love the duck song....

May I present to you the coolest song ever. One question though, have you got any grapes?

love wardrobe wednesday - jan nineteenth....

Eek! So I'm a little late with today's installment (I stupidly clicked save this morning instead of publish before I scooted out the door) but here it is anyway - better late than never!

Tee shirt dress | Max

Floral cropped cotton jacket | Frutti

Grey pull up socks | Portmans

Boots | Dotti

So there you go! I have to say, the boots were a slight overkill and I may have swapped (thank heavens) to jandals upon stepping foot outside. If you've got a WW post it up! I don't want to be the lonely WWer that sits in the corner picking my toenails, keep me company with your awesome Wednesday threads! 

love my boys....

Nothing warms my heart cockles more than watching my two best boys hanging out. Ladies, I'm sure you agree - there's something about a man and a baby, right? I've had the odd red-cheeked request from guy mates to "borrow" Redford for an outing to the park (yes, to pick up chicks and no, I'm not kidding).

Nick and Little Red make a cute father/son duo - looking at the wee man you've no doubt who's boy he is, it's creepy really. Give Red a mop of hair and a beard and you're staring at his Daddy. They're like twins. Dr Evil and Mini Me, except better looking. And not evil. Or weird. OK, sometimes weird but definitely not evil.

(don't) love back pain....

Ugh. Back pain is not my friend, yet it seems to drop around unannounced every so often with the intention of turning me into an invalid for a couple of weeks and as you can see by my suitably upset and unglamorous photo, it has done just that.

Hence the hiatus. 

My back went "ping!" last Wednesday as I was lifting the 8.5ish kilos of solid, wriggling mass that is my son out of his buggy. Right smack bam in the middle of town - there I was, stuck in some sort of limbo pose dangling Little Red mid-air with the odd tear prickling at my eyes (thank goodness I had my sunnies on, at least they allowed me to hold on to some semblance of composure).

So after being told by the physio to "refrain from heavy lifting for the next 7 days" (yeah right) I've been resting up while Nick and the grandies take over the household and the laptop has all but reached my eager typing fingers. But I'm back now with many more things to love so stay tuned....

love wardrobe wednesday - jan twelfth....

First WW for the new year! I have to admit, I've been a tad slack - we only got back from up north on Sunday and since then we've been busy settling back into normal life again - so I've not been able to dress up/get a pic and my Wednesday outfit this week is less than ideal. Apologies!

However, here's me and Little Red on Chrimbo day dressed up in our Sunday best....

 I'm wearing.... striped dress | Glassons

With bangles from Equip

Little Red's wearing.... checked shirt | Osh Kosh B'Gosh

Denim cut-offs | Baby Gap

So there's my meagre offering for this week but I promise to be back into the swing of things next week!

love good covers....

Name: Lelia Broussard

Cover: Single Ladies by Beyonce

I have nothing else to say other than THIS GIRL IS THE FREAKING BOMB.

See her unique take on B's #1 here. Enjoy!

love waiheke....

While still recovering from my New Year's induced hangover (I was with child last year so had to make up for lost time!) the fam bam and I headed up to the golden sands and blue skies of Waiheke Island.

Needless to say I am in LOVE. The weather was amazeballs (I pretty much felt like I was in the tropics after the chilly breezes of Wellington) and we spent our days lounging on the beach, trouping around the vineyards and eating and drinking far too much. Life is tough, ain't it?