Jasper begins his Preschool Journey.

In 1 weeks time my baby boy turns 3.

 Normally at age 3 would be when he would begin preschool but he has been fortunate to enjoy 3 years worth with me when I did casual teaching there.

baby Jasper at 5 months old sleeps in the reading hammock.

the boys used to adore and dote on him

 

more swinging in the hammock, sometimes it was the only way to get him to sleep in a busy class room.

just too cute



Jasper in the background, not yet quite mobile enough to get to his sisters preschool work adding glass beads



2 good looking boys in the mirror



preschool life just carries on around the baby!

 

This week marks another exciting occasion as I will not only be working at the preschool but running it also.

So Jasper gets both Mum and a preschool experience.

But he has been there right from the beginning anyway!

 

 

To see more of the new preschool click here

 

To see Sienna's preschool journey click here

 

To see Teddy's preschool journey click here

Friday challenge ~ 3 little piggies

Hello and so sorry for the lack of postings lately.

After 3 weeks in Hawaii then a further unexpected 2 week trip to Sydney has left me with hundreds of blog drafts (many of which are still in my head) yet nothing posted.

Then a good friend of mine here on Norfolk Island challenged me to link up with a Friday favourite photo. I gladly accept this challenge with reminders, you will see me more of my wonderful life appear on this blog.

Here lies another challenge though. I take thousands of photos each week, so how do I chose just one to post?
Well this weeks photo came from a tiny moment within a whole wonderful day that deserves its very own blog post. I guess that is what this challenge will do the most will be to generate a lot more posts each week from looking through my photos.
Though time challenged myself, I find it hard to say no to anything and I like to show you all how lucky I am to live on Norfolk Island.

So.....here is my Friday Favourite

This is the link to view my friends wonderful blog and her Friday favourites.
Norfolk Exposure

Finding out about Norfolk Island

Everyone who arrives on Norfolk Island has a tale to tell about it, they also need to find out about Norfolk Island in some way or rather, this is usually from advertising or word of mouth.

The Internet has become the most powerful tool for people to tell their story and show through their images what life is like in their home & town in that space of time.

I started my blog (this one) about our family life here after I moved here nearly 5 years ago as my Auntie Mary had a blog that I followed with tidbits of island life prior to our move here called Devonhouse recollections
Then a school teacher who was moving here with her two young children found my blog and read about it prior to her move here early in 2010, she is now my daughters teacher and has a wonderful blog herself about their family life here called Norfolk Exposure.

I have recently received a comment (Thankyou Deb) from another potential teaching family who hope to move here and have been following my blog for an idea about family life on the island, who knows, Deb, perhaps you also will have a tale to tell about your time here, I wish you well and hope you do get to come to Norfolk Island, you will certainly learn to appreciate all the good things in life, like being part of an amazing close knit community who pull together in their mutual isolation from anywhere else, also to appreciate seasonal fruit and vegetables and being only 5 minutes from any beach or mountain view or valley and the most stunning 360 degree views, there is plenty to appreciate here. Call me when you get here and we can have coffee!
♥ Cristina

P.S, I have branched out from my first blog here to include many other blogs about me and my time on Norfolk Island and have helped others to start one for themselves also. None of my blogs gets the attention they deserve now that facebook is more instant and easy to use for a daily diary of photos and messages etc, but I do hope to come back to update these blogs when I can.
For full list of Norfolk Island blogs visit - http://blog4norfolkisland.blogspot.com/

For my 'other blogs' see
http://cristinaroseart.blogspot.com/
http://norfolkislandweddings.blogspot.com/
http://gallerysoul.blogspot.com/
http://norfolkislandlunchbox.blogspot.com/

Phew! no wonder I run out of time to edit them all ☺

Black and White Blogging

After 3 years of Blogging about our life on Norfolk Island and 125 posts on Norfolk Heaven on Earth, I have decided on a little bit of redecorating.

It was time for a new template as a change from the old green and blue one, especially when I realized that the columns were too small to display all my photos side my side on my friends laptop, some of the photos were partially hidden behind each other. It was time for a wider blog page.

I Love colour, the brighter the better, so while playing around with a few blogger templates, I actually surprised myself by choosing a simple white one, I did try to make the background and font different colours, but they seem to work against my photography not with it.

So here I am with two blogs

a black one for my artworks Cristina Rose Art

and a white one this one Norfolk Heaven on Earth

My Auntie Mary started me writing a blog when I moved to Norfolk Island, it was a great way to keep an online journal of our adventures here and to give the family back in Australia lots of images of my children.

Mary writes beautifully and her blog Devonhouse Recollections is well worth a visit to discover another persons way of life on this magnificent tiny Island in the middle of the South Pacific.

There are many, many stories to tell about life here on Norfolk Island, There are so many diverse activities and business's here, Life certainly isn't black and white.

After discovering that most searches on google etc for information on Norfolk Island had very little local content, Mary and I recently offered to teach blogging together to the community.

We had a very interesting mix of people and they have produced some very interesting blogs.

there were a scattering of local blogs beforehand and now we have at least 28 Norfolk Island blogs.

There is a mix of community and personal stories as well as business and political blogs.

Please feel free to visit any of the following blogs to gain a more rounded view of Life on the World of Norfolk.

Norfolk Island Business Blogs
Bounty Divers
Baunti Escapes
The Hospitality Shop
Peach Season
Aatuti Art
Land and Sea
Bigg Fresh
Aurelia Health Retreat
Stefanos Restaurant
Petes Place
Framed and Signed
Anson bay Pottery
Bath and Body
Hillcrest Gardens Hotel
Norfolk Island Community Blogs
Norfolk Online news
Norfolk Island News
Norfolk Island Weddings
Johns Norfolk Island Recipes
Norfolk Island Community Arts
Norfolk Island Museum
Norfolk Island Happenings
Theatre in Paradise
Ask a Norfolk Island Local
Norfolk Island Wave
Norfolk Island Red Hatters
Cheryl Tennis Club
Holistic Living Festival
Norfolk Island Political Blogs
Your Parliament, Your Voice
Angels and Eagles
Healthy Debate on Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island Personal Blogs
Cristina Rose Art
Devonhouse Recollections
Tatoo and Tapa
Fire Dancing
Studio123
Norfolk Island Calm
Penelope on Norfolk
Mayos in Paradise
Perceptions of Paradise

If you have a blog that includes Norfolk Island content, please feel free to Contact Me Here so I can add you to our Norfolk Island Blogroll.