Today it was Warm Enough for......

Arlo's first Strawberry of the season

bare feet and legs in Gran's garden





and curls that will soon need to live under a sunhat outside

Vintage Wednesday

What We Wore

Me to lunch at the Rose Gardens on Monday
Jacket- vintage Suede men's jacket thrifted
Shirt- 60's Trissi label $8 new with tags from the Glen Innes Salvation Army
Boots- vintage cowboy from Peachy Keen



Ang to Friday morning coffee
Dress- handmade by me using vintage thrifted fabric (thanks Sila) and the pattern from Sew La Tea Do


Miss Isabella heading to work last Saturday
Coat- vintage wool from the wardrobe of the soon to be released NZ film The Most Fun You Can Have Dying
Hat - vintage felt from Ang's Granny
Shoes- brogues from Peachy Keen
Bag- thrifted

Miss Harriet who I don't often find things for in Oppy's but this week
Top- 70s Glamour Girl label denim top, I don't think this had been worn previously, $3.99 from Northcote Savemart
Shoes- Sketchers, also from Savemart
Hair clips- handmade by Isabella



our not so well small Billy boy on Monday
Hat- thrift hand knitted find by his Nana
Jersey- vintage NZ wool found in an Oppy
Pants- purple skinny cords on sale from Cotton On Kids

Arlo very pleased with his Hello Kitty Jelly beans
Shirt- $1 vintage find at the Whangarei St Vincents
Pants- retro skinny plaid pants a hand-me-down from Billy originally from Cotton On Kids
Top- I love this Pool ball onesie from a little Asian kids shop in Onehunga - it's my go to place for all in one sleep suits and onesie singlets in bigger than size 1 (which is all the mainstream shops here seem to go to size wise)

BoY MoNdAy

this small boy had a nasty asthma attack last night and still had that nasty cough this morning

so it was a quiet morning in PJs with some computer time and playing with his brother

however while all that Ventolin helps with the breathing it also amps you up a bit so we decided lunch in the sun with Mama was in order



with a little running round


some jungle exploring


and some quiet time because really you still feel a little under par




one last energy burst back to the car before an iceblock for your sore throat and some more quiet time at home

Little bits of the Weekend

Friday morning sunshine


Arlo likes to feed cinnamon all my parsley


Saturday morning the boys played camping on the back deck

but this boy wasn't really feeling that well

so this little crew and I headed to
Moving Planet Auckland a rally to support finding solutions to climate change


Ruby got to make their smoothie using pedal power

and a little face painting


Sunday the boys were visiting their Nana & Papa and Harriet was on a playdate so Ang and I took advantage of our Mother's Day present, a voucher for Gold Class and went to see The Help

Birthday Cousins

We have two lovely cousin boys with birthdays today

Lennox is turning 2yrs

but sadly we live a little far apart to join him for his celebrations so we have to send big birthday love and kisses

but we were able to join Kahi for a family dinner last night to celebrate turning 11yrs



this year a LEGO cake was requested




Billy made a special Lego construction to decorate


and Arlo and I found Lego brick lollies to spell out Kahi,s name on the yellow brick cake

after dinner there were some serious rounds of pick up sticks


Happy Birthday Kahi...we think you're fantastic