Looking forward to a holiday from holidays...

It's Sunday night at the end of mid-year school holidays. Lately Isla has been going to kindy during holidays to give me a break but this time around we decided to give her a break and keep her at home.

With kindy four days a week, and swimming the other day we don't get the chance often enough for a full day out so we had some grand plans this time. The zoo, the movies, a couple of shows, a trip to town on the train and up the sky tower and a get away to Whitianga with Nana and Grandad (leaving dad at home to do some work on the house).

Sigh, some things got in the way (a devastating loss of my dear friends mum, ill health/tests/hospital stay for me) and we ended up doing only a few of these things but the kids still had a ball. Which is all that counts!

Isla went into town with Grandad Tom to see Hairy Maclary at the Aotea Centre. That plus a Carousel ride and then home to pizza for dinner, pretty much equalled a perfect day for our girl.

Ha, trip to the zoo with dad. Only photo with both of them in it and explains why we often feel exhausted at the end of each day!

 Little guy trying on his new spiderman costume for size.

Hospital visit from a cheeky miss to cheer mummy up x.

Isla's latest cooking obsession, puff pastry, parmesan and olive snakes. Yum, yum. Max also thought so when he stole nearly a whole plate full off the outdoor table while our backs were turned. Also, annoying oven tower in background, now you see it...

...now you don't. Some very find handiwork by Francis, replacing a revolting red tiled bench top with gorgeous macrocarpa (foreground) and removing the annoying oven tower in the kitchen that i have always hated - yay!

We seem to have been extremely lax on the photo-front - fun times also included Aladdin show with Aunty Kim, movies with Nana Linda, horseriding with Grandad Rick on Shiloh (who is apparently going to grow up into a Clydesdale - never mind that she is probably pushing 20 already).

So, a return to normality this week, and starting to turn my mind to some party planning for a wee girl turning four in a few weeks time, and a long anticipated (since last years was cancelled) trip to the snow!