Visiting Amie

Today we all went into town to have lunch with Amie. The run into the city wasn't too bad considering and we made it in in about half an hour. We found a park right behind her shop which was good. We decided to go to Siennas to eat as it was only a couple of doors from Amie's work, plus they had a playground - bonus with 3 kids! Ella & Ruby had a kids meal of nuggets, chips, drink and ice cream, Amie , Kate & I shared a pizza. Kate & I both had ice cream as well but Amie had already gone back to work by then. We had to eat fast though as Jonah had had enough by then! Afterwards we did a bit of shopping and then headed home.

Australia Day - Tues 26th

Yesterday we visited some fellow kiwis that moved here from Ashburton nearly 3 years ago. We meet when their eldest daughter Jamie started in Kate's class. They live on the same street as the school, and ironically their house is the exact same design as ours. They also have a little Aussie as their youngest daughter Zoe was born here 14months ago. They also have a six year old son Macsen. So for Aussie day we thought we would join forces and celebrate life in Australia and our little Aussies. We arrived at morning tea time and didn't leave until mid afternoon. The girls enjoyed a swim in the pool. Mascen didn't swim but was busy playing on the Wii.