Oma's Birthday

Oh dear! the year has begun with an onslaught of work from playcentre (since it's a parent run cooperative) and a nasty addiction to Trademe (NZ's answer to Ebay).

So here are the pictures from Oma's birthday...
This auction is for one Oma - in good condition for her age,
one slightly frazzled Mum,
one Dad appears to have been well used
and two matching children.
These people are very collectible and it is unusual to get nearly a full set all together.
Pick up preferred due to weight but I can post -they will be well wrapped and packaged for the winning bidder.

Thankyou for viewing this auction and good luck with your bidding!

Beach babes

And today we went to the beach (again). Phil put a line out but the fish were only interested in chasing his lure, not biting it:-) Ali and Lily puddled around in the rock pools and saw their first octopus. We stopped off to pick up fish and chips on the way home - hooray for summer!

Sharing is caring

Here are the girls sharing Ali's swing...

Wenderholm

Opa Noel's Birthday was last weekend so we caught up for a family picnic at Wenderholm. Aunty Jane brought sons Jordy and Lachlan along for a beautiful day at the beach. The kids enjoyed climbing the big pohutukawa tree next to our picnic spot. Ali has blue lips in this picture because she and Jordy had just been boogie boarding in the waves for ages before this shot was taken.
Opa Noel said he didn't want to have a birthday because he's not going to get any older from now on, so we made him a special T-shirt that he can wear all year round.


After everyone else left we stayed on since it was such a lovely day and we weren't worried about getting stuck in the new motorway tunnel traffic jam. We had a wander around the park, Ali and Lily hunted little crabs as girls do, and then we all had a swim before it was time to go..

The pomegaranate is a strange animal

We have been flat out amusing the children with plenty of visits to the beach and to hang out with their friends since the summer holidays are nearly finished.

Ali and Lily had never seen a pomegranate before, so we got one when we spotted it at the local supermarket last Saturday. I don't think it was quite ripe yet when we cut it open to see what was inside. Ali pronounced that the pomegranate is a strange animal, and Lily said it was yummy, but as you can see they didn't eat much of it.



This is Ali and Asher from next-door with Lily inside the playhouse. Ali has tennis balls stuffed down the top of her dress, when I asked about her boobies she told me they weren't boobies, they were babies :-) The girls have been spending lots of time in the playhouse playing mummies, schools, horsies and puppies.

Renee's photos

These are the ones that Aunty Renee took over New Years

It's been a hard days night

Oh dear, with all the "I need a glass of water" and "I need to go toilet" until 9 o'clock each night the kids aren't getting enough sleep. So now we just take them for a drive in the country every day.