Future Plans Oscar?

What sort of trouble can you get into with that helmet Oscar?

Water Party

Best thing about the Summer School holidays, is that you get to play in water.  You also get to shoot people with water guns.  Thanks Yvonne V, for having the children around for some awesome water play.  Oscar and Anneke enjoyed splashing Patrick, Andrew, Jack, Holly, Jamie, and Portia.

Thread painting

Anneke had a go at thread painting.  She managed to create some leaves.  Keep it up Anneke!

Fossils at Te Papa

Discovered this Mosasaur skeleton near the bush walk at Te Papa.  Kept the children occupied for a while.

Trolls

Weta Workshop was as special as always.  Did the Weta Studio Tour, fantastic behind the scenes, especially if you are a Lord of the Rings, or a Halo fan.  Seeing Sam Neil in the Warthog is a special memory for me.  Tighe was fascinated by the miniatures, and the bigatures.  Can't wait for Thunderbirds.
We found the Trolls out front.

You should have hidden somewhere else Tighe!

What does the toe smell of?

So what is under there Oscar?

Cousins with the Cousins

Met Beth and Jacob, plus the wonderful Hendrik and Willem, at the top of the cablecar.  We braved the wind, and had a picnic at the Botanical Gardens.

Jacob realising how heavy 2 boys will be in about 7 years time.

Cable Car Wellington

It has taken four years, and finally we got to take the Cable Car in Wellington.  We parked at the top, and took it down into town.  Glad we did that.  The cruise ships were in the harbour, and the queues at the bottom were horrendous.  The children managed to spend all their pocket money at the Met Shop, which had moved, so we had to find that.  I picked up some new puzzles for the backpack.

Going down

Going up

They are growing up!

Had a catch up day with Beth and Jacob.  These two boys have captivated my heart.

Willem

Hendrik

Oscar and the beanstalk

At the end of the school year, Oscar brought home one bean growning in a pot.  He planted it and we watched it grow.

Oscar picks handfulls of beans everyday

More beans Oscar

School Holidays

Just hanging in the sun.  I didn't realise the Audi could pull a monkey and a snake.

Bumbles

Discovered a bumblebee nest hidden under the rockmelons.  They are great to have in the garden , as they are active in cooler temperatures.  Bees prefer the sun, but bumblebees will go out in the rain.
Thanks to the bumblebees, we have pears, plumcots, apples, raspberries, and strawberries.  I am sure feijoas will be on the list soon.
I have been playing with my new toy, and captured this bumble hard at work.

Boys and Bugs

We've been exploring the ponga walking track along the stream, close by the Waipa mill.  Normally when we MTB it, the dragonflies join us.  As we were walking, we got a closer view. Cicadas joined us too.