merry christmas

We finally have a phone and internet line after four weeks. 

Apparently it is very hard to change the address and set up a connection for customers that have been with the same company for eight years! 

But anyway, we have kind of moved into the new old house.

Still trying to unpack some things and find homes for everything and everyone.

I haven't found the camera charger yet so no pictures to show I'm sorry. 

But will get onto that after Christmas.

  

Speaking of Christmas, I hope you all have a wonderful holiday and will catch up with you again after ours. 

Travel safe and be merry!

hello...

Hello again.

We are back from our family summer holiday and a self imposed holiday away from technology.
That meant no computer, no cell, no camera, just kids, husband and dog!


So lots has been happ'n.
The house is still not finished, the dining room and laundry still need a coat of paint.
As does the entire out side of the house, time for a new colour too I think.


Our biggest and besets news is our wee Button turned six on Christmas Day.
SIX!!!!!!
I still can't get over just how fast that has happened.
Six already, I still remember bring her home from the hospital, plonking her on the dining table still in her car seat and bursting into tears because I didn't know what to do with her.



This year she got a new bike...



I think she looks tiny on it, but she handles it just fine.


And Ella also lost her first baby tooth...



She was born with her two front bottom teeth, so they have lasted well.
Her tooth was only wiggly a few days and then Oliver head-butted her in the mouth, kindly removing said wiggly tooth for her.
Such a considerate wee brother!



And a very generous Tooth Fairy made for an enjoyable first tooth loosing experience.

merry christmas everyone!

so what's atop of your tree...


I brought this lovely snow flake while up in Auckland.
Phil had his work Christmas party this weekend, so while he went to work on Friday, I shopped!

I have been wanting to share the photos of the house repaint and new carpet.
But the carpet was delayed because they measured the house wrong and one run was too short.
So by the time that was sorted we were heading for Wanganui to drop off the munchkins and then onto Auckland.
And somewhere in the middle I managed to delete all the before and after photos!

So it is safe to say I need a holiday - big time!
In light of this the kids have everything set out for the big jolly fella and his crew...

and apparently he needed an explanation as to what all this is for...

So from my family to yours
"we wish you a merry Christmas and a very happy New Year".


Hopefully in the next couple of weeks I can get our lives sorted.
I know the kids are sick of having to rummage into a box to find their clothes.
So once all is well and the house in a more livable state I can get some pictures for you to see.
Until then take care and be safe!

holiday - part two :

Sorry for the slowness in getting around to posting this, but a lot is happening here at the moment. (more of that later!)


So following the lay on the beach day and do nothing to recover from all the roller coaster rides we went to Sea World...

we took in a show...

saw some fish...

and some bigger fish...
that some crazy people were getting in and swimming with!

My favorite were the Polar Bears...

they were having such a great time swimming around and showing off for all that were checking them out.

But alas our lovely holiday was over all too fast and just as we were getting used to the time change we had to get back onto the red plane and come home.

good buy sun shine.

holiday - part one :

So the holiday was awesome, and one of a few "firsts" for me...



such as my first time over seas and first time on a roller coaster!

This is the view from our apartment on the ninth floor looking over Coolangatta.

We went here...

to see the Stars...

and have our pants scared off...

We went on every ride (and there is heaps of them) except the Batman one above.
I am way to scared of heights to get shot straight up in the air like those crazy people who did!

And after all the excitement we needed sugar and these yummy things are every were in Auzzy.
Churros, deep fried donut stick covered in cinnamon sugar.

and a much deserved day of rest and sleeping here...

so there is a little taste, more to come soon.

hello .... goodbye ....

see you in a little over a week, hubby and I are going here for our early tenth wedding anniversary.

Jealous much!

holidays

It is nearly the end of the first week of school holidays and the kids have been sick!
Oliver with croup and a nasty ear infection. He has never been this sick ever.
And now poor Ella has a tummy bug and can't keep anything down.

So I thought it might be nice to look at some pretty pictures.
My Mum is into growing Orchids at the moment.
And has some lovely flowers coming on...

And wee Ella in her last week of term had a bash at some flower arranging too...

All the veg are from our garden.

And this is her hedgehog "Savage".

If you are on holiday, I hope you are having a good time.
Maybe next week will be better for my munchkins!

to snow or not to snow?

It is school holidays here, so we shot up to Wanganui for a couple of days.

We also decided to take the kids to Mt Ruapehu.
(behind the Wanganui water tower above)

It was to be the first time they have seen snow close up.
As you can see Oliver was not sure about the whole snow thing.

That was until he lay down on it and licked it, just to make sure it wasn't ice cream!
(and no I wasn't quick enough to get a photo)



But even tough they appear to be having fun, they are townies!



They hated the coldness, the wetness, that it got into their boots and gloves (or glubs, as Oliver calls them), down their necks and up their backs.

And that after you have fun on the down hill...

you have to walk all the way back up...

We gave up after an hour and a half of tears and constant questions about "why can't we go to Nanna's beach with the beach boyfriend, or to a cafe?"


I think from now on we will stick to the replica Mt Ruapehu at Kowhai Park.

It is easier to climb!