Tea time with Margie

Another milestone - the 100th posting.

Easter

We spent the easter with Kathy and Paul, staying at Deborah and Robert's cottage near Te Arai, just south of Mangawai.

We toasted marshmallows around the fire...

... and scoffed them afterwards (sugar rush just before bedtime) ...

... we had the compulsory beach time. This time Georgia wanted to climb up the bank...

... with the inevitable results...

We went looking for monsters in the forest, and found one:

And went for an easter-egg hunt:

This is the view just after dawn with fog in the valleys:

Creating mess, cleaning up

Creating more mess:

Here she is on her trike. Compare this shot with when she was two months old.



She is going through a shoe fetish:


And, left to herself, creating a massive mess...


... but to be fair, helps clean it up.

Fran and Stewart

Fran and Stewart have been staying for the last week or so, and it's been busy - which is why we haven't posted for a while. Here's some shots of our little bookworm with Stewart, Fran and Colin.

Playing dress-up with Ben

Shopping day from hell

Georgia loves sitting in the pushchair she was given by Jack and Katrina. It's a doll's pushchair and it can only just hold her weight, but she doesn't let that bother her.



A big weekend of shopping - outdoor furniture, dining table and TV. Here's Papa and Georgia concentrating very hard while assembling the patio table.

Random shots

Taupo Bay

We went to Taupo Bay on northland for a few days either side of Waitangi Day. Prue and Ant kindly invited us along with Kathy, Paul and their rug-rats, making three infants in all. I doubt they will make that mistake again.







Where did she learn the rude hand signals from?

Summer fun