today was mum’s last full day with us so esther, kezia and I took her over to the waitakere rain forest
despite the dodgy rain forecast, and the rain as we drove there, we were treated with great weather at the arataki visitor’s centre. and it stayed dry all day
we went on a little walk in the rain forest
here’s a snail esther found
then we went down to titirangi for lunch
then we drove over to huia where we stopped at a lookout. (there was a very strange chap up there who’d tied his steering wheel to the roof of his car and had wedged his accelerator down so his car was going round in circles with him videoing it from the outside. as it went round each time it got a bit closer to where i’d parked, so that added a certain excitement to our brief visit!
after that we had ice creams in mugs at a cafe
then it was back home for some final packing for mum and some excessive form filling for me
then this evening we took mum out to aubergine’s for her mother’s day / good bye meal
only kezia had enough room for dessert!
to finish the day we watched an episode of masterchef new zealand which mum has got hooked on, but won’t get to see the end of. but at least she now knows who is in the final 3.