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Two Blondinis
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Posted: 14 January 2008 at 10:16pm |
We went to Butterfly Creek this weekend and whilst I blinked Miss Houdini ran off from the playground and we found her down by the train! Most terryfing moment of my whole life!!!!
I totally admit that I should have been watching her with the eyes I have in the back of my head, but I emailed the Manager this morning to ask why there wasn't a gate to stop kids getting down there on their own and their reply was "we USED to have a pool gate there but because it was in constant use it was impractical to expect it to work constantly, it has now been removed awaiting repairs"
OMFG!!!!!!!!! It would also be impractical if my daughter got run over by a train!
I suggested that they might want to invest in a sturdy wooden hinged gate exactly the same as the one leading to the farm that keeps the animals in! I'm sure that would have equal amount of use and was working and locking perfectly fine!
**scared mummy rant over**
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mummy_becks
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Posted: 14 January 2008 at 11:55pm |
In Palmy i have to say Memorial park. In the summer it is great there is a little pool that babies can swim in and there is a deeper pool that older children can swim in. It is all inclosed with a fence and gates. The 2 pools are seperated by some bars so babies can't get into the bigger pool so easy. The playground is great Andrew had a ball playing there.
And well the Esplanade in Palmy is great.
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Jennz
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Posted: 15 January 2008 at 12:37am |
I used to love going to Memorial park as a kid! Do they still have the big outdoor skating rink?
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caraMel
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Posted: 15 January 2008 at 10:13am |
OMG me too, dejavu on the skating rink!
Toni, WTF is with removing a safety gate and not putting something there in the meantime?!
That is shocking when there are so many little kids there!
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McPloppy
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Posted: 12 February 2008 at 12:55pm |
I really like Vavoom in Parklands Christchurch. Great healthy selection of food for the children and the library is just next door.
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Neeks
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Posted: 17 February 2008 at 1:35pm |
OMG I LOVED both Memorial Park & The Esplanade as a kid you just gotta love that little train.. and the outdoor skating rink (is that still there?)!! My Nannie (grandmother - RIP ) & lived in Palmy (Terrace End) and we used to spend most holidays there
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mummy_becks
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Posted: 17 February 2008 at 1:44pm |
I'm not sure the the rink is still there i'll have a look next time we go there.
The train now has a very long track that the PD boys made.
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Neeks
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Posted: 18 February 2008 at 4:52pm |
Last time I went on that train my nephew was 4 (now 12) HA, time flies when you're having fun
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aussiemum
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Posted: 21 March 2008 at 4:48pm |
Just wondering if anyone's been to Scrummy Mummies in Papanui ChCh?
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ElfsMum
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Posted: 21 March 2008 at 5:17pm |
aussie mum..we used to meet there for OHBABY meetups.
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Bobbie
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Posted: 01 April 2008 at 1:23pm |
The Jan/Feb 08 Auckland girls just went to BANG BANG cafe in Ponsonby on Saturday and it was fab! (Thanks lilfatty for finding it).
It has one side of the menu just for toddler/children food and one side for adults. Heaps of room between tables to move a buggy through and a 'cage' (playpen) at the back for the mobile babies.
Coffee was great too (even though I had to have decaf soy *sigh*)
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Kim
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Posted: 01 April 2008 at 2:11pm |
Yesterday we went to the Library Cafe, 55 Princes St, Onehunga which was really good. A little playground out the back for big kids, a play corner for the little ones and a great menu for everyone. They even do organic purees for babies...totally recommend it.
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Bizzy
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Posted: 29 April 2008 at 3:23pm |
i went to frolic today on manukau rd and wanted to say how great it was for the kids too...
they were greeted at the door personally by one of the wait staff and she was really nice and friendly to them as well as me... they were kept entertained and the fluffies came with marshmallows and were a decent size too.
Well done frolic!!!!
(may even start a separate post re this...in case not everyone sees this.)
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Mumandloveit
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Posted: 10 May 2008 at 12:31am |
Another great child friendly cafe in Auckland is a Spoonful of Sugar in Ponsonby. It has a child menu and also a childrens playroom which is staffed with two fully trained nannies. For $5 your children can play in the playroom while you eat and you can watch them on a huge screen mounted on the wall while you eat. The staff are great and there is heaps for the kids to do. Books / puzzles / blocks artwork etc. My kids love it there.
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Phat_Cat
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Posted: 16 June 2008 at 4:50pm |
wow that does sound flash lol (spoonful of sugar)
One day I want to go to butterfly creek.
In warkworth - well matakana really is the country park. Its manily for older children (the playground) but has different things ie a pirate ship, buzzy bee, castle etc
The animal side is great too the cafe makes yummy hot choclates but is very pricey food wise.
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Posted: 16 June 2008 at 5:30pm |
Kim wrote:
Yesterday we went to the Library Cafe, 55 Princes St, Onehunga which was really good. A little playground out the back for big kids, a play corner for the little ones and a great menu for everyone. They even do organic purees for babies...totally recommend it. |
This place has become my local!! I love it there, it can get crowded with mums and bubs but I think thats what makes it so great. Oh and their Caramel Slice - TDF!!
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Kim
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Posted: 16 June 2008 at 10:00pm |
We will have to do a meet up there Mel!
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Posted: 19 August 2008 at 10:47am |
Scrummy mummies in Chch is great, however I heard a rumour that it has closed. Is this true? Bad news.
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Mazzy
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Posted: 19 August 2008 at 2:02pm |
Bambinos in Cambridge is awesome, great prices and heaps of choices for kids of all ages on the menu, as well as heaps for them to do. Only thing is that if they go off to play in the ball room or the other play room you can't see them from the eating area, but there's heaps for them to do in that area anyway.
Lilypad cafe just out of Cambridge also impressed me. They had a seperate laminated mini-menu that they gave to DD1 so she could order like the grownups and a neat outside play area. Lovely staff too.
Most recently Grey Street Kitchen in Hamilton East has a pretty good kids section on their menu and they were really helpful, asked if I needed a high chair and set it all up for me. A bit expensive though, but lovely food.
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Posted: 02 September 2009 at 9:46am |
Any places anybody knows of in wellington?? Im looking for a cafe/restaurant to have my baby shower, and thinking thinking i'll def need somewhere child friendly to put up with us!
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