Well Happy Birthday to Simon's mum jo and to my cousin Tom- happy Waitangi Day NZ for yesterday- AND Happy 2nd Birthday to my little man William xx To celebrate both Esmee and William's birthdays we invited some of the people from work and their children to join us, on a blisteringly hot day, for a teddy bear's picnic. There were 6 adults and 8 children we had picnic rugs and teddy bears out for fun, games and food. Esmee got into the spirit as you can see and ...

Hi all . Its been a while since i posted on here time flies its febuary already i can't beleive it but it is and there's no going back . So anyway life here has settled down a bit now and we have been doing alot of the normal everyday stuff it seems bills are the same the world over they come in envelopes and you have to pay them hey ho . Esmee is now back at school and loving it again she has got swimming lessons everyday in the school pool which is good . W...

It has been beautiful weather here the past week with temperatures of 28 degrees most days so we have invested in a paddling pool (just a William sized one) so that the kiddies can cool off. Williams hair was getting a bit unruly so Esmee and i took him for his first proper hair cut at the hair dressers. He sat on the board across the arms of the chair holding his 'Babbit' under the apron scared to death and stiff as a board with tears streaming down his face. P...

oh what a day- was supposed to meet my friend from work with our kids for a play and paddle at the lake, so we got all packed off and headed to Lake Okereka to meet at the agreed place- or so i thought, we got there and no sign so we went around to the other side of the lake to make sure she wasn't waiting there- after 1/2 and hour and no phone signal we finally gave up the search and went to the beach at the lake where Esmee played and made new friends on the cl...

Hi all Well we hope you have all had a great christmas we did though a little unusual .Jane, Mike and john came round for the usual present opening as per normal which was then followed by a bbq christmas lunch in the garden (not normal) so no turkey but steak prawn kebabs etc though Eve had made some sage and onion stuffing so a little bit on england made it . Eve then had to go to work so the rest of us played with the kids and there new toys for a while Th...