Easter Saturday...

It is 7am Easter Saturday morning, it is dark and the sky is angry, the wind is whispering grumpy thoughts at being woken so early...

One thing a baby (well, toddler) does is ruin any chance of ever having a sleep in again. 7am is actually pretty late in this house.
The great thing about morning times is that when you go into that dark little room there is such a dear wee happy face peering over the top of the cot and it makes it all worthwhile.

I have such lovely memories of Easter when we were children..the arrival of the box of Easter goodies from Nanny and Poppy...always a button filled Cadbury Egg, all the way from Christchurch. Grandmas eggs would be random form year to year but Aunt Beth could be counted on to bring marshmallow eggs with a vivid orange yolk.

Another vivid memory I had was the fact that my greed meant I couldn't ration my egg as well as Fiona...she could savor and nibble and make her egg last for days. My self control was horrible and that coveted egg was gone in a much shorter time..leading to the desperate desire to get just one last taste to the forbidden brown goodness! I apologize to all the family for any chocolaty theft that may have occurred!!

Another fond memory was the lovely fruity, spicy hot cross buns, cut in half and toasted to perfection in the oven..this was before the day of the microwave to heat them quickly. I still toast my hot cross buns like Mum did all those years ago..yum...must be breakfast time!!

More next time...Happy Easter xx

First homemade Hot Choc...very messy!!

Back again!!

OK..here we go again.

I decided it would be quite nice to start blogging again, not that anyone reads this but it is quite nice to look back and see what we have been up to and what has happened.

I am not sure if I will put any photos in this first post but will see...I think our camera takes photos that are too big and I haven't got the energy to shrink them tonight! I have been playing with the layout. I like the birds in the background but not sure they really go with my "theme" so will continue to play, don't be surprised if it is different next time you visit.

The weekend has sped by. Ryan and I are on holiday for the next week. We wrote a list of all the things we want to get done about the place..we tackled cleaning the bathroom and bedroom today so that is two things ticked off. He is painting the roof, what a horrible job...it is New Denim Blue...goes with the family theme of all having the same coloured roof.

Henry is good, he has been full of beans this weekend. I took him to the park today. There is a cool little playground at Fairfield Park and plenty of space for Stellar to chase her frisbee without bowling Henry over like a skittle. Henry enjoyed the little swing until he made a sudden movement, threw it out of balance it it flipped forward and had him dangling precariously upside down. He thought it was funny but I was horrified..what a bad mummy...luckily no harm done.

Ok..added one photo...not bad for tonight!