We're in

Well quite a lot has happened since I last wrote; we have been to Wanaka to visit family, Daniel turned 4, we got the keys to Sale St, the kids helped the neighbour docking tails (and roundy bits - I'll leave that one to your imagination) and finally we are in our new place in town after battling with the elements on a stormy West Coast weekend. 

The side of the road snowman which himself and themselves made.



We spent Daniel's number 4 birthday (as he likes to call it) at Shantytown which is a Heritage Park/Living Museum near us . After many weeks of talking and waiting to go it was a relief to wake to a lovely sunny day. The kids, and us, had a great time wandering around all the 'older days' buildings, walking through the bush and catching the steam engine for a ride. It was interesting too to look at the Chinese miner's village there after being in Arrowtown. The kids suddenly became very interested in China for the next week or so - thank goodness for the library!  They loved trying to play horse shoes and catching the ball on a string along with giving the stilts a go (with their mother's heart in her mouth that is) in the school yard too.  The best thing is that being local we were able to get a year long pass for the price of our entry so guess where we will be returning to frequently.





Outside the school yard.  Hmmmm.....

We have had the keys for a few weeks now which has enabled us to clean - every wall bleached along with ceilings and floors cleaned due to the amount of dirt and mould left from previous tenants- and move bits in a little at a time.  So despite waking at 2am to a storm and wondering if we had a house to move into, Saturday's part of the shift was fairly painless.  Liam begun on the 'fix-it' jobs last weekend by re-instating the old pantry although now that we are in the house his list grows ever longer.  We are finding leaks and gaps all sorts of places depending on which way the wind blows so he'll be ever so busy a fixing things - as Christopher Robin would say.  That said when the sun shines I fall back in love with our wee cottage on the hill so bring on Summer I say!!

Liam bang-whacking things into shape

The kids have been very good putting up with a grumpy Mamma while I clean and try to sort things out.  They are looking forward to normality returning next week though and keep asking about baking and story-teller time.  Fingers crossed they still have that eagerness in a few years.

Hope this finds you all happy and healthy.  See e-mail for our new address and phone.  Congrats to all the baby mamas that have had their bundles of joy!!

Arohanui
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