Longtime between posts

Busy busy busy.  I'll let the photo's do the talking.

Max and his Great Grandma NanFlo (looking pretty chuffed).  We went to the airport to see off Mum and nan before they headed off to Aussie for my cousins' wedding

Now if I jumped in the photo, it would have been four generations...but someones gotta take the pics.

Trip to the Park - Max loves his slides

"mmm how am I going to get past her?" - Sophie is a whizz on the jungle-gym

Sophie and Daddy going through the car wash

Max got crook  - luckily it only lasted a couple of days...poor wee thing!

School holidays have been on which has meant a bit of juggling. Sophie has been in a School Holiday programme every second day (it costs $70 per day!) So Ingrid took a couple of days off, Me 1 day, and Sabine's mum Rowena another day.  This day Was Daddy's turn - so off to make lollipops with Sophie and Sabine - They had a blast!

Check out the lollipops they made - pretty sweet.

The lollipop shop in Takapuna- a kids paradise

...and more lollies

Video 1 here of making lollipops

Video 2 here of making lollipops

Video 3 here of making lollipops

After making lollipops - we jumped on the ferry and headed into the city

Soph having a great day

...still eating their lollipops from two hours earlier!

Sugar rush at the Ferry terminal - kept them entertained for ages!

Sophie is really looking forward to going back to school tomorrow though - it's the most excited she's been in over two weeks!

I picked up a virus and had a little lapse in concentration...damn the work vehicle too...

Soph hanging with Leo and his dad on their cool tandem bike

Chipmunks

The weather has been ordinary lately so we decided to Head off to Chipmunks for the day.  We grabbed Leo from next door and headed up to Albany.  All three kids absolutely loved it...we stayed for a few hours (although it seemed like a few months to Mummy and Daddy).

On Friday's, Ingrid normally finishes work around 5:30pm, so I pick up the kids, and last night Sophie was singing , giggling and chatting along, but soon as I mentioned it's now the holiday's and no more shcool for two weeks....the poor thing started bawling "I want to go to school on Monday...Two weeks is too long before I go back...Why do we have to have holidays!".  I wonder how long that's gonna last...

Mummy, Sophie and Leo outdside Chipmunks

Daddy and Max...Soph and Leo were off!

"Yay Chipmunks!"

Good buddies

A refreshing iceblock after hours of play

Damn...this is good!

We like Chipmunks!

...and so does Max

Video here of Max on the slide

Video here of Sophie on the slide

Lamb for dinner..."Yum Meat!"

Sophie's first school report

Pretty clever our little Sophie King xx

No Kids for the Weekend

It was my Birthday last week and Auntie Nicky gave me a sweet as present by taking the kids for the weekend!

Sophie and Max loved it and were perfect little angles from all accounts. They went out on a couple of adventures, checked out the park, played at chipmunks, made Pizza and of course, didn’t want to come home. When Nic left on the Sunday the both of them started sobbing their little hearts out...

Ingrid and I on the other hand weren't crying…at all, we were hi-fiving each other and had a very eventful weekend. Saturday we went for a cruise to Mission Bay, (it was a cracker of a day), then followed up with a Movie in Albany, we had dinner in the city and then decided to stay in town and booked a night at Sky City Hotel, we even got a cheeky upgrade to a harbour view!...sweet. The next day we took in a morning stroll around the city then went off for a relaxing bite for breakfast, we even managed to get in a couple of hours of long over due spring cleaning around the house. All and all - a pretty sweet weekend.

Chipmunks playground with Auntie Nicky

Enjoying a ice-cream on a hot winters day

5 minutes later, Sophie was bawling when Auntie Nicky left

A hot date

Stunning weather in Auckland over the weekend

Gold Class Cinema (Scabbed some tickets through work) - You sit in massive lazy-boys watching the movie and buzz the waiters to bring you in drinks...it really is O for Awesome.

Impulse to stay in town for the night

An upgraded room...check out the view!

Brekkie the next day

A trip out Sunday afternoon when the kids got back...we did miss the little buggers!

Butter wouldn't melt in his mouth...Yeah Right!