Once Peter arrived he headed up to Glanmire, and the trusty car made its last trip over the mountains. After my conference I joined him up there and it was great. Samantha had her dance recital and she looked so different with her hair slicked back, and in her pretty costime - hope Catherine sends me a photo of the dancing girl - we were not allowed to take photos in the theatre which was a pain but understandable.
Josh and I made playdough volcanoes with baking soda and vinegar
( see below but you need to turn your head on the side) and both boys proved theya re still hot shots at Kuan Kan the card game. Josh also makes a mean cheese muffin - he must just about know the recipe off by heart by now. Sean is growing up, nearly as tall as his mother, good at school and I was there for the 11th birthday sleepover. Samantha and I enjoyed our walks as usual, wish I had the camera when we saw the 1m long goanna!Brian and Lorena came out for tea, good to see them and have time to just sit and chat. We didn't get flooded in like most of NSW so managed to get the Christmas shopping done and put under the tree.
Back down in the train, through the Blue mountains which were a sea of yellow daisies and lots of fresh growth on all the gum trees. Good to be met by Kiri and Adrian - we had oodles of luggage to take back to NZ.
Overnight with little Pete and his daughter Kiri - and then off back to sunny Auckland. ( well the sun lasted about 2 days and it has been raining ever since!) If this is climate change - yuk!
