"...Your princess is in another castle"

I've decided to cross this off my list...

I didn't plan on this happening really, it just kinda did. Actually, I lie, I have my husband to thank. One rainy day a few weeks back he decided to fire up the old Super Nintendo to play Street Fighter and Leah became interested. He then changed the cartridge to a more suitable game for a 4 year old, 'Yoshi's Island' and began to show her what to do. She loved it!

Over the next few weeks Leah asked if she could play some more and I've been showing her a few different games, but she's actually decided that she really likes to watch for now and prides herself on knowing everything there is to know about 'Rainbow islands', one of mummy's favourites that is currently played on a nightly basis. It's a freakin' nightmare nice to have a little sidekick watching you and giving you advice as you play. "Mummy, you need to get the crystals so the other islands will come up", "The boss is a robot now mummy, make sure you have three rainbows". We also got out Buzz Jungle Party the other night and she thought that was the bees knees.

I'd still really like to get the Wii U up more and clock 'Pikmin 3' and also get cracking on 'Kingdom Hearts' on the DS but for now I'm content with trying to clock a game that I've been working on since I was 5. I also love that I can share this love with Leah, as I know many happy hours of my life as a child was spent watching my big brother play Amiga. They're fond memories. The catalyst behind this goal was to reignite my love of gaming, and not find it a chore (how silly was tackling gaming like it was something I had to do!). So even though I know 'Pikmin 3' is lurking there (I bought a $500 odd console to play the bloody thing!), at the moment I want to play what I want to play... and that's OK by me.

Another goal bites the dust!

Selfie Nation

I enjoy taking photos of myself at the worst of times, and this proves it. Look at these muppets. I wanted to share this collage in my Colour Run post on Sunday but felt like this much brilliance deserved a post of it's own. Check out these two muppets would ya?

Three Year Old Thursday - Finger Paint

The weather around here has been crazy this week - windy and raining one minute, sunshine the next. Spring! I have a few outdoor activities, one of which that I was wanting to do at the last week so that I could share with you today, but our moons have not aligned and either the weather has been rubbish or something else has come up (like a dire need to do the giant Sesame Street floor puzzle every afternoon when we get home from daycare).

With outside being so temperamental I planned for a fun indoor activity on Sunday so that we could actually get something exciting done. I have had a magazine page pull-out for making finger paint stashed away in my office for probably over a year now collecting dust, this week I finally used it!

We had a blast not only painting with the goods but also in the making of it. Leah had a friend over to visit on Sunday and we enjoyed making the Finger Paint together.

Whisking...

Stirring to make colour...

Painting....

And Here's how you make it:

You'll need:
1 cup of flour
1t salt
1 1/4 cups of cold water
1 cup boiling water
Food Colouring

Combine the flour and salt. Add the cold water and stir until smooth. Gradually add this mixture to the cup of boiling water in a saucepan. Boil until the mixture becomes smooth and thick. Add as much food colouring as you need until you get the desired colours. It's a good idea to divide the paint up and create a variety of colours like we did. 

"Imagination is the highest kite one can fly."

 Today I went on my first expedition for the sole purpose of photography (it wasn't my fault that Fish Pot Cafe fish n' chips fell into my mouth whilst on this expedition). I went to see the kites for "Manu Aute Kite Day" at Orakei Marae.  It is part of Matariki (bringing in the Maori new year).

The kites were breathtaking and Auckland turned on the weather on a cold July day which was an amazing back drop for my photos.

Hope you enjoy <3
Please click to enlarge and get a better view :)