Little Forbes http://www.amaranthine.co.nz Chronicling the exploits of Anna and her parents Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:22:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Water table http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/11/21/water-table/ http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/11/21/water-table/#comments Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:22:35 +0000 kat http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/11/21/water-table/ Water table by theforbeses
Water table, a photo by theforbeses on Flickr.

Water table

]]> http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/11/21/water-table/feed/ 0 Happy Halloween! http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/11/01/happy-halloween/ http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/11/01/happy-halloween/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:20:25 +0000 kat http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/11/01/happy-halloween/ Happy Halloween! by theforbeses
Happy Halloween!, a photo by theforbeses on Flickr.

]]> http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/11/01/happy-halloween/feed/ 0 2nd Birthday Video http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/10/23/2nd-birthday-video/ http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/10/23/2nd-birthday-video/#comments Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:49:22 +0000 kat http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/10/23/2nd-birthday-video/
2nd Birthday Video a video by theforbeses on Flickr.

Happy birthday Anna!!!

]]> http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/10/23/2nd-birthday-video/feed/ 0 Is this going on the blog? http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/09/26/is-this-going-on-the-blog/ http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/09/26/is-this-going-on-the-blog/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 08:02:57 +0000 kat http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/09/26/is-this-going-on-the-blog/ Cousins stamping by theforbeses
Cousins stamping, a photo by theforbeses on Flickr.

Why yes!

]]> http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/09/26/is-this-going-on-the-blog/feed/ 0 Ambury Farm http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/09/18/ambury-farm/ http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/09/18/ambury-farm/#comments Sat, 17 Sep 2011 20:49:21 +0000 kat http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/09/18/ambury-farm/
Ambury Farm a video by theforbeses on Flickr.

Feeding lambs and chickens at Ambury Farm

]]> http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/09/18/ambury-farm/feed/ 0 Great-Grandfather Bob http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/08/29/great-grandfather-bob/ http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/08/29/great-grandfather-bob/#comments Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:52:20 +0000 kat http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/08/29/great-grandfather-bob/ Great-Grandfather Bob by theforbeses
Great-Grandfather Bob, a photo by theforbeses on Flickr.

A flying visit to Chch last week- lucky for us there was no snow and no earthquakes that day (that I noticed!)

]]> http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/08/29/great-grandfather-bob/feed/ 0 Anna teaches Steve about animals http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/08/22/anna-teaches-steve-about-animals/ http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/08/22/anna-teaches-steve-about-animals/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:16:19 +0000 kat http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/08/22/anna-teaches-steve-about-animals/
Anna and Steve a video by theforbeses on Flickr.

]]> http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/08/22/anna-teaches-steve-about-animals/feed/ 0 Rocking the rocking horse http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/08/10/rocking-the-rocking-horse/ http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/08/10/rocking-the-rocking-horse/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:22:23 +0000 kat http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/08/10/rocking-the-rocking-horse/
Rocking the rocking horse a video by theforbeses on Flickr.

Anna’s Great Uncle Philip gave her this lovely rocking horse, but it has taken me weeks to get a video of her using it!! (Because she usually wants the camera as soon as she sees it).

]]> http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/08/10/rocking-the-rocking-horse/feed/ 0 Things I love about Anna at 21 months http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/08/04/things-i-love-about-anna-at-21-months/ http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/08/04/things-i-love-about-anna-at-21-months/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 22:00:19 +0000 kat http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/08/04/things-i-love-about-anna-at-21-months/ Happy and naked by theforbeses
Happy and naked, a photo by theforbeses on Flickr.
  • She can high five me
  • She will give you a kiss or a cuddle whenever you ask for one
  • She can feed herself a bowl of weetbix in the morning
  • She can now say “help” and hold out a spoon or a shoe instead of just screeching
  • She wakes up happy in the mornings
  • She dances all the time, including in the car
  • She can make lots of different animal noises
  • She can take off and put on her own clothes
  • She likes to take her used nappy down the hall and put it in the bin for you
  • She is adventurous and fearless and will climb anything
  • She learns at least one new word every day – today it was “morning!” when we arrived at daycare
  • She can say all the “body part” words
  • She can do the actions for twinkle twinkle and sing parts of it too
  • She can play games, like “high five, too slow”
]]> http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/08/04/things-i-love-about-anna-at-21-months/feed/ 0 No substitute for knitting http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/07/23/no-substitute-for-knitting/ http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/07/23/no-substitute-for-knitting/#comments Sat, 23 Jul 2011 00:15:08 +0000 kat http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/07/23/no-substitute-for-knitting/ DSC00542.jpg by theforbeses
DSC00542.jpg, a photo by theforbeses on Flickr.

Last winter Anna absolutely lived in her purple cardi, and this year she has a beautiful red hooded cardi to rug up in. Thanks Gran!

]]> http://www.amaranthine.co.nz/2011/07/23/no-substitute-for-knitting/feed/ 0