So many Christmas partys for one little boy

It's been a busy couple of weeks, but lotsa fun too


Our Playgroup Christmas party

Mainly Music Christmas party, all the kids got a present from Santa, they had a jumpy castle too

Our church creche gave the kiddies a book each and put on a lovely morning tea

Daycare Christmas party, the older kids put on a show, Infant care where Nathan is did a song, This was Nathans face throughout.
They also put on a morning tea, yum. It was also the only time Nathan didn't freak out on Santa, because Santa had a lolly.

Chicken Pox & Nectarines

Nathan got the chicken pox a couple of weeks ago, I was really dreading him getting them but he did really well, other than the spots there were no other signs he was unwell. I think it is true that they don't suffer as much when they are little.

Enjoying a nectarine

Trip to Chipmunks

Last Thursday Nathan and I met up with Talei and Cadence for a catch up. We were going to go to a park but the weather was pretty bad. Going to Chipmunks worked out cool coz the boys played nicely the whole 2.5 hours while we had a coffee and chatted... Nice.
Here are our curly topped, straight haired, gorgeous boys.

Deans Birthday Weekend

Last weekend for Dean's birthday we went camping at Tawharanui. It was a nice weekend. The whanau came up with the fishing torpedo, so they put that out a couple of times. We got about 5 snapper, 4 small ones, and one rather big one, the pics don't do it justice really.


The beach at Tawharanui, Dean went for a snorkle and as it is a marine reserve there he saw lots of cool fish.


Alicia and the kids building a sand castle




One of the smaller fish just fit in our pan, yum!


In Leigh

Birthday pics

Yesterday I turned 31!! So i'm in my thirties now. Had a good day. Started off at playgroup where I gave some of my brochures out to the mums there. Then Lisa bought some coffee and cake over, and Dean bought home some lunch. Then Nathan took me to the zoo, well I took him :)



Up close and personal with Oz the tiger from Israel, we helped bring him over by buying a $10 tiger tail, which in turn helped us win an electric guitar (see blog way further down)



Lazarus the Lion

Dean and I having pizza at Mission Bay before our touch rugby game

Nanny Mardi's Visit

Our trip to the Auckland Museum



Eeew, lots and lots of cockroaches..






LUNCHTIME OUTSIDE
Going for the wasabi

Tackling some sushi

The Cowley's Housewarming

On Saturday we ventured out South to Manurewa to visit Donna and Ali's new house. It was great to catch up with them and see the lovely house they've bought. The kids had a great time tearing around the place, I also had a great time eating Donna's divine Chocolate brownies!!

Marcus' 1st Birthday

Today we went to Marcus' 1st birthday party. Marcus and his mum Lisa go to our playgroup and Mainly Music group too. Lisa did a great job with the party, there was yummy food a cool cake and a playground for the kids. Happy Birthday Marcus!!


The cool cake

Nathan with the Birthday boy

The Park Has been Mowed

Dean, Nathan and Moses took advantage of the newly mowed reserve next door. They kicked the soccer ball around and then played in the hay. Moses quite enjoyed being covered in it by Nathan. He puts up with a lot our poor cat, he is quite tolerant, thankfully.

New Table and Chairs

I bought Nathan a table and 2 chairs from the Warehouse and when we got home I told him one of the chairs was for Ayla so for the whole week he was dragging the chair around saying 'Ayla Ayla'. It is rare for them to go a whole week without seeing each other and it seemed he couldn't wait for her to get to sit on 'her' chair.

Warming up the seat for Ayla is 'Moo', having weetbix and peaches for breakfast...




Yay!! She finally gets to sit on her chair

And later that day a bit of dinner together...

Parents and Child Expo

Nathan and Ayla are always so excited to see each other, even though they see each other so often. It's lovely seeing them being nice with each other, they give each other kisses and cuddles. Here they are holding hands on their way to the expo :) The expo is good for sussing out all the cool things out there for parents and kiddies and also to score heaps of freebies!! The kids get to enjoy a bit of Banana's in Pyjama's too.

Preschool Day Out

Nathan goes to Daycare on Wednesday afternoons, his cousin Ayla goes two days a week too. On thursday they had a morning over at the Primary School for the 'Travel Wise' morning. They had an obstacle course and then we did a mini walk-a-thon to raise money. They had lots of fun as you can see.