Tag Archives: Parenting

Charley Chop Chop Gets Your Kids Cooking

Posted on June 23, 2018 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray Parents in this “digital age” have a serious challenge…How to encourage our children away from passive screens and to pique their interest in more active pursuits. Chef Charley “ChopChop” Ainscough is … Continue reading →

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Stupid stuff we need to stop saying to Dads.

Posted on February 6, 2016 by LivinginPeaceProject

FEBRUARY 4, 2016 ~ ROSIE WRITES (PERSONAL BLOG) Recently I got chatting with a nice lady in the queue at the supermarket. (Because when the highlight of your Friday evening is browsing a frozen food aisle, you’ll talk to everyone.) As I loaded a giant bag … Continue reading →

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Bye Bye Fluffy

Posted on November 14, 2015 by LivinginPeaceProject

Python Devours Children’s Pet Piglet Off the Top of my Head By Paul Murray Sometime in the dark of night on November 11, 2015 a young carpet python slithered silently into the home of Lilly and Fluffy Thompson, wound its … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the Wonderful World Winston!

Posted on September 6, 2014 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray   After 41 weeks of abstinence and special duty of care, Sanae Murray again subjected herself to a medical exorcism and delivered a handsome little devil at Nelson Hospital just after midnight … Continue reading →

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Where’s that Naughty BaBear Now?

Posted on February 19, 2013 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray Our daughter Diva loves the BaBear Game. We hide BaBear around the house and she hunts him down and when she finds him, she says “Ba,” which means “Boo” in Japanese. … Continue reading →

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Where’s that Naughty BaBear?

Posted on January 17, 2013 by LivinginPeaceProject

    Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray Our daughter Diva loves the BaBear game we invented…we hide BaBear around the house and she hunts him down and brings him back to us….we’re basically training her to … Continue reading →

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Where’s BaBear?

Posted on January 11, 2013 by LivinginPeaceProject

“Ba” means “Boo” in Japanese and “BaBear” is the name given to our daughter Diva’s little panda, which she received as a gift from a nice lady at the Novotel Hotel near Auckland Airport. We stayed there on the way to … Continue reading →

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