Teddys Picnic

 We ventured into the woods today, Albany Park to be excact for the Teddys Bears Picnic.

There were farm animals to pet and lots to toys to play with

Simply a lovely day out, free of charge and with glorious weather.

What a great way to spend a Saturday.

Ribbet !!

These are the newest member of the Strang Clan, two tadpoles.

Max is wanting to see then turn into frog and of course as every four year old does he expects it to happen in minutes.

So the waiting begins, lets hope they survive living in a four year olds' room.

Stillwater Dinner

We are finally able to have the night off from cooking dinner in out small part of the world.

Some clever guy saw the need for a takeaway place here in Stillwater and it has been running for a week now so we felt the urge to try it out..

So as it was a beautiful evening in Auckland we headed down for a late afternoon swim and dinner over looking the water. Bliss

I love a good Cook !

Something I love to do is smooze thru gorgeous Cook Books, I dont follow thru much and create these cullinary delights but looking thru these beautifully photographed is some how inspiring.

This is my fav at the mo.......

Fly Fly Away.

Here are a few of my fav pics from our holiday in Papamoa.

A $2 shop Kite proved a couple of hours fun for my boys till the wind got the better of it. Oh well thats $2 shop stuff for ya.

Meeting Rosa Strang

It was with great excitment we got to meet the newest member of the Strang family during our Christmas Holiday. She was so pretty and tiny, Max was smittened by her.

Clucky is what I was sure I was going to be on meeting a "girl" newborn all dressed in pink and yes I was but also very aware of the massive amounts of work the goes with a newborn and the lack of sleep. Hmmm the Jury's still out on that one.

Pig Tits & Parsley Sauce

Pig Tits & Parsley Sauce

Happy New year everyone. All the decorations are put away for another year, everythings unpacked from the holiday and new aquired gifts have been found a home ( Ive had to do a clearout which the sallys will appreciate im sure).

My New Years Resolution will be that im NOT going give all our money to the supermarket this year. Im going to some how try to budget for food make a meal plan and not get sucked in by the specials at the end of the isle.

Ive found a great blog (above) and plan to use it as much as I can for hint and tips on saving our money for other things other than food.