let me apologise in advance for anyone reading in the snowy northern hemisphere. you had your hot months and now we’re in to ours.
so i won’t feel guilty sharing our day with you which was mostly outside.
anyway, the day started with esther and me having breakfast on the deck. the sun was in esther’s face so she moved chair ! jane and kezia had their own breakfast on the beach as they were up earlier for kezia’s piano lesson.
then whilst jane and the girls were at orchestra i mowed the lawn in what was now turning out to be quite a hot day
lunch was picnic outside the auckland museum on a place we picnicked at in easter 2009 and discussed as a family whether we’d like to come and live here
it was my office christmas party this afternoon which was held in a sports arena in town and was a celebration of kiwi christmases
it was good, although very busy and long queues for the kids activities etc.
we stayed for a few hours though and had plenty to eat.
jane had some pavlova which is kiwi invented of course.
but we didn’t have any lamingtons
and you’ll be glad to know i didn’t get a (in)decent photo of the santa who had rather short shorts on.
we left the party to head to our friend Warren’s birthday bash on the beach where we all took our own takeaways which we ate in the park with ‘the gang’ of over 20 of us i think. we sat and chatted for hours. i took some photos, but they were all absolutely dreadful so here’s a plastic man thing we found on the grass instead.
and then when it was time to leave we went the four of us for a wander on the beach at sunset
kezia had a little paddle and there were still plenty of people down on the beach
kezia went in for a paddle and said the water was quite pleasant
she did a bit of jumping
and rangitoto was looking nice on the horizon
and some chaps had set up their fishing stall for the evening
then it was back home again.
and here’s my lovely wife jane
toodle pip