Had a great week, packed in as much as we can (how I like holidays to be!). Will endeavour to caption most of these but I've been sitting here at this super-slow computer for far too long and just want some sun! Lunch in Petone - fish'n chips at the beach...
Where there's a stage and a couple of dancing girls...
Showing off...
Eden's Marilyn Munroe impression (well it IS windy Wellington!)
3D movie time
Digging for fossils
Maybe some yoga???
Took this same photo two years ago
Cooper loved playing in this scale model of a whale's heart!
Fly fly butterfly...can you fly...through the sky...
Cable Car - heading to breakfast! (Bit worried as it was quite cold, and I only brought one pair of jeans and one long sleeved top each!!!)
Mmmmmm Starbucks for breakfast! Dark mocha frappuccino = will satisfy all day!
Lachie wanted to go to the zoo mainly to meet Tahi...he read the book at school (and now owns it too) - the one legged kiwi, who actually doesn't like his prosthetic leg 
I'd love to make my girls some of these dress-up dolls!
Street entertainment, courtesy of Lachie!
Lily was in heaven...her two FAVOURITE things EVER - together! Giraffe's favourite snack is pohutakawa! All the kids got to feed the giraffes.
And the llama's loved Lachie (maybe because he was tall enough to feed them!)
Lachie wanted to go to the zoo mainly to meet Tahi...he read the book at school (and now owns it too) - the one legged kiwi, who actually doesn't like his prosthetic leg 
The kids and I caught the train into town the next day. I finally convinced Mike to let me have a look round Kirkcaldie and Stains (he's a bit scared of a shop like that!), so me and four kids made our way though the shop to the children's world, were there two minutes and the fire alarm went off. Yes I blamed Mike for arranging the fire drill right then! And we never got back there :( as we were off to Junglerama for Emily's birthday party :)
Look at the big kid! (Not me! Cooper THINKS he is anyway!)
All the cuzzies...
The birthday girl (well not til the 23rd actually, will be thinking of you Emily XX)
Cooper didn't take his eyes off the balls!!!
Unless he was following kids up to the top of the slide!
Eden saying goodbye to her "baby" cousin Luke (who's not quite 18 months, and not much of a baby as he's due to be a big brother soon!) - almost eye-to-eye!
This photo should obviously be rotated 90 degrees right, but I like it like this!!!
Lots of shopping that night followed by a good nights sleep (rain, not wind!). Left early the next morning to catch The Funky Monkey's in Palmy. Here's Joe Monkey. Bought their latest CD too, kids have had it almost non-stop (and now that it's in Lachie's CD player, it's not in the car!!!)
Phew.
Thanks so much to Uncle Danny for having us; Ron, Amanda and Emily for the party; so sorry Leisa we didn't catch up (next time have the day off and come play with us!); sorry Biddy, we decided not to come to the airport and bombard you with questions after such a long trip; and big sorry to James for missing your party, but so glad we saw you and Toby :)