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Bounce into spring with new organic cotton clothing from Hoopla Kids.

The new spring range from DUNS Sweden and More than a FLING is here. Full of colour and fun, these hard wearing styles are clothes to live in, clothes to have fun in.

Featuring busses, berries, flowers and fruit there is something to suit everyone, including a few treats for women. 

Check out the full spring collection and remember, all styles are limited edition!

“Spring, Spring, Spring!” sang the frog. “Spring!” said the groundhog. 

“Spring, Spring, Spring!” sang the robin. It was Spring. The leaves burst out. The flowers burst out. And robins burst out of their eggs. It was Spring.

The terry jackets from DUNS Sweden are a great reminder that it takes time to make our clothes. And that time is put in by skilled people using handcraft and remarkable machines.

Here you can see a visual tour of all that's involved in the making of the application on the front of the terry jackets. 17,600 stitches and 45 mins for the machine to sew 12 applications on. And this doesn't include the time it takes to place all the parts in the right place, or the time it takes to prepare and cut all the small pieces before they can start. What an amazing process.

My quest to make monkey bars for Mundo led me to research how to bend aluminium. 

I thought this would be a challenge as was concerned with it breaking. However, a quick search on Google found me a couple of very handy articles. 

A calm Wellington day for collecting a new trestle table for using at the Market. This table will feature the wonderful Book Island books.

I have a secret supply of lemons from a sunny town where the lemons grow like crazy. And sometimes when I'm lucky I get a shopping bag or two full of them dropped off by my brother in law.

So when lemons come by the bag full, I juice them! But there's more to juicing lemons than meets the eye. 

Last week I took the plunge and made an investment in a new food processor. Now I won't hide the fact that it was far from the cheapest around but what I can say is that there is no substitute for quality.

Its been nearly a couple of months now since Old Blue Mundo headed south in a couple of big boxes to its new home. Old Mundo served me well. It showed me the wonders of cargo biking. I carted kids, friends and the whole family. Groceries, kids bikes and swimming gear. I even got to go on a child free date with my husband.

As cheesy as it sounds, it changed my life, and potentially my kids lives. They know that if we're going somewhere then it's normally by bike. They ask for Mundo and take pleasure in finding their helmets (be it at 7am before everyone else is out of bed) or climbing on themselves. And for me, what fun it is. How versatile, and practical it is. It's how I get around. And is my first choice for short to medium length trips.

I credit this lovely idea to my friend Meg. This was her contribution to the blueberry challenge.

This idea is so simple and it goes down a treat with the kids, or at least Ella who is old enough to enjoy them.

Blueberry Ice Cubes

Take an ice cube tray of choice.

Place a couple of pieces of blueberry and chopped strawberries in the tray and fill with water.

Leave it in the freezer to set.

There you have it. Ice blocks don't come much easier or healthier than this.

Thanks Meg!