Wordless Wednesday 2 July

7am last Friday after dropping my DD at school hockey practise.  Auckland Sky Tower from my cell phone.

I am linking this post to My Little Drummer Boys.

Mondays Menu 30 June

The last week of the school term and here I am trying to stay on top of things before the holidays hit and our busy schedule

Monday  steak, baked potato and green vege.

Tuesday  beef burger

Wednesday  beef and vegetable stirfry

Thursday  spaghetti bolognaise.

Friday  bacon and egg pie green salad

Satuday  pumpkin soup with homemade bread.

Sunday  leftovers


I am linking this to I'm an Organising Junkie.

Fridays Fabulous Five # 59

It is heading for the end of the school term here and we are all tired.  I have to say being a Mum taxi driver is exhausting.

Here are my links for this week.

• For Minecraft fanatics here are some free printables.
• The batteries in my kitchen scales stopped working so this link really helped when making cookies in my house last weekend.
• I am a teacher so I think this paint is just what every teacher of new to school 5 year old could find handy.
• Looking for new fonts.  How about this list of great title fonts from eighteen25
• Asthma awareness is coming up in New Zealand and a video competition is being run.  The school where I teach has entered so enjoy.

Enjoy your weekend

I am going there again.....

Next time it is freezing cold, wet and plain old miserable I think that I want to go to  watch my children play hockey here.

 

Now look closely, those red looking lights are not lights but heating.  Yes you read it here.  On the seating......stand for spectators there is over heat heating.  I think of all those very early frosty Saturday mornings and  no heating.  Now DD is playing secondary school hockey we get heating.   

Now to have a word in the ear of the person who writes the draw so they can make this location happen for us every Thursday evening.

Wordless Wednesday 25 June

My daughter attends the second oldest school in New Zealand.

This is their newly restored chapel.  It is beautiful inside (that was before the it was restored) so I can't wait to see its inside when it is opened for use again.

These photos were taken just as the sun was about to set.

I am linking this to My Little Drummer Boys.

Can you believe it.

The primary school teacher in me is astounded that in my country the children's book award was won by a book with this word right through the middle of it.

Maybe I am a prudish person who values respectful language and that is why I could not read this book to the class of 5 year old who sit in front of me.  Who knows but now I think I will need to check all books that I pick up to check what the quality of language is like.

Mondays Menu 23 June

The beginning of another week and the nearly the end of the term.

Here is my menu

Monday  spaghetti bolognaise

Tuesday  curry chicken pasta

Wednesday  falafels with rice green salad and yoghurt dressing.

Thursday  french onion soup with home made bread.

Friday  pumpkin and bacon soup with baked flat bread.

Saturday honey ginger and soy stirfry with my selection of vege and meat.

Sunday  leftovers.

I am linking this to I'm an Organising Junkie.

Fridays Fabulous Five # 58

Another Friday has passed and here are my links for the week.

• we don't do smores here but I saw this link and worked out what a Graham cracker is when you live in New Zealand and pow.....I think I can make them.  So here is link for smores in a jar.
• What about 100 inspirational quotes
• I was looking for a new hat to knit to wear to work and came across these on Pinterest.  I think I will give this one a try.

 (Image from pattern source at Very Shannon)

• I love Shannons site and this tote bag is fabulous.
• 10 ways to overcome the winter blues.

Do you have any links to share?  It would be great to see.

Wordless Wednesday 18 June

I am out of hospital after Hayden's toes is fixed.  See my blog post here

So here is what it all looks like on the other side of surgery.

Tape on the toes to stop him touching his big toe.

The plastic on this afternoon so he could go outside and play.






































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The Toe

Hayden has a bent toe.  It has gradually been bending.  We know for sure it is not rickets, something that people with cystinosis can sometimes get.  In fact we have no idea why this has happened as it is something that the elderly usually need medical intervention for.

So with his toe so bent  and pressing into the toes beside it surgery is necessary so it can be pinned.

Fingers crossed Hayden adjusts to the cast on his foot quickly.