This Moment

{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments for all to find and see. […]

Packing Up and Packing It In

This last weekend was a holiday again. And for once, Akira took Labor Day off work. Of course we spent most of our Kazuo-free hours packing up for the shipping day, which is tomorrow (arrrgh…are we ready? it is gonna be a long night I think). But during our family times, we got out and […]

Big Spring

Last weekend we had our first US road trip in over a year. Somehow time and other scarce resources have just meant we put off exploring more of the countryside until our departure became very imminent. We were not really in a position to venture much beyond the borders of Missouri, and we wanted company […]

Final Destinations

This past weekend was our last real weekend of fun in St Louis. Coming up is a weekend away (our first US road trip in 14 months) and then packing, yard sale-ing and moving occur of the final few weekends. So we made the most of getting out and doing those things we’d been meaning […]

Market Tastes

This past Saturday morning we made our usual foray to the Tower Grove Farmer’s Market. Such a perfect family activity as the market is on the edge of the lovely fountain and playground area that we love to visit. Fun for everyone. While the boys pootled around the play area, I picked up fresh trout […]

Holiday Weekend Wanderings

Happy Fourth! Our last. For now anyway. We went to join our friends for a BBQ on the happy day – and a ceremonial reading of THE Declaration ensued. Beautiful language. Inspiring document. Pity it is not as closely adhered to in political reality as it could be… The stickiness returned this weekend, and made […]

Unexplored Regions of the Park

Summer is with us. We are getting out and about as much as possible. The wee guy says ‘lurdle lurdle pop?’ when he wakes up most mornings – Kaz-code for playground (derived from saying ‘pop’ when he pops off the end of the slide) and we are getting to at least one, usually two different […]

Sporty-ness

I am the least sporty person I know. Akira is perhaps one of the most sports-minded people I know. In so many ways we prove that old opposites-attract adage. Having a child is like a weird little personal science project. It is so interesting to try and identify which of the respective genetic imprints have […]

A Little Older

At the end of last week I got a little older. It was a quiet sort of day, spent moseying around the library in the morning, chatting to my mother and sister in NZ online in the afternoon and then going out for a coffee with Kazuo. Unfortunately, he slept through the early dinner time […]

Clothes Swap

What is the best way to round off a wintry weekend at the end of January? Swapping clothes with a dozen other women of excellent taste! This weekend Julia opened her home and her rumpus room to a Clothes Swap Party. The idea is simple and sociable. Invite a group of your friends to come […]