

Dancing Day
She waits for the time to pass, as her excitement, and by the to look of her here perhaps nerves, builds before we set off to her first...


Big City
Rio and I have nicknames for everything, heading into the city centre no exception - we call it the 'Big City' and say it with a southern...


Nieuw Jaar
The first day of the new year we spend inside, keeping warm and sporadically sleeping off the festivities of the night before. The new...


Play
Yes, they fight. Yes, at times there are tears. But mostly, well, mostly they play and they laugh. And their laugh is like a music that...


Christmas Day 2015
The day came and went as any other, though her joy was palpable. She woke early, bolted upright in our bed and yelled PRESENTS. Then...


Eve
Rio stays up late tonight and we visit the neighbourhood houses with Christmas lights. One house, close by, is made up like a Christmas...


Swim
New Zealand is notorious for four seasons in one day, as you may or may not know. Today we've had sun, wind, grey skies, more sun, more...


Christmas Beckons
As Christmas draws nearer Rio's excitement grows. I know this because hardly a minute passes without the words 'Christmas', 'Santa',...


Joy
The days are gloriously long now and they play together without want or need of anything other than themselves, and well, a tire swing....


An Aotearoa Summer
I choose to start Rio's summer story today mostly because yesterday we moved into the house we are going to be house-sitting and the...
