Lambie for tea??

Wednesday 30th September: Warm and sunny. We got lots of school work done today, with a mid-morning visit out to the house to check on the men putting in the double glazing. They were doing a great job. We returned home and finished off our studies - this week we are looking at genetically modified foods.
After lunch I played some computer games with the boys and then had a call from the other house to say there was a problem with a rotten window frame in one bedroom. We were really lucky to get a carpenter friend out there in minutes, and he has taken on solving the problem for us. While I was talking to him I looked down to find next door's lamb standing at our front door, maahing away at me. I know he is bottle-fed so will seek out people and should be easy to catch. Sure enough, I picked him up and he cuddled into my arms and made no attempt to wriggle out. I carried him back to next door much to the worry of our own animals who were shouting at me across the electric fence. Our neighbour invited the boys to feed the lamb his bottle, which they loved.
We went home for tea. Unfortunately the boys didn't come to the table when they were asked and I got fed up calling them, so they missed out on their dinner as I had only warned them yesterday. Steve and I enjoyed a beef casserole and a caramel pudding and custard. I noticed Peter tried to sneak a pear out of the kitchen but he didn't get very far!
After dinner Steve went flying and I did some cross-stitch.

Kitchen and drains!

Tuesday 29th September: Oh, it's tricky getting up since the clocks have changed! Today was dry and sunny but there was a thick cloud hanging over the Hunter Hills so you couldn't see them at all from town.
Edward went off on his own for a piano lesson this morning while the boys and I went out to the house to meet the kitchen benchtop man. He got busy and we returned to collect Edward and got some english schoolwork done.
At 10am we walked to the library for storytime. Bronwyn the librarian had asked if I would read a couple of the books, which I enjoyed doing. Jonathan liked making the linked craft which was " a flower that really grows". We picked up some shopping and headed home. Just as we were going to have lunch the kitchen fitter rang to say he had a problem. One of the screws had come through the benchtop and made a hole in the surface. We headed out to see the problem, and it's clear we need a whole new benchtop. There will be about a week's delay before that can be fitted.
The plumbers had also been, relaying the drain that takes away the kitchen water, but it's not clear if they have finished or are coming back later to fill in the rest of the hole. The window fitters also rang to say they will be coming tomorrow.
In the afternoon the boys finished their schoolwork then we went out to the house again to lock up and feed the animals.
The boys played in the back garden, riding round trying out Peter's new cycle computer.
We have had our house painted two colours. The photos show Jonathan sweeping the kitchen floor, and the blue the boys have had their rooms painted.

Now which way?

Monday 28th September: A public holiday for South Canterbury. It was still drizzling in the morning and showed no signs of stopping. We were intending to ski at Mount Dobson today, just outside Fairlie, but the website told us that its visibility was "none"! A pity, because they'd had fresh snow overnight.
At 10 we left the campsite and drove back to Waimate. It rained all the way. Apparently it has been raining in Waimate all the time we have been away. Peter and I were in the motorhome and Steve had the other two in the truck. Only 5km from home I came across a flooded ford that I could not cross. I had always been amazed by the width of the riverbed and the size of the boulders in the bed when we have crossed it (completely dry) in the past. Now I understand its size. There was no way I could get across, but I wondered how Steve had, who was a few minutes ahead of me. I rang him, to find he had taken the wrong turning and gone along a different road without difficulty. He promised to come along and help out, thinking he could coax me through a little stream. A few minutes later he arrived on the other side of the ford and just laughed at the size of the problem. Then using our mobile phones for communication he guided me through a 3-point turn. Well, more of a 7-point turn, really, considering the narrow road, steep soggy verges and a 6m motorhome. Peter and I then retraced our steps and went the long way round.
We all met up at the new house and spent the afternoon there, tidying up inside the house. Areas of the garden were under water and the animals were soaked.
We returned to the rented house for tea, and Steve went off to the opening meet of the season for the Waimate cycling club (the Waimate Wobblers??). Apparently he didn't do too well because his crank fell off, or something.

Ski and chess

Sunday 27th September: The clocks changed overnight, so we were already late for the skifields when we woke up! It was another beautiful sunny day. The skifield was very quiet, as yesterday. There were probably only 25 or 30 people there at all, so no queues or even threat of a queue. Today was the last day of the ski season for Roundhill.
Skiing went well again and we enjoyed the warm spring sunshine, but of course it soon made the snow slushy again.
After lunch we returned to Tekapo, collected the motorhome, and drove the 45 minutes to Fairlie. As we left Tekapo we drove into heavy grey clouds and drizzle.
The boys love the campsite at Fairlie. It's run by an English family and is right next to a great playground. We park the motorhome with the big back window looking at the playground, (see view from motorhome) then they can run and play while we can set up the motorhome or cook. Today the owners' sons were around so our boys played with Lenny and Dexter. Since we last stayed there they have made a large chess set and put in hammocks and are making a small mini-golf too. It is also the only place we have stayed where there is free wireless broadband.
The rain gained in strength in the evening, and disturbed our night's sleep. Apparently it has been grey and miserable here all week.
Tonight we had fish and chips for tea. They are cooked by a chap from "oop north" and are superb.
As the evening went on the rain grew in strength and disturbed our sleep.

Ski and fish

Saturday 26th September: Today dawned bright and clear in Tekapo. We headed off to the skifield at Roundhill and enjoyed a few hours of good skiing. There had been fresh snow overnight that had been groomed and it was great to ski on. But as it got to lunchtime the sun and warmth turned the top slushy and sticky. Just before lunch a helicopter swept in and landed in the lower car park - what a way to get to the skifield! That contrasted with another chap who scoots up on his motorbike with his skis strapped to his back!
After lunch we decided to leave the skifield and go to do something different. On the return drive along Lilybank Road we stopped for me to take a photo of one of my favourite views. Now if this was in Scotland there would be an old crumbling castle on that headland.
We returned to the campsite and got changed, then headed about 15 minutes away from Tekapo to fish from the canal adjacent to Lake Pukaki. It was warm and sunny and we had beautiful uninterrupted views of Mount Cook. We enjoyed a quiet couple of hours sitting reading, but caught nothing.
We returned to the campsite and Steve and the boys played football while I cooked tea.

Where is it not raining today?

Friday 25th September: It just kept on raining. The only thing that changed during the day was how heavy the rain was.
We went to piano lessons first thing and the boys did their maths while they weren't playing music. We popped down to the shops to get supplies, then home to finish off the week's schooling. We packed the motorhome and headed off the other house to collect some things and feed the animals.
The drive to Tekapo was drizzly all the way until the outskirts of the town. There was a line across the road. Wet road and low grey clouds this side; dry road and blue sky and fluffy clouds the other side. Not only was it dry in Tekapo, but it had been dry there all week!
I set up camp and had tea ready soon after we arrived. The boys went off to bed and Steve arrived later in the truck.
The photo is of a small cottage we pass on the way to Tekapo - it always catches my eye, but today I found the time to stop and photograph it.

Hammer bang ouch!

Thursday 24th September: Cold, wet and yucky. High of about 5 degrees! Yesterday's washing stayed on the line overnight and had several more rinses during today and ended up in the tumble dryer!
To start the day we went to Playcentre. The boys were excited to find that the carpentry workbench was set up. They were given some lumps of Oamaru stone and were astonished to find they could cut through it with a saw! A few minutes later Edward hit his finger with a hammer and a large blood blister developed. And developed. And developed. I decided the best idea was to take him off to the doctors. We saw the nurse at Steve's surgery and then Steve joined us and lanced it to release the pressure. There was a lot of squealing but he did sit very still through it all. He returned to Playcentre and decided that doing some colouring was a less dangerous activity!
At 11am we drove down to Oamaru in time for the boys' swimming lessons. Today was the last one of the term. The boys' swimming has improved so much again this term and they are so much more confident and relaxed in the water.
We called in to the shops to get milk (again!) and some other bits and pieces and returned to Waimate. We went out to the new house to find the decorators have finished and left. Great! Another step nearer to moving in.
More downfalls of rain and hail while I was feeding the animals and then dropping off the milk. The boys played on the computer while I did some cooking.
Tea was the other half of yesterday's pie and a ginger oat pudding and custard. Jeanette arrived to babysit and the boys gave her a card and some daffodils for her birthday over the weekend. I went off to Taekwon-do and we had a great session. I got home at 8.30pm to find Steve had not yet got in from work but he arrived home shortly afterwards.
One photo is of the freight train to Oamaru that we caught up with on the road. Edward took the picture as we drove along! The second is of a ewe and her twin lambs opposite where we bought the daffodils in a side-of-the-road stall.

Whitebait delight

Wednesday 23rd September: A chilly start, then several downpours of heavy rain and hail. Real wintry weather.
Our schooling went well and the boys baked a chocolate sandwich cake that I made some coffee butter icing to go in. Our neighbour Jeanette came in with some whitebait Allan had caught yesterday. When Steve came in he cooked some of them into a whitebait omelette (see photo) that he and Peter devoured.
We went out to the house and as we arrived, another heavy downpour began. The sky was black but the wind soon blew it over and it was a blue sky, sunny day for a short while. The decorators enjoyed the cake, and the window repair man had fixed the broken window pane in the morning.
Peter and Jonathan went to Keas and Edward and I popped into the bank and the library.
For tea we had a yummy chicken and bacon pie and the rest of the cake.

The kitchen's going in

Tuesday 22nd September: What a cold, wet day. Brrrhhh! Schooling went better this morning and we rushed through lots of different things.
After lunch we went into town to the supermarket and post shop and then out to the house. Each day we visit we feed sheep nuts to the goat and sheep, and meal to the calf. In all the horrible rain and hailstones today they looked miserable out in the paddocks. Especially the calf who only has her coat as shelter.
We also took a fruit cake, warm from the oven, for the decorators and kitchen fitter, which cheered them all up. The kitchen is going in well. The fitter comes from Kettering and has been in NZ for 2 and a half years. I was really impressed with his attention to detail fitting the cabinets and kickboards, so hopefully it'll look lovely when it's all in. The worktop should be fitted later this week.
The boys and I returned into town and chose more books from the library. With the vast number of books Edward and Peter read each week I'm so glad we have such a great library to borrow from.
Steve's friend Greg came round in the evening and they talked about model aeroplanes, watched videos of model aeroplanes, and looked at model aeroplane magazines.
The rain continued on and off through the evening. The photo shows the rain falling off the side of the gutter when it was at its heaviest.

Let the painting begin!

Monday 21st September: A new school term begins. it got off to a slow start, as the first day back often does. Steve went off to the house as there's still plenty to do there. The boys and I did some more work about healthy eating as well as english and maths.
In the afternoon we went out to the house to find they have started painting! Hooray! At last it's starting to come together. The colours we've chosen look great. Pictures of that later when rooms are finished.
I kept busy out in the garden and got some more weeds cleared, and planted two blackcurrant bushes.
The boys went to gymnastics for an hour and all worked hard and concentrated well. Then it was a dash home for a very quick tea that had been simmering in the slow cooker all day. Just as were about to leave for Cubs it started raining so we went in the car. Steve got home just in time for me to go to Taekwon-do which was great because I have missed several classes recently due to childcare problems. Unfortunately this meant I had missed the latest grading session as well, which was at the end of last week.
The photo is of part of the veggie garden area. From left to right the windows are to the utility room, kitchen, dining area and our bedroom.

Mustang Maiden Melee

Sunday 20th September: Bright strong sunshine today. I got the washing on the line and the boys and I went off to church. Today was the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Waimate Girls' Brigade so the church was full of families we don't usually see there. We had some lunch and then headed out to the new house to join Steve (who had been flying his aeroplane in the morning).
We spent the afternoon working hard in the garden. Steve lit a bonfire in the veggie garden and I found plenty of twigs and sticks in the undergrowth that could go on there. I also moved 6 cabbage plants from the garden in town to the newly prepared patch in Whitneys Road. Hopefully they won't mind the move.
Our friends Guy and Kathryn and daughter Sarah dropped in with a box of scones so we enjoyed a tea break with them in the sunshine.
Guy wanted to give his Mustang its maiden flight. We were at his birthday party in June where he was given the plane (see blog for June 20th) , and he hasn't found the courage to fly it yet. We arranged to meet him in one of his paddocks, only 5 minutes from the house. While we were waiting for him, Steve found time to fly his plane, doing loop-the-loops and other tricks over our head.
Guy was obviously nervous going through the pre-flight checks. The first attempt made it a short distance across the paddock before it ploughed itself nose-down into the ground. Guy, Ralph and Steve rushed to its aid and got it ready for the next attempt. This one took off well but then zoomed round to the left (there's probably some technical term for this), clipped the fence and crashed. The air was pretty blue for a while but everyone helped pick up the pieces, literally. It was nearly 6pm by now so I left with the boys to go and cook tea. The boys and I agreed that a chicken can fly for longer than Guy can keep his planes in the air. He had exactly the same accident with an earlier plane except that that one swept round and ploughed into the back of his own car!! Steve reckons a few tubes of glue might be able to recover the mess.
Home for tea, then the boys were off to bed. Steve and I watched a film described in the listings book as "compelling". Presumably that relates to the fact that the characters switched from Hebrew to German (both with subtitles) with occasional English with a strong accent, so it certainly required a ot of concentration to keep up with it.

Sheep rodeo

Saturday 19th September: Warm and sunny. We spent the whole day working hard at the new house. Steve set up some electric wires and used Peter with a scoop of sheep nuts (see photo) to lure the sheep and goat into a fenced area to drench them and clean up the sheep's backends. The next hour was entertaining. It all started well with the sheep and lamb being caught and blue drenching stuff squirted into their mouths. Steve then managed to catch Mummy Sheep and sit astride her while he combed her clean. During this time the lamb escaped three times - once under the fence, once under the gate, and once OVER the fence. On each occasion he dashed over to the security of the goat, who acts as his aunty. Of course the goat had escaped first and was merrily munching any and all grass she came across, with us shouting and waving our arms to try to guide her back into the right paddock. We certainly would have been an entertaining sight for anyone watching! The end result was Mummy Sheep: drenched and clean; Lamb Chops: drenched; Giddy Goat: not drenched but having a great time!
After lunch I did some more work on my veggie patch and put in potatoes, yams and garlic. All them were growing in my larder so it seemed a good idea to put them in soil and see what happens.
Just as we were preparing to leave we heard our neighbour driving his sit-on mower cutting grass the other side of our fence, about 50m from our house. Unbelievably, a stone was flipped up from under his mower, zipped across and smashed a window in our house! Lucky it didn't hit one of the children, really. We even found the stone in the broken glass to prove it! He had a spare pane of glass and has taken it to a glazier to have it fitted this week.

Let the planting begin

Friday 18th September: Warm and bright. We started the day with piano lessons, which went well. After popping home we went to the library to change some books, then on to the supermarket to get shopping for a weekend away skiing. Unfortunately in the following hour Peter started feeling ill with a cold so we decided not to go away after all.
Instead we went to the other house and cleared and planted on small area of garden to make a fruit bed. We have three small citrus trees and several strawberry plants (see photo). We put up our camping picnic table in the garden when we got back from skiing on Monday, and have left it in the garden. It's in a nice sheltered and shady spot and we enjoy sitting there for our lunch or snack.
Just after 2pm it turned cool but we kept warm moving more rubbish in the garden and weeding a small area in the veggie area.
Back home for dinner then we enjoyed watching the Disney "Robin Hood" as a movie night.

P-p-pick up a penguin

Thursday 17th September: Sunny and mild. We set off to Oamaru on an outing with Playcentre to the Blue Penguin colony. As we got to the end of the main road through Oamaru we noticed the railway lights flashing. No barriers or bells, just flashing lights. We were at the front of the queue when the train came through.
This time of the year the penguins are nesting so there are a couple of hundred penguins hiding inside wooden boxes with their eggs or chicks. We could see some in their nests, and they could see and hear us there too. From there we drove a short distance to a small sandy beach to dig and hunt for sea creatures. Peter found several crabs and claws, and also this shell which looks like it has a face on it. The waterfront here is the old part of Oamaru, in the days when it was a bustling port early in the history of NZ's settlers. In particular it exported wool and grain.
We headed into Oamaru then for the boys to have their swimming lesson. By the time we got to the Public Gardens the rest of the Playcentre group were leaving, already having had their lunch. We sat and ate our picnic and then the boys played in the playground until 2pm. We bought milk and headed back to Waimate.
The boys practiced playing their piano pieces and did their theory ready for tomorrow's lessons. I cooked tea and Steve got in from work before the boys went to bed. We had some charming books for bedtime. Recently we've been reading Roald Dahl's 'Witches' but it was getting rather scary as a bedtime story so we'll finish it off as a daytime read instead.

Holidays are fun

Wednesday 16th September: Warm and sunny. Today we had plenty to do. First we drove out to the house to meet the worker contracted by the carpet people to lift lino and lay hardboard in the kitchen prior to new lino being fitted. I arrived to find he had lifted the lino in the laundry room as well, which wasn't supposed to be happening. And he hadn't been asked to lay any hardboard and didn't have any with him. He and I spoke to the carpet man and I left them to sort it out. The boys and I drove to Timaru and went to a DIY store to look at kitchen taps and wall tiles, but weren't impressed with either. From there we went to the company making our new kitchen to see it in the worskhop before it gets fitted next week. Oh dear, they had put on the wrong worktop and there was a bit of a stand-off before they agreed to make up a new worktop but it will delay fitting. From there we went to Timaru Botanical Gardens for a picnic lunch. This was a new place for us to visit, and we enjoyed the playground, aviary, lake and flowers. We visited another tile shop but and came out with ideas but no tiles. I managed to find a shop for Edward to buy some more wire for his electronics projects, then we went on to Caroline Bay. The playground was quiet and the boys enjoyed another hour of playing before we walked through their new aviary and then needed to drive home.
Home for tea - home-made pizzas and a fruit pot for pudding. The boys were filthy and had a bath, then Steve and I chatted over today's events.

Calm after the storm

Tuesday 15th September: Today dawned calm after what must have been the wildest night I have experienced. I'm talking about the weather, of course! I woke three times to the sound of the fire station siren, but heard later they had been called out 6 times overnight. When I woke just after 7am the power was off, and had been most of the night. It was back on in time for breakfast. Today was sunny and warm, about 17 degrees.
I got three loads of washing done and on the line and then the boys and I went out to the other house for the day (we're on holiday from schooling this week). We had found a rotavator in one of the garages and our neighbour Allan had kindly fixed it. I spent an hour or so digging over one end of the veggie patch and also had time to cut the grass. We found a part of one tree had split and fallen in the winds last night but otherwise the house seemed fine. Lots of loose things had moved around the garden but otherwise no real problems from last night's nor'wester. Mick the decorator came for a couple of hours in the afternoon and completed the wallpapering in another bedroom but there's still plenty to do.
In the evening we had pork for tea and flapjack and custard for pudding. Steve put the boys to bed while I went to a gymnastics club committee meeting.
Peter took the photo of me with the rotavator. That'll explain why I have no top of my head and the rotavator has no base!

Wow! Wild wind.

Monday 14th September: Happy birthday Felicity. As always we rang the skifield's ansaphone just after 7am to find out if they were open. The report said it was already 10 degrees! By now Edward was sneezing and Peter had a barking cough so we decided not to ski this morning.
While I packed up the motorhome Steve and the boys played footie again, and by 10am we were ready to leave. We drove to Fairlie, the motorhome being buffeted by the increasingly blustery winds along the way. When we stopped at Fairlie we were astonished at how warm it was. 21 degrees and only 11am. Steve took our skis into the Ski Shack to be waxed and we went to the local park for half an hour while they were being done. By now Roundhil skifield was shut due to high winds so we were glad we hadn't made the long trek up to the skifield earlier. The boys played in the domain's playground and we had a drink and snack.
From there we drove to the new home. As we went over the Pareora Gorge we met a flock of sheep being herded along the road by a farmer on a quad bike and dogs. Once home we had some lunch and got on with removing the old carpets. While we were there it became warmer and warmer and the wind got stronger.
We headed back into town to cook tea and walked Edward to Cubs. Once back we emptied the motorhome and Peter and Jonathan had a bath. Steve put them off to bed while I went off to collect Edward from Cubs.
As the evening went on the wind got stronger and stronger and we hoped the roof would stay on. At 10pm it was still 17 degrees. Even at midnight the wind was powerful and we were glad we weren't out at the new house. It was really blowing a hooligan!
One photo is of one of the trees in our new garden. When we saw it on Friday it was in bud, then by Monday it had exploded into flower. The other is of the sheep passing us on the gorge road.

Slushy snow

Sunday 13th September: Another warm day was forecast so we headed off to the ski field even earlier. In fact we were ready to ski before the lifts were even switched on! By lunchtime the snow was becoming slushy and less enjoyable to ski so we decided to head back to the campsite. Steve and the boys played some more footie behind our motorhome and then we walked down to the playground on the lakeside. While the boys played, Steve and I collected 15 sackns of pine cones from the wooded area next to them.
The evening continued warm and became blustery and it was a sticky night.
The photo is of Lake Tekapo. I love this view, and haven't grown tired of it.

What excitement!!!

Saturday 12th September: Sunny and warm, even in the snow! We got up and going early today because we knew the snow would get soft as the sun warmed it. We were skiing by 9.30am and conditions were great. I was feeling yucky with a cold and divided my time between skiing and sitting out and watching the others. We saw the organisers setting up a slalom course and found out there were going to be races for children that morning. All 3 boys were keen to take part and had two times runs each. After lunch was the second part of the competition - Slopestyle. This means doing jumps and tricks over the large terrain park. Again two runs each. At 3pm they announced the results and had an awards presentation. In the 7 and unders, Peter came second overall and Jonathan fourth. In the 9 and unders Edward came second. Edward and Peter were both overjoyed with their silver medals, especially Edward who has not got a medal in previous races.
We returned to Tekapo and as we rejoined the main road we saw thick smoke drifting up from the lakeshore beside the road. We pulled over and found that the straw and twigs on the shore were alight and spreading along the shore. We drove to the fire station 1km away but of course it is not manned. Next I went to the petrol station next door and used their phone to call 111 - the first time I have called Emergency Services. As soon as I put the phone down the siren started wailing, and within no time at all the first fire officer zoomed up in his 4wd, followed over the next couple of minutes by another half dozen or so. We had parked across the road by now and the boys were very excited to watch the excitement unfold. Once the tender set off up the road with flashing lights and woo-woos, we followed. We watched the firemen clear a break and put out the fire. It took about 20 minutes in all.
Once all the excitement had finished we returned to the campsite. It was a beautifully warm late afternoon and Steve played footie with the boys while I cooked tea. Before long it was time for the boys to go off to bed. Steve spent the evening in the tv room watching a film while I stayed i the motorhome and read a book.

Anybody home??

Friday 11th September: A cool start but then bright and sunny and warm. We walked to the boys' piano lessons, and on the way back noticed a house had disappeared since we had walked past last week. What made the boys chuckle was that the mailbox was still there, with post in it, but no house! (see photo).
Next we walked into town to get some food and post a parcel and then home to finish off some schoolwork. After lunch we packed up the motorhome and drove to the other house. The decorators were hard at work, the builder was finishing off, and two other men were dismantling the polytunnel to be taken away tomorrow for the previous owner's new house.
The boys and I drove to Tekapo and arrived at 5.30pm. We noticed many more motorhomes on the road today - the new tourist season must be underway. We set up camp and cooked tea. The campsite was busy this evening so we went to a site we stayed at many times last year and was now dried out enough to use.
The boys went off to bed and Steve arrived later in the truck.

Beautiful blossom

Thursday 10th September: Happy birthday Zoe. Bright but cooler than recently. We started the day at Playcentre and the boys had fun making junk models from cardboard boxes, and used wooden blocks to make a long track to run cars along.
From there we drove to Oamaru, bought lots of milk, then headed off for the boys' swimming lesson. They stayed in the pool for an hour after their lesson finished, playing with the other homeschool children.
We drove back to Waimate and delivered milk and went into the house to see the progress in the decoration. Back home for tea and then Jeanette babysat while I went to TKD training.
The photo is of the blossom on a tree outside the swimming pool in Oamaru.

A busy airport

Wednesday 9th September: Warm sunny and calm again. High of about 19 degrees. All the bedding was washed and dried on the line today, it was so nice.
We schooled in the morning and the boys worked better than yesterday. They particularly enjoy the books they are reading out loud at the moment and enkoy hearing each other read. Edward has started reading the first Harry Potter book, and Peter is reading a really silly book by Jeremy Strong called "My Dad's got an alligator". It really suits his sense of humour.
After lunch we headed out to the house again and had a house full of workmen, which was great. There was some problem with the colour paint we have chosen for the walls, but hopefully that will soon be solved.
From there we drove south to Waimate Airport for a Keas outing. We were treated to looking over a Piper Cherokee and a microlight, and the children got to sit in the Cherokee in pairs. Then one of the owners turned up and offered to take off, do a circuit and land again. That was enjoyed by everyone there. The children then made paper planes and played running games on the runway. I gave Edward the small camera and he enjoyed taking lots of photos of anything and everything.
Home for pasta bolognese for tea and banana and date muffins. Fresh bedding on the beds and off to bed for the boys.
I spent the evening typing up minutes for the gymnastics club and some patterns sheets for Taekwon-do, and had a quick chat with Mum on skype about Paxo versus Sainsbury's own brand!
The lamb in the photo is a tiny new addition to our neighbours of the new house, and the others are of the boys enjoying the airport trip this afternoon.