The Emu Tree

The recent unexpected storm left our tree-covered property with surprisingly little damage. Sadly though, a 300-400 year old Rimu tree didn't fare so well at the grandparents house.

The kidlets visited to see this sad but awesome sight. On their return Isla was full of stories about the Emu tree that fell down at Nana and Grandads. Lachy was there too, however no shutter speed seems fast enough these days to capture any decent photos.

These two...

We spent Queen's birthday weekend plus and extra two days at Whitianga with Nana and Grandad and Aunty Kim. The weather turned out to be better than we could have hoped for and as per usual the littles had a ball.

I didn't take the camera, so only have a few phone shots. So here's the weekend in a nutshell.
- scooting and lots and lots of it
- SWIMMING, yes, SWIMMING in June. Every day. When do we start to be wimpy adults and feel the cold so badly?
- beachcombing
- horse riding (So proud of Isla who took a tumble over Shiloh's head when the greedy pony stopped dead from a canter to eat grass, she was literally and figuratively straight back in the saddle)
- drawing and lots of it
- sandpit, treehouse, playground play
and finally topped off with a little more scooting.

Poor Francis was left at home to half renovate the kitchen to install the new oven that i may or may not have consulted him on before buying. It may have caused a few headaches initially, but i love, love, love my new oven!

That one...

Ever the parrot, his sister's shadow - the other night over dinner:

Isla commenting on something (already sounding like a teenager, complete with eye roll) "Oh my god"
Lachlan, quick as a flash, utterly serious "Oh my dog".

This one...

While driving to a party today:
Isla "Mum, Billie said 'Let's save the world' but i didn't because i was too tired".

Guess the world can wait.