CUTE

My Dads' truck is better than your Dad's truck!My Dad is a car guy....from the time I was a wee kiddie until today, my Dad has loved cars, trucks and all things with chrome and whitewalls! Today Dad sent me a few photos of the 'project' he has been working on for the last few years...boy it's cool...but then again, so is my Dad! My Dad is a details guy...details details details! I just love the color Dad, well done! Now, if it was back in the 70's all the neighborhood kids would have piled in the back and headed down to the waterfront for fish & chips...no seatbelts required!

I remember an old green truck we had when we were kids...just seeing photos of this one made me remember the fun times we had when we were kids.

Dad's also a bit of a garden freak...having transformed a few acres of land into one of New Zealands most famous tropical gardens in less than a decade. Here he is with one of his 'babies'...a bromeliad, he's a bit of a pro in the bro' department...creating all sorts of fancy new ones....(no, he does not work for the CIA, this isn't 'Meet the Parents', he actually DOES love plants!)

I miss my Dad terribly, we don't get back to to New Zealand very often, I hope to take the girls next year if we can manage it. I miss seeing my family, the kids really are missing out on having WONDERFUL grandparents by living so far away. Grandad Pete & Nana Jocelyn, and Nana Rosemary are our KIWI family, we miss them, and all the cousins and Aunties and Uncles too.

BTW..New Zealand rocks in March...ROCKS!

WANNA WIN THIS?

Of course you do...I do! You can...all you need to do is visit our friends fundraiser blog and donate $10!

Click here to go to the Kreuer Family blog to read their story or click here to go directly to their fundraiser page. Honestly, if you read their story you will not be able to resist helping them! Carrie and her family have experienced a tragedy beyond comprehension, and due to the death of their daughter MJ and the medical and funeral costs, the adoption of their newest daughter Anna Grace is at risk.

Please donate just $10 to this wonderful caring family, it will honor the memory of MJ and help them bring sweet little Anna Grace home!

POP POP POP

When the winter blahs are getting you down, and your kids are sick of drawing, painting, stickering and all other traditional amusements...try a good old fashioned sheet of bubble wrap! It's 45 seconds of pure joy. Throw in a couple rolls of wrapping paper for balance, a giggly and somewhat sniffy Mummy (blame my cold medication) a silly big sister and a very hairy schnauzer... VOILA...pure magic!

If we can't have our concert....

then the Snowflowers shall at least have theirs!

let me say, despite being monumentally bummed about missing out on FOTC tickets, I will at least have a little fun when we take the girls to see one of their favorite singers in a few weeks!

Rock on Justin...rock on.

BUMMER

sigh...I missed out...I didn't get tickets for my 'boyz', my 'hommies', my kiwi 'cuzzies'.

They are selling them on stubhub for $450 each!

I'm deflated, bummed, downcast.

Seeing Bret & Germaine last year was the highlight of our winter...and now...nothing...just snow and sadness.

sigh

FAIRY JUICE!

Someone cannot get enough 'fairy juice'....looks lovely doesn't it! Paisley sure does enjoy her daily dose of 'green food' ....lots of good stuff in this, from kiwifruit to kale..wheatgrass to broccoli! I don't think I've ever seen a kid chug it with quite as much gusto!

lip smackin'ly scrump-diddley-umptious!

mmmmmm.....good! "more pleeeeze"