Winter in Central

Took the kids for a walk this afternoon out at Bannockburn inlet,it was another freezing day with low fog..so i had to get out of the house!.Unfortunately my little 3-wheeler buggy and 2 children was a bit tricky to get up steep hills..

We have finally put our digital camera in for repair.Such a shame we can't share with you all the pics we took yesterday of the hoar frost in Alexandra. It was spectacular, all the trees were white, it looked more like snow than frost... soooo cold! Bought a little happy-snappy throw-away camera, could'nt pass up the chance to take a few pics, thay turned out pretty good considering.

A bit from Dave - Darn cold at the moment, the maximum yesterday was minus one, yes, thats right, the MAXIMUM. All the small dams on the way to work are frozen over, even one of the small streams flowing down the Pisa Mountains is frozen, one of the guys has to drive over in his land-rover to break the ice every morning , a normal little car is too light! Working outdoors in this ... not so much fun! Alas, still no snow!

Queenstown Winter Festival

What a lovely relaxing day i've had,i got a sleep-in and then did only pleasant things the rest of the day...like giving Ruby a warm bath,with a drop of lavender oil,followed by a baby massage..which she loves,and it helped 'unclog' her so to speak,and she was a happy and sleepy bub afterwards and i enjoyed breathing in the lavender scent of her hair!
I did a little baking and even got to read a book for half an hour...bliss.

It sure makes a change after yesterday..we took Jasper to see the parade in Queenstown,as part of the annual winter festival.Well,it was abit ambitious on our part i think ,taking two very young children all that way,we were stressed before we even left...just getting every thing into the car,you have to be SO organized with 2 kids,it's unbelievable!...then we had to find a carpark in queenstown.."fun"..NOT!

The weather was good and the parade was top-notch,especially the Narnia float that the wee kidlets from the primary school were on.I got sprayed in the EARHOLE by some 'clever' idiot with a water gun,who was on the starwars float...i must say,the imperial soldiers(?) were very cool,they marched by with their guns..very impressive.
Jasper was a bit young to get it really.Ruby ofcourse was totally oblivous,she was so EASY..just woke up once in the whole day,to down a bottle,give a cute little smile,and gurgle and then it was straight back to sleep thankyou very much!
Dave and i enjoyed a hot choclate with chilli from patagonia chocolate store and stood admiring the views on the waterfront...nice.

Got home around 4o'clock,too nackered to give the kids a bath..had pizza for tea.

But today was perfect.

gotta' go,Merecat manor is on...is anybody else hooked on this programe?...poor tosca!

First Day

Jasper had a fun first vist to pre-school.He was into everything!,it was like christmas for jas!All new toys to chuck around,(he emptied a big box of cars in two-seconds flat!),big kids to run around after and annoy,little kids to bonk on the head-yikes!,it was lovely to watch(i stayed for his first vist)Ofcourse he did not want to leave...but did not put up too much of a fuss.

Jas has picked up some quirky new habits off his dad and i.eg If you spin around you will get dizzy+ fall over(I pick him up alot under the arms and spin him FAST),and,If youwave the T.V remote in the air + in the general direction of theT.V,it will turn the television on.

Anyway i better go,i have a stack of housework to do and Ruby has just woken and is bawling for a bottle.

Just the two of us...

We left the kids with auntie Fi last night.We went to see a movie in Queenstown.But first we had a couple drinks at a cute little bar next door to the cinema,called Old Man Rock,sat next to the beautiful schist fireplace-i want the same fireplace in the house i plan to have built one day!...It was a freezing cold night,so we skipped the stroll around the waterfront and went straight to the cinema.We saw the breakup-that jennifer anniston one.We both really enjoyed it...though dont you think that jenn's choice of film is abit ironical after her split with Brad?!!..but i'm not one to gossip.
It was so great to get out and just have adult time again.We chatted for ages over our grande' latte's at Starbucks...on one of those comfy couches.I sat with my best friend and we chatted about our life now,about our gorgeous kids..this,as we watched all the styly 20 something year olds all around us.Yeah,i felt abit ancient to be honest,but i love how my life is so FULL now..It is filled with love and,with 2 little people who need me and it is a kind if sacrifice that i could never have dreamed possible at say,25.
Eventually we peeled our bums off the cozy couches and headed back out into the cold night,arm in arm with my lovely husband.We got home about 110'clock and i gave both my sleeping children grateful kisses.
Jasper starts preschool this week.

My time out

I have been good with my walking lately.I don't have much choice really as by 3o'clock pm me and Jasper start to get a wee bit tired of each others company,him from boredom and me from,well...boredom AND tiredness,impatience etc.We can all do with the fresh air,Jasper sits up top in his attachment seat,or the 'big boy' seat and Ruby in the bottom.She likes the fresh air too i think...we go to the park and Jasper runs around and gets rid of some of that energy!He loves it,so do i
Ruby had her plunket checkup on tuesday.She is now 58 cms and weighs in at nearlly 6 kgs.

Hello,is their anybody out there.

Hope everyones got their lights back on out there?!...For those not in the know,Auckland and surrounds and,some parts of the south island have had major powercuts.And we had a very brrr..ish cold front hit the country that dumped heaps of snow in the south...I so wanted to be in canterbury as they got up to 50 centermetres of snow,how 'cool' is that...sadly,cromwell got barely any of the white stuff..bummer.I'd love to build a snowman with jasper(snowPERSON for those Polictically correct out there),but it was not to be...ok,enough of the weather rundown now.
Not much else happening really,the kids are great.Ruby still has all her hair..Yey!!

Well,our son has 2 new words"What?"and"NO"...seriously,this is what he said to me the other morning when i asked him to get out from behind the TV (his favorite place to hide)
He is getting very bored with mine and Rubys' company i'm afraid and,the time has come to put him into daycare..not full time or anything,just a couple mornings a week.I know he will absoulutely love it as he will love the other kids and it will challenge him.He has been enrolled for ages but,being a small town with only one daycare for his age(the others are 2 years +),the waiting list is LONG!..I am looking forward to the conveniences of a city for awhile...we are still shifting out of cromwell at the end of the year.The weather is flippin'freezing and it is very depressing not being able to get out with the babies as much as i'd like to..boohoo for me.
Ruby is lovely,very fussy,but settling in to more of a routine now...well,kind of.She started smiling not all that long ago,but she is also quite a serious little thing...funny how they come out and have their own quirky ways right from the beginning.She is quite chatty too,cooing and stuff..Jasper didnt at this stage so much and yet,he did smile alot more,still does.Anyway,i'm rambling now.
BIG well wishes to my big brother and family who have found their own little(or not so little..)slice of paradise in the sunny hawkes bay.We WILL be visiting soon!!