by Rebeckah Hunt
I have only been to the Wairarapa a couple of times to visit extended family and the Martinborough Fair and have loved it so much I have wanted to go back and explore more. I never intended to write about our weekend away but because we stayed in the most lovely little homestay I just …
Continue reading "Exploring The Wairarapa"
It's crazy isn't it, that we often miss visiting interesting places in the area that we grew up in for various reasons. We may have driven past such places and thought, I must stop in there one day, and it just never happens. Or sometimes you don't even know something exists until you have children …
Continue reading "Daffodils at Taniwha – A ‘Must Do’ this September."
Exploring in the dark is super exciting for children, and not only is it super exciting it's also really good for their sensory development. So be open to adventures which take children into the dark or outside at night time. Alex and his cousin Meeka were so excited when we told them we were going …
Continue reading "Exploring the Historic Lindsay Limestone Water Race"
Hi everyone, this blog came about from a comment I had on my Instagram account. There are so many 'things to do' in Hawke's Bay that I really am finding it hard to just name a few, however, this post is aimed at a family with a toddler and an infant so you may see …
Continue reading "Napier, Hawkes Bay – Our ‘Must Visit’ List"
It's World Environment Day today so to celebrate I thought it would be a great idea to get out into the bush. I have been wanting to take a trip up to the Pan Pac Kiwi Creche for a few weeks now and it's also another spot where Alex could collect a codeword for …
Continue reading "Wandering around the Pan Pac Kiwi Creche"
A few weeks ago I came across an Instagram Account called Poetry Teatime. It was a beautiful collection of photos of families sitting at the table drinking tea and reading poetry. One of my favourite things to do is drink coffee but I often feel sad that in our modern world that we often …
Continue reading "Poetry Teatime – A cosy winter ritual"
Recently I found out about the Toyota Kiwi Guardians. This is a programme run by The Department of Conservation and sponsored by Toyota to get kids outside, exploring nature and going on adventures. This is definitely something our family like doing. Funnily enough, when we were at White Pine bush the other week my husband …
Continue reading "Earn Kiwi Guardian Medals while out on Adventures."
Last Thursday Alex, Frankie and I said goodbye to Chris (he had to work) and set off on holiday with my Mum, my Brother and his Family. Mum had booked us all into a holiday home at Paraparaumu Beach via http://www.bookabatch.co.nz My mums side of the family all live in the area including her Mum and Dad, …
Continue reading "Visiting the Kapiti Coast with Kids? – Pop these parks on your ‘Go To’ list."
When we grew up in the 1980s, Easter was a pretty huge event, back when we were children treat food such as chocolate wasn't something that we had often so Easter was definitely up there for my brother and I. I was the one who would scoff all my Easter Eggs at once and my …
Continue reading "Creating Easter Traditions and Memories"
What a beautiful Autumn weekend we have just had. We have had crazy weather this year, it's still so hot and muggy and the rain now just doesn't want to stop! It was nice to get a break in between the storms. The bonus of all the rain is that our summer fire ban …
Continue reading "Camp Fires and Marshellows"
