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The Week That Was

Well after posting Nathan's busy weekly schedule last time, we ended up with what started as a slow week for the little man. He had a cold so we missed swimming, movies and playgroup. We managed to meet Dean for lunch on Wednesday and a quick visit to the Zoo as our 'Friends of the Zoo' pass came in the post, which means we get in free anytime we want for a whole year. An early birthday present from Nanny Mardi and Poppa Dunc. Friday his nose was only running a wee bit so we headed out to Mainly Music and the Library. We finished the week on a high with a pretty cool weekend...

SATURDAY
We headed out for the day with a morning at Western Springs feeding all kinds of birds, and trying to dodge their poos. It was then off to the garden centre so Dean could get the flowers he wanted to spruce up our two little gardens by the driveway. In the afternoon we got all packed up, picnic and all and headed to the Zoo for the Che Fu concert only to rock up with our tickets and be told 'Sorry that is on tomorrow'. Good one Janna! That is the second time we've turned up on the wrong day for something. Lesson learnt! Look at tickets properly!! Anyway it wasn't all bad, they guy let us go in anyway and have a stroll around. We thought while we're out and about might as well do something so headed to Mission Bay to see some Salsa dancing and listen to Kantuta in the park.








SUNDAY
We got it right today and headed back to the zoo to see Che Fu. The opening acts were pretty good too, especially Ladi6. The highlight of the night had to be when Nathan won a $500 electric guitar. All we had to do was buy a $10 tiger tail which is to help the Zoo raise money to bring a new tiger over from Israel, and then the funny part was they had to go on stage and shake their tiger tails, and the best shaker won by crowd vote. And how could Nathan not win by crowd vote? I suppose a little booty shaking help from Dad didn't go astray either. (will also put a vid on with the action :-)

Off to the park

I have started a Flax weaving course every Wednesday night. We have to find our own flax to take to class, so I'm very lucky to have a lot of it in the park down the road. So Nathan and i went on a mission to get some and then had a swing at the park. He was also having a great time on the jungle gym but I couldn't take any pics coz I had to be right by him the whole time. He was climbing up the slide, then crawling across the swing bridge and then down the other slide, and climbing back up again. Very clever, but it's very high, so I had my hands right by him in case he slipped.

Yep this looks like a good one!


The Harakeke (flax) mobile





I have started a Flax weaving course every Wednesday night. We have to find our own flax to take to class, so I'm very lucky to have a lot of it in the park down the road. So Nathan and i went on a mission to get some and then had a swing at the park.

Weekend away

Dean and I headed to Waiheke Island on the weekend to celebrate our 5th Wedding anniversary. We had a lovely time, although we missed Nathan who was at home with Nanny Mard and Poppa Dunc. They took him to the zoo and he had lots of fun. Will post some pics of his adventure when mum emails them.

One of the 26 or so vineyards on Waiheke Island. Dean wanted to track this one down after tasting one of their Merlot's and becoming a fan.


Getting to taste the Merlot grape before it get's harvested in three weeks time and turned into wine


Having a taste of the final product. They produce two different Merlot's and a Rose. By the way we are not wine snobs and really have no clue, but it was nice to see where it all happens. And like the guy there said, if you like the taste of an $80 bottle go for it, but if you like the taste of a $5 bottle nothing wrong with that, it's all about what you like! I agree.


Dean enjoying our anniversary picnic at Oneroa Beach


Celebrating 5 years marriage, what an awesome 5 years it has been :-)

Busy Boy

Well Nathan has quite the busy lifestyle. His average week consists of...
Monday: Rest Day
Tuesday: Swimming Lessons & afternoon visit to see Ayla
Wednesday: Baby on Board movies (more for mum than bubs)
Thursday: Playgroup & visit from Ayla
Friday: Mainly Music or Mops group
Saturday: Hang out with the whanau
Sunday: Church

In amongst all this activity he still finds time for two naps a day, isn't he lucky!
Here are some pics from Swimming where they're learning to go under the water, climb up on to the side of the pool and lots of other fun stuff.

Nathan and Moses

Moses won't drink water out of a bowl, he has to have it straight out of the tap


Moses follows us to the park


A cuddle for Moses


Another cuddle ( more like a squash!)


Poor Moses gets his tail pulled at least a few times a day, he's quite tolerant considering what he get's put through by the little man

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Nathan's Walking

Yay, the little fella is walking around the place. Bit shaky but still getting around. Check out the vid for his styles. Go Nathan!!

Two long weekends and a holiday in between

Well we decided to take advantage of the two long weekends so Dean took the four days off in between. So off we went and headed back to Te Kaha for the week. After the rain during the previous week the creek had risen, luckily Dad was there the day before we arrived to shovel all the silt away so we could get through. It meant that there were some great new swimming spots a bit deeper than at Christmas. The blackberries were out yum yum, and the snapper were biting in abundance yum yum yum!! On Sunday Dean went to Te Teko to play golf and go to the races with his Uni mate Tiaki. We had a few days during the week to ourselves where we had the luxury of taking over mum and dads caravan, which was good timing as it rained all day on Wednesday. Thursday we went for a walk to the Whanarua Falls and then down to the bay for a swim. Dean walked around the rocks and got us a few paua and kina. Friday a few more of the whanau turned up to do a bit more work around the place.

West Coast Beaches

Well since I'm now a Westie I have had the pleasure of discovering some of the west coast beaches. I have to say the black sand thing is hard to get used to, but all in all they're pretty cool. In the last two weekends we have visited Piha and Muriwai. Both known for being pretty rugged. Piha is good for Nathan as there is an Estuary to take him swimming in, but he did enjoy splashing in the beach yesterday at Muriwai.

Two trips to Muriwai... Friday and Sunday...







A day at Piha...

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Some pics of our holiday in Te Kaha. We had a great holiday, I'll let the pics show ya what we got up too.

Our Home away from home for 2weeks

Having a bath camping style

Caleb the Brave with his onlookers

Ethan doing some washing in the creek

Swim/Bath for the older kids

Fishing was a bit poor overall and this was the biggest snapper of the trip



Ok getting late now, will post some more pics tomorrow...

More Pics from our holiday