Tag: children
member name: Sarah L.
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January 13, 2007 02:01 AM EST --
'Why is she pulling at your swimming costume?'
'She's probably thirsty.'
'But doesn't she drink from a bottle yet?' she said, as though drinking milk from a bottle was . . . more
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April 22, 2007 05:59 AM EDT --
It wasn't till I became a parent that I started to hang out, religiously, at all the playgrounds of Wellington (of which there are 102). Every suburb has one and, thanks to awesome rennovations . . . more
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December 28, 2006 04:33 AM EST --
It was a very beautiful Christmas in our new home, made all the more special by having our gorgeous girls to share it with. Sophie took her first steps at a friend's house on Christmas Eve and . . . more
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April 25, 2007 05:52 AM EDT --
Wellington Zoo, the first Zoo in New Zealand, has just celebrated it’s 100th Birthday. Gone are the Chimp’s tea parties and elephant rides. Steel cages are slowly being replaced with . . . more
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April 22, 2007 06:44 AM EDT --
I just celebrated turning 33 and it was the most wonderful Birthday. No big party or big presents necessary. The biggest gifts, those of love, friendship, kindness and laughter were all bestowed . . . more
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April 23, 2007 03:58 AM EDT --
A beautiful sunny Sunday in Wellington and the girls were pushing us out the door as soon as our teeth were brushed. First stop, Frank Kitts Park playground (and ice-cream and coffee - the latter for the . . . more
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April 29, 2007 06:36 AM EDT --
She's 93, she's had an amazing life, a life of independence and mental vitality. She's my Grandma. She is in Wales, I am in New Zealand. We've written to each other frequently . . . more
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May 02, 2007 07:45 AM EDT --
Te Papa Museum in Wellington is one of our favourite weekly haunts. We’ve been going at least once a week since Charlotte was born. In her early months she mostly slept and I enjoyed a chance to . . . more
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February 21, 2007 02:38 AM EST --
Friends often ask, “Do you get much time to yourself?” And I smile contentedly and reply, “Not really, but that is fine with me.” But this answer is not strictly true. It is not . . . more
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December 27, 2006 05:07 AM EST --
I haven't slept for longer than four hours at a time in over three years, but I am not complaining as I this is the life I choose to lead.
After the children have gone to bed I grab at the chance . . . more
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January 04, 2007 04:50 AM EST --
Just before New Year's Eve I dreamed of a rose growing around the pine tree that stands tall and erect in our garden. It was the most magnificent rose I had ever seen. It's stem encircled . . . more
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January 08, 2007 02:55 AM EST --
After a two-week holiday my husband went back to work today. We all felt a bit depressed and it was up to me to put on a brave face for the girls. A morning at the gardens started out fine . . . more
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May 19, 2007 04:59 AM EDT --
Credit: Karori Wildlife Sanctuary
252 hectares of native forest, located only 2km from Wellington City Centre, is hidden in a secret valley filled with the songs of rare, native birds. Karori Wildlife . . . more
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December 23, 2006 04:15 AM EST --
We were out the other day and I realised, that for over an hour, I hadn’t needed to intervene in a potential ‘bust up’, to guide Charlotte’s behaviour or even to be her best buddy. . . . more
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May 13, 2007 05:32 AM EDT --
We give all that we can give. We love with all our hearts. Living with children in our midst, we are living with angels. Each action we take is reflected back ten-fold. Children are from heaven and . . . more
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November 01, 2007 02:04 AM EDT --
The division between the spiritual and material worlds softened this evening and the magic was powerful over Capital E ; in Wellington’s Civic Square, New Zealand. There was a strong sense that . . . more
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September 27, 2007 06:25 AM EDT --
Today was a day like millions of other stay-at-home parents around the world, but does that make it any less remarkable?
Children wake up every morning with driven curiosity and grasp at every opportunity . . . more
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December 11, 2007 05:10 AM EST --
This morning was an exciting one for me, personally, as a very good friend moved back to Wellington after four year’s in Australia. Wellington , New Zealand , has a magnetism to it that draws . . . more
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April 02, 2008 05:21 AM EDT --
I've not been so well these past few days and my dearest neighbour knocked on my door this afternoon and offered to take Charlotte out for the afternoon. She was my angel today.
But . . . more
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