Tag Archives: lovely visitors

how cookies for chch = love (oodles of it)

a couple of days ago, some christchurch kids now going to school at wanaka primary bypassed the little brown house on an ‘amazing race’ they were doing. and, boy, were they glad they did when they found out they were … Continue reading

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sophia and the hippo teach us how to play

when little sophia came to visit us a couple of weeks ago with her grandmother, sandy, she taught us a thing or two about serious playing … question one: how do you know when you’ve had a really good play? … Continue reading

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meet ruby and ben

a couple of days ago we heard the words “cupcake! cupcake” waft through the little brown house door and we knew it could be only one person: ruby, our cupcake queen. lo and behold, two minutes later, ruby came through … Continue reading

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cookie monster #1

the other afternoon we had ben, one of our well-loved little regulars, in for a chocolate chip cookie with his mom erin and it was as much a pleasure to see them both as it always is (and we love seeing cookie monster … Continue reading

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luella’s chilli chocolate mousse

a couple of weeks ago we promised to share the chilli chocolate mousse recipe one of our lovely visitors, luella, so kindly offered to give us. well, it’s here and true to our word here it is for you too! … Continue reading

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the little red-headed kid

we all know of (and love) the little red headed girl from charlie brown. so when toby the little red-headed boy came to visit the little brown house a couple of weeks ago, we were very, very excited. as you … Continue reading

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the best chocolate birthday cake ever!

our family is a chocolate one and if a birthday or special event appears during the year, it is almost always celebrated with chocolate almond cake. although we may branch out once in a while with some other chocolatey alternative, … Continue reading

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the promise of mousse

a few days ago, two gorgeous women all the way from coff’s harbour wound their way up the beautiful wildy garden path and stepped into the little brown house. and my, how their visit made our day! beautiful luella and … Continue reading

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