Discovering Maraetai

In January we spent a gorgeous afternoon discovering Maraetai Beach. We tried out the playground - Vienna liked the slide but was not so keen on the swing.


Then we went for a walk along the beach and out onto the wharf, Vienna seems to be as keen on the water and beach as her Mum is. I always seem so peaceful and de-stressed when at the beach - maybe I should move there!

We carried on our walk along the beach and tried to buy a drink at the cafe but it was closed so we walked slowly back along the waters edge. Vienna LOVED the water and got right on in! We weren't in togs so I had to restrain her before she got too far in.

A gorgeous way to spend a gorgeous summer day.

Pirongia Market 2010

Going to the Pirongia Market has been a tradition for me for quite a few years now and Carrie has joined me for the last 3 or 4 years. Unfortunately it rained a lot at this years market but that didn't stop Vienna from enjoying the sights at her 2nd market (the first she couldn't see from inside her warm and toasty womb!). She rocked out to the bagpipes, ate hot chips from the lions food caravan, looked at all the crafts and enjoyed spending some time Mum and our peeps Carrie and Taryn.

Having the push chair was a bit tricky with the rain and umbrellas but it sure rocked for carrying our shopping!!!

Did you see my cool umbrella? It was a birthday gift from Kat - I love it!

Whirinaki

Lately I have working on typing of my diary of my trip away to stay with the Land's in December 2008.

Yesterday I finally got it finished and printed out on high resolution paper. I then whipped it up into a book using some recycled cardboard and my bind it all, added a photo to the front and a map to the inside front cover and hey presto ... it is awesome!

It sure made me hungry typing it up as I had recorded all of the yummy meals I ate at their place.

Visiting Daddy

We have come on an adventure to Whakamaru to visit Daddy at work, we get to see his truck which was empty on an earlier blog posting with all the busy-ness of a mobile IT office. We have crazy fast interwebs out here in the middle of nowhere coz Daddy is so good at his job.

It is a beautiful sunny day, there is grass and trees and a lake and lots of birdsongs to sing a little girl to sleep.

SURPRISE

We had a lovely afternoon out yesterday; we started in Ohaupo with a visit to Nicola and Marie who loved meeting our little girl. We then moved on to the business part of the day and had a teacher registration meeting in Cambridge - the little girl was a big hit here too! Last stop was Kate and family in Te Awamutu where we got to met and have cuddles with 4 month old Zachary.

We had a frustratingly slow drive back to Raglan behind some crazy slow tourist but when we finally got there to our surprise we found ... DADDY!!! Rain had cancelled movie making yesterday and when he found that today was cancelled too he came to visit us! Wow! I am all a fluster that he is here to see us and our little girl loved getting to have lovely Daddy snuggles - a necessity in life.

She discovered the joys of her black & white book last night - Daddy said the plot was too simple but she seemed to enjoy it!

Yogi Bear Adventure

Yesterday we went for an adventure to the Yogi Bear Production office to introduce Miss Tiny and thank everyone for the lovely gifts they have given us.

Miss Tiny was a big hit and was on her best behaviour, she was an angel the whole visit. Because they are very busy there with shooting starting on Friday and people everywhere there was no where for us to go for a morning drink so Daddy took us to his IT Department truck. It was quite an adventure!

This is the first time Daddy has had his own IT Department truck, luckily - or we might have been sitting under someone else's truck somewhere!

Miss Tiny didn't seem to mind, milk is milk regardless of where you are drinking it, clean knickers are good too. We got to try out the change mat that came with the nappy bag for the first time.

It works good.