Travels in New Zealand and beyond, going back to 2003!
Having arrived at my Aunty’s lovely, residential holiday caravan, in Rhyl, North Wales, the night before, we woke to a beautiful day and were amped up for a day of exploring. My Dad had a great day planned for us and before driving up to Great Orme we made an obligatory stop at Rhyl beach…
Carlucciland never loses its appeal. We drive past it every day on the way to school and my six year old, in particular, always asks when we can fit in a game. Well, today, with hubby keeping our ten year old and her friend amused (with a lovely trip over the hill to Martinborough for…
Mix a sunny Saturday morning with a play-date at Carlucciland mini-golf and smiles are mostly guaranteed (sore losers not tolerated). Great for mini-golf, great for maths (hand over the score cards to the little’uns and *trust* they’ve done an accurate job when you discover you’ve lost again!). Hand over the iPhones to the children (carefully…
Yes we have chores to do and some of them are getting accomplished, but on the whole we have been making the most of this long weekend to spend some good quality time together as a family. Dan and I are feeling shattered and sometimes the unstoppable energy of our children is simply exhausting to…
Where can you see a wonderful collection of crystals, feed animals, ride a pony and go on a roller-coaster all at the same place? Crystal Mountain of course! We walked into a crystal shop to rival all others and the girls, who both collect gem stones (future geologists perhaps or treasure hunters?), were in their…
Last week Charlotte had a play-date here at home, whilst Sophie enjoyed a visit to ‘Carlucciland‘ mini-golf with Frances. Frances took some lovely photographs, many of them under direction from Sophie – who loved the varied sculptures: On the way home Sophie was delighted to see some horses and the most beautiful sunset with the…
On Easter Monday, after swimming at the wave pool, we had a great time with a friend at Pirate Cove’s mini-golf in Porirua. Charli scored a hole in one on the first hole! After that the competition was on. Dan got a hole in one and did the ‘moon walk’ to celebrate, which left Sophie…
Dearest Charli, she is so sensitive (as was I as a child). Off we went for a hair-cut this morning. Sophie went first and let the hairdresser tease out her dreadlocks for an eternity (whilst watching a DVD of Maisy). Charli’s turn. She sat up in the chair – clipped in for safety – it…
Well it wasn’t all play on Labour Weekend, there was a little work too – though planting seedlings in the garden hardly felt like real ‘work’ – more like therapy. Dan took the girls out again on Sunday ‘avo (after a morning together of Pirate Ship mini-golf and swimming at the wave pool in Porirua)….