Dancing and Parties

Lachie loves to dance, especially with Kate and he loves to wrestle, especially with Kate. He is also walking, and he thinks he is the Bees Knees.

This is Sammy on the slide and ready to go to play with caleb. And this is Kate after her friend Lydia's birthday party, where she got her face painted as a butterfly.

Easter Holidays

Mum has put up the wee tent in Kate and Sam's room. It has an airbed and sleeping bags inside it and we love playing in it all. Since the holidays began, we have had lots of sleepovers in it too. It is a great adventure to snuggle in with a torch and listen to Dad tell us stories like Jim the Dog and the Windy Hill from Eketahuna. We can even tell the stories ourselves now.

Nana and Granddad came to stay with us for Easter. It was fantastic. They took Kate to kindy and then came to gym with the boys. This is Kate ready for Kindy with Nana.

Sammy loved his Easter egg.

Dad took us on an easter egg hunt. It was magic! We still like to read the stories/clues at bedtime.

The Ranfurly Shield came to Kindy!

We have been lucky enough to see the Ranfurly shield at Daddy's work, at the Winton show, at the parade and now at Kindy. Today we even managed to get all of us in a pictture. Southlanders are very proud to have this around. Daddy and Uncle Andrew especially like to find the wee shield that says Wairarapa Bush had a turn too (even if it was a very long time ago).This is Liam, Lydia and Kate, who are all good friends at Kindy.

Latest Adventures

Grandma has been to stay with us all. It was wonderful to have her here. We had lots of adventures together. Kate and Sam especially enjoyed a big playdoh session.

Kate has had her first Ballet lesson. Which was very very exciting for everyone. Taking some photos before the class was somewhat of a challenge though. Kate loved the ballet class.

Adventures up North and our new 3 year old!

We have been visiting in the Naki again! And we had the most wonderful time catching up with everybody. Here is Kate, Sam and Jack having a tea parties outside in the sun. We were even able to see Grandma in Wanganui before she left for Anna's wedding in Australia. This is Lachie at our wanganui picnic lunch. He thought it was a great adventure, especially with all of the ducks around.The weather was just beautiful, so we were able to play in the sprinkler and even in the wee babies ball pool.

Sammy had a birthday party to celebrate being 3. It was a wonderful day.

The train car wash and hamster presents were big hits. Thanks Nana and Grandad, and Tom and team.

Sam chose a humpty dumpty birthday cake.

We even had some party games, like pass the parcel (Grandad's favourite)

potato and spoon races, sack races and water balloon throwing!

We got back to Invercargill just in time to celebrate Sam's real birthday. This is his new bike which he just loves. It even slept in his room for the first few nights.

We had birthday dancing (thanks for the cool t shirt Aunty Sarah)

a birthday dinner (Sammy chose to have baked beans with cheese and bacon...) and a special birthday desert of ice cream, jelly, chocolate and marshmallows with candles too!

Anderson's Park

Anderson's park is one of our favourite places to visit. We love to go on an adventure through the forest and look for lions, tigers and bears in the bushes, and fairies in the undergrowth.

Kate and Sam open and close the gates along the way to let Lachie and Mummy through. After the forest, we walk through some beautiful gardens and then onto the playground!

There is also a whare to visit on the way back to the car.

"Tigger and I would like some more please mummy." Another beautiful day!

Lachie loves hats and stairs and most of all Kate.

Ready for the first day back at Kindy. Check out the Liverpool kit. Daddy found it when he was overseas and the kids just love it.

Sunny days

We have had five beautiful days in a row. We've even been able to get into the pool. Baby Lamb broke out of her paddock to join in the fun.

Lachie and his wrap all snuggled up in bed.