Halloween

Not that we really "do" Halloween, but while Daddy's on nights we tend to do things a bit...differently. Here are the kids painting themselves and eachother...even Nannie just "had" to join in!

Eden couldn't stop looking at herself in the mirror
Then the dancing started...

Lachie painted his own face looking in the mirrorThen proceeded to paint Lily's tummy

Therapy...

Lily wanted to be a pink and blue puppy as a reward, and then had the great idea of painting Daddy's face too - no real theme here, just freestyle (and I had a go too!)

Turns out neither Lily or I have enough money to dare him to go to work like this!

I take it it's very relaxing!

The Naki

We had a great time away in Taranaki, despite the weather...and as usual I took so many photos - heaps of animal ones at the zoos.

So here's a selection of multi-kid shots (more efficient that way!)

Here's the view from our cabin

Watching the sea before bed

Sliding

Jumping "I believe I can fly..."
"You can build one of these, ay Daddy?"

After Sydney, Lachie wants to go on trains every holidays...this is all we could find!

Roctopus
Found some great restuarants - PaNKaWaLLa (Indian) - Lachie took this one

An Argentinian pizza/pasta restaurant, El Condor - chilling out after dinner

Do-do.........do-do......do-do...do-do...do-do.do-do.do-do.do-do
Feeding the alpacas

Clouds are good for making sun beams!Visiting "Sue" the T Rex at the museum

Sculpture of a "spider beetle"My cuties...

Mike after I tried to catch him singing along to Eddie Vedder's version of Day Tripper (long, quite boring drive in the rain)

Great trip - will be doing it again,especially as friends moved over that way a month ago, being the reason we went this time, and many recommendations from Lachie's teacher.

Bye

We're heading away for the long weekend (sorry to those that only get Monday off!). Back in time for Mike to work Tuesday and Lachie to go to Rhys' birthday party on Tuesday - the kids at Onga get an extra day off!

Picnic at the River

Ok, so vege risotto isn't exactly picnic food, but because I had dinner ready at 4.15 (that's not too unusual round here) and it was a nice evening, I decided to pack it all up and head to the river for a picnic...everyone thought it was a great idea... Especially Honey!
And the kids even did the dishes!

Hope you all have just as much fun with your dinner tonight!

Ngati Whai Festival

Our little white boy...

...can do a pretty mean haka!

"HE!" (He's been practicing that bit for weeks!)

Secrets for Grand-da

Lily had some very important things to say to Grand-da after Eden's party...

Party Day!

Great day, great company...great big cake!

The bit she's been practising...
Eden "won" and got the monkey off the top to eat!
Lachie really wanted a piniata...all the kids had a go... But we needed the big guns to finish it off! (10 year old Xavier, he insisted on a blindfold, just for the extra challenge!)