Holiday - chapter 7

Today we had a few extra bigger kids for the day, so while i stayed home with a sleeping Ryan the rest all went for a game of minigolf and a playground play.

Holiday - chapter 6.1

After the beach we called into The Chocolate shop where Charlotte managed to tag along on the back of a school holiday programme. She got to see how Chocolate was made and then got to fill a plate with chocolate and add her own sprinkles. Needless to say we left with one very happy girl!

Holiday - chapter 6

Our only sunny day (although still a bit chilly) was spent at Raglan on the beach. Much fun was had getting muddy in the black sand and really what kid doesn't like the beach!?




Little monster was chasing me with his muddy, wet everything saying "cuggle, cuggle!"

Holiday - chapter 5

Our next day saw another wet day, so off to the pools. Loads of fun and Charlotte went on the hydroslide for the first time, which she absolutely loved. She even went back for more after donking her head and getting a nice egg on it.

Holiday - Chapter 4

It was also great spending time in Hamilton. Charlotte was especially looking forward to catching up with Shae again and they had a load of fun together.
Sadly the weather wasn't the greatest so we had to find some inside activities on many of the days. This was great anyway as the kids got to experience some first and had a blast no matter what we got up to.
Our first day was rather wet, so off to Lollypops playland. Now what kid wouldn't like that!!?

Holida - Chapter 3

Our final day in Auckland saw us visiting the museum and then on to the sky tower.
The museum was mostly above the kids heads, but they found a few exciting things while there. Charlotte again fascinated with a dead bat (maybe she's gonna inherit her Daddy's vampire fascination).
The sky tower was lovely. We enjoyed going up in the elevator and once up there the view was lovely. It was a bit cloudy, so couldn't see as far as usual, but still the kids got the concept. We stood on the glass floor, although Charlotte was a little nervous about this. Surprisingly it didn't bother Maggie at all.



Then finally a goodbye to Jeremy and Alana and onwards to Hamilton.

A few extra zoo photos

Maggie also got to help give a parrot a shower. Very cute!




Maggie's beloved Himbo.

Holidays - Chapter 2.

Our next adventure saw us going to the zoo. A lovely day out visiting the animals. Ryan was very interested in the elephant (Burma), however anything with a grey hard skin became an elephant (ie. the rhinocerous). Maggie loved, loved, loved the himbo (hippopotamus). She has a hippo hot water bottle named Himbo. All he did was swim back and forwards under the water, but she still packed a big sad when it was time to move on. Charlotte was hanging out to see the bats (not sure why). They sat up in the corner of their cage and never moved, yet when we left Charlotte still said they were her favourite! I loved watching the sealions swimming around and found a few other odd creatures fascinating that i had never seen before, like the flamingos.

Auckland and Hamilton holiday. Chapter 1

The kids and I, in the holidays, had an awesome adventure holiday to Auckland and Hamilton. I will write about it in installments here as there is soooo much to tell (and more to the point, sooooo many photos to share!)
Our adventure started with an aeroplane ride to Auckland. I have to say i was a little nervous about having to handle three on the plane by myself, but they were stars!! No hassles and a really nice flight.
In Auckland we stayed with Jeremy and Alana, which was really nice and for me nice to have a good catch up with my little brother.

Our first full day in Auckland saw us visiting Kelly Tarltons. A wonderful place, where for me the highlight was seeing the penguins up close. Awesome creatures. Maggie and Ryan were a little intimidated by the big sharks and stingrays, but still had lots of fun and especially enjoyed seeing a diver in the tank. Charlotte enjoyed racing around seeing EVERYTHING!!