Christmas 2009

We had a great Christmas day at the farm. A hot sunny day, with lunch outside under a tree. The kids had a ball.

To the manor born

On Tuesday we bought a boat.

On Wednesday we bought a house (see here).

On Thursday I had to have a wee lie down.

Finvarra

Yahoo! Papa bought a boat! A 2001 Beneteau 331 named Finvarra.

I'll post some decent photos when I get round to taking them...

Christmas is coming

Now we are three

Georgia turned three on 1 December, and we had the whole Auckland community around for a party. Here's a few shots. The stunning cake was made by Emma and decorated by (ahem!) Tony (or should that be Toni). Great effort team!

November's selection

Bushwalking near Piha (that is, one of us is walking):



Pretending to marshall in aircraft while trying out her new togs (over her pyjamas)




Just to prove that she's not always smiling:

Pohutakawa's at Cooper's Beach

We spent Labour Weekend up north. Papa went up on Hayden's boat, Latitude, in the Coastal Classic. The winning boat, Alfa Romeo, broke all records and arrived in Russell after 6 h 45m. We were a mere 11 hours behind, arriving shortly before 4am. Here you can see Hayden accepting a case of Rum at prizegiving.

Andy and Georgia drove up to Cooper's Beach.






Fish and Chips at Manganui on a very wet Labour Day...

Georgia with Auntie Charlotte

A peck of pepper

Normal children eat lollipops and icecreams; Mlle eats peppers:

Fran's visit

Another winter bug seems to have got her down...


The ladies having tea on Saturday morning...




Fran came up and stayed for a few days while Stewart was "whitebaiting" (ie, going to the pub with the lads) on the West Coast.

Sleeping troubles

The good news is she has pretty much got out of the habit of sleeping in the hallway:





Mary and Georgia in the Park. I'm not sure which is worse - the tart in the Wainuiomata track pants or the slapper in the Ug boots:




What on earth were the mothers thinking?