:

Celery, banana, kiwifruit, tap water
Celery, sprouts, broccoli, banana, soda water and lime juice

Things are definately intensifying... look the the depth of this one!

Banana, pear, bok choy and broccoli, water
Kiwifruit, silverbeet, bok choy, soda and lime
Banana, parsley, sprouts, soda and lime

Do I feel energized or is it just in my head? We wrapped up Hectors birthday presents last night and I was so excited about it, maybe it was the excitement more than the greens?

Its a Party!

2010-08-21T17:51:00.007+12:00

We celebrated Hector's upcoming birthday today at Lollipops. It was crazy! And I LOVED not having to clean up cake from the carpet.

Liam and Amelia enjoying their icecream.

Jamie and AJ

Hector with Jack and Florence getting lots of hugs from Liams Nana

Amber in her party clothes.

Like father like daughter in this one. Florence and the giraffe

me and my girl

(OMG look at my dirty feet! - I'm horrified!)

Rocket Birthday Cake

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Ready for Blast Off! This little beauty only kept me away until just before midnight last night. The blue fingers gave me a bit of a fright this morning however - totally worth it seeing his face when he saw it.

Naked to clothed.

Hector discovering his cake this morning

My very PINK girl

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I have to admit I love all the pink - not that I didn't love blue, I just LOVE pink!

A Sink Bath

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While the kids bathroom is out of action this is where it all happens for Florence Eliza in the evenings..

Kid Pic Catchup!

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Just a bit of couch sitting...

We pulled out a heap of old scarves and had a play, Hector made the best pirate.

some funny faces here

and more

The Jolly Jumper doesn't do a lot of jumping at the moment but Florence likes being upright.

Rolling this time...

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Florence rolled yesterday and today I caught the action!

Compost CUTE

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We made a compost the other day....it needs a lot of watering apparently, thus the fun w-can in his hands. The tipping in needs a bit of aim (which we'll capture later) but for now this is the journey to the heap.

Pirates!!!!!!

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Hector's little friend Jamie had her birthday party at The Monkey Tree last week - lots of Fairies and a few pirates....

Nearly.............

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This is the five second sit

Rarotonga (Rongatonga)

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Poppa Tom in the BIG City!

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Hector couldn't get enough of his great poppa while he was here - Poor Poppa Tom will go home needing a break I think! Between climbing the sky tower and making dozens of paper aeroplanes it was a big few days for all.

Hmmmm, is this child abuse??? She had no idea really.

A quick ferry ride across the harbour and we met the city...

Hector once had an experience where his hat flew off in the ferry so he was making sure this hood wouldn't have the same fate - it was also sewn to his jacket.

Poppa Tom at the top of the world.

The Highest Sweet Shop in the world was set up at the very top observation level for the school holidays, H could not belive it!

A little gelato to finish off the day.

Starship

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Spending time in Starship Hospital makes you realise how lucky we are to have happy healthy children.

This is what was waiting for us when we got home,....along with a beautiful big brother and a doting daddy.

I'd rather not remember the tubes, but I was proud my little Florence was able to smile amongst it all.

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What's been happening!

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Do you like my necklace?!?!?!?!?

Hector had a BIG weekend and by Monday afternoon it all caught up on him.

This is the first time Florence went for a ride in the big buggy - we went running and she loved it.

My baby boy looks so grown up in this photo, next it'll be school I suppose. Boo hoo.

Hector in his homeland!

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A Taupo Birthday!

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This long weekend was also Chris's birthday, so we headed to Taupo. COLD WET GREY -but that was only outside, inside we had a roaring fire, home made custard squares (from the second attempt) and lots and lots of cuddles!

Yes, I thought I was clever too creating this monster!

All the rain turned the front lawn into a sea of mushrooms, Hector was occupied for at least half an hour chopping them all down.

McCafe is never my first choice but it ticked all the boxes on this occasion.

That is a look of 'I have my daddy fully wrapped around my pinky'.