29th October 2011

 A nice day in christchurch took us in to town to book our tickets back to the UK. Its been a tough year and lots of thought has gone into the decision. Every man and his dog has also got an opinion on our future which has helped heaps. Tickets are booked for the 14th December and we spend a couple of nights in Bangkok which we are looking forward to.
So.... we will see you all for xmas!

Don't let Mummy cut your hair

We've all been there. We've sulked for a few days because one of our parents has cut our hair. N has started early and given E an Amish style cut. It wasn't until I saw the following article that I realised where N had got her influence from. The Sun

There's a storm brewin

Snow is forecast today and for the next few days. We had been doubting it and played and drank tea in the garden this morning. but then we spotted this coming......

Birthday Walk

A birthday weekend brought some morning fog and a lovely walk through Governors Bay. W and E enjoyed the walk down the jetty but could not fathom what the man doing yoga was all about - "can we walk passed the statue man?". A walk up to the She Cafe (choccy cafe) followed this with a well earned rest and refreshments.
E enjoyed her brunch and W enjoyed his choccy and a fluffy.

Wellington

April holidays brought a trip to the capital, Wellington. W and E had their first memorable flight experience and thoroughly enjoyed it. The hotel was great and mum and dad had a separate room next door which was appreciated.
Te Papa is the national museum and was high on our list of things to do. W was in awe of the exhibits and generally ran from piece to piece. The colossal squid was of particular interest.


We also had some ghost sightings in the hotel room.... we managed to catch some footage....

Well then....

Well, it's been a while. There has been life changing occurrences from dropping lollipops on the floor to a ruptured landmass. In hindsight we should have been doing a lot more blogging, but to be fair our minds have been elsewhere and wobbling. What the media do't tell you about being in an earthquake is that you experience aftershocks all the time and there is always the doubt when it starts that it might get worse. We should have gone straight out of Chch for a break and I think staying didn't do our nerves and anxiety any good. Ups and downs.

Just before the quake W and I went camping.

Rowing

After 8 weeks of hard training on Sunday mornings the staff and parent team of TGHS attended the corporate rowing event at Lake Hood in Ashburton.

It was glorious with a few ripples on the lake with a slight Northerly. The course was 750 meters and there was 8 teams, but only 4 boats. There were 2 heats and 2 finals. We started the first heat and had a very bad start meaning that we were chasing for the whole race and finished 3rd. In the second heat we started well and were leading until one of the rowers punctured the boat with her oar handle, so we finished 3rd again coming in with 7 rowers. This meant we were in the B final, where we came in 2nd.

The day was excellent with W charging up and down the lake side and E showing off standing up!