The Fay Family 4: An action packed January update

It is amazing just how many photos I have taken this month!! For sure we are still feeling in ' this is a great holiday' mode rather than 'this is our life' mode however it still blows me away just how much you can fit into a month without a routine to have to keep to and with your home where ever you venture.

Still in Holiday mode - Banks Peninsula

We have now been on the road for 6 weeks and loving it. It has not been without a few adjustments, a lot of patience and a bit of head banging however we are getting there and personally I wouldn't swap this life for anything. Being able to catch up with friends while having our own space close by and watching themselves re-connect with friends, family and places is wonderful.

Canterbury has been our playground for the majority of those 6 weeks and we will still be here for another couple of weeks as Liam is going to do a bit of work for a week in Christchurch. We have stayed outside some friends in Christchurch, at my Mum's in Leeston, outside some other friends in Christchurch, at Coes Ford and at another friend's place in Davauchelle before returning to Coes Ford.

In Davauchelle

I can see that in writing these updates it is going to be hard to find a way to cover everything so I might have to go with the orderly approach - bullet points for the week and the best photo pick :)

Jan 2 - Jan 8

- House sitting in Christchurch for friends. It was great to be the luxury of a house and yet we did miss the bus.
- BBQ with friends
- Rediscovering the playground I used to play on when I was themselves age.
- The bus began its process to becoming fully road trustworthy

Still the same slide 40 years later

Jan 9 - Jan 15

- More house sitting (for different friends) where the kids raided their berries
- Visiting family
- Catching up with friends in the beautiful Christchurch Botanical gardens
- Lego play for the kids at ' Imagination Station'
- Walked the bridle path
- Canterbury Museum

At the top of the Bridle path

Jan 16 - Jan 22

- Adjusting to Bus life again and lots of chess playing and card games
- Bus made it through all its fixes and got its new COF

On the road again

- Making toys from recycling
- Walking the Rapaki track

Themselves on the Rapaki track

- More friend visits including playgrounds and yummy snacks
- Meeting herself's online guiding leader in Christchurch
- Himself the younger lost another tooth

Another tooth gone

Jan 23 - Jan 29

- Herself turned 10!!

Decorating her cake - seems she didn't trust me to get it right!

- Lunch out with Nan after a manicure for herself
- Stop Motion Movie workshop for themselves and some time to explore the botanical gardens for us
- Biking the Rail trail from Birdlings flat to Little River