the sleep over went ok thanks for asking. the girls even slept in a bit
i went to church on my own (the party people stayed at home to watch a movie) then after they left we had our lunch in the garden. not bad for mid-January (equivalent northern hemisphere date)
so we thought we should go out to make the best of the day
so we loaded the bikes in the car and headed up the coast to Orewa which is a nice beach
with some posh houses including this one with a fancy post box
the girls had a nice time zooming about on the flat beach
and we walked as the girls cycled from one end of the beach to the other (total of 5.5km according to the gps logs)
there was only one brave soul in the sea but mostly there were a good number of dog walkers and dog-less walkers.
the reason we chose Orewa was because we’d heard there was a fabulous puzzle shop there. and there was.
it was more like a play scheme really as people were encouraged to sit at a table in the middle of the shop and play with the various puzzles and games (a bit like a games workshop shop if you’ve ever experienced one of them). the man in the picture above is the rather mad proprietor
we were in there for about an hour whilst esther chose what she wanted to buy with some of her birthday money
somewhere along the day i also popped next door to look at our neighbour’s house which has been for sale since january. they were having their weekly open house so i took the opportunity to talk to the estate agent about leaky homes and house prices in case we ever decided to buy the place we’re in at the moment.
after 2 weeks of holiday it’s back to school for everyone tomorrow so there’s been lots of sorting and things this evening.