Tuesday, 8 July 2014

NZ 2014

Every few years it is time for the obligatory trip back home, and it is getting trickier now with a few children, luckily it is a short flight although air NZ managed to add a couple of unnecessary hours of sitting on the runway due to their incompetence.

Anyway when we finally got there everyone was violently sick for a few weeks with various horrible diseases so we should probably have stayed home anyway. Nonetheless onece everyone recovered we managed to get out and it was not too bad.


Claire catching her first fish.


First horse ride.


First and probably last sack race judging by that effort.


First sparkler


There were alot of hedgehogs everywhere.


My family adopted some kittens for a few weeks.


A very cold and windy day at the beach in Raglan.


Having lunch with some of her cousins.


Visiting great Nana


Admiring the grash in a country where it is actually green and lush.


Fairly mediocre sheep.


Claire's favourite toy.

Sunday, 6 July 2014

Birthday party & halloween

Some photos from Claire's birthday party and halloween.


She wanted a dinosaur, it was close enough.


Beheading the cake.


Make sure you have a colossal lollie bag so you don't run out of space.


Lawn needs some work.

Tuesday, 1 July 2014

Reptile park

A while back I decided to take Claire up to the reptile park. She really liked the playground and was interested in the animals but dissapointed she could not get in the pool with the crocodile as it was rather warm.


A very bored kangaroo.






Could have just stayed at home and played with the parrots.


A orchid in the bush near the house, my guess is Dipodium punctatum but I may be wrong.