Inside the new home - sneek peek!

Here is just few shots of the main living area as you can see we need some more

furniture but we are getting there. Its a huge area all on one level and you can walk

out unto three balcony areas. There is a reserve right next to us which means we

are not surrounded by houses. We have 4 bedrooms and a guest room if anyone

fancies coming over for a long weekend!!

Library Visit and MacDonalds

Had little time out today as still building furniture, everything comes as a flatpack!

Boys were desperate to try out the play area at MacDonalds so had to force ourselves.

We then went to sign with the library (there are six we can go to now) and it had a lovely park

next to it. As you can see the boys are loving it here.

Home - outside

We have a home! Not allowed to show the inside yet as its full of boxes etc but

will hopefully have shots on soon. We are really pleased with it as it has

a guest room and a nice size garden all the way around the house. The boys need

space! They are really enjoying having their own room, guess who is the untidy

one!

New car and new classroom

We finally have a car - Toyota Estima 8 seater. Very nice. Has to be a Japanese

import as its cheaper and easy to fix when it goes wrong. Had the windows tinted

as it was like oven inside plus it looks cooler.

My new class has absolutely nothing in it, should be interesting.

As you can see the views from my room and the staff room are awesome. The staff

sometimes have parties in and around the staffroom on the balcony. Everyone seems

lovely, John invited us around for BBQ to meet some staff which was great a start.

Swim time

Jo and Dan have a lovely salt water pool. The boys have been in it at least twice a day and

have learnt to swim. Tom Cousteau particularly likes to dive underwater and Alex is now

swimming lengths with excellent technique (mummy very pleased about that!)

The weather has been between 25 to 30 and February is their best month!

The Zoo

We became members of the zoo so we can visit lots of times. And we will, its awesome.

The boys were blown away, particularly feeding a giraffe although I had to stop Ollie

from eating its food!

As you can see the boys get on really well with Georgia (Jo and Dan's daughter) and

as expected she loves Ollie.

There is picture of Jo and Dan who we will be forever in their debt for all their wonderful

support, kindness and patience. Thank you.

Nearby beaches

Jo and Dan live 2 mins away from Murrays Bay and you can walk to Mariangi Bay

which is very close to my school. As you can see, its beautiful. Behind Alex you

can see the Volcano Rangitoto, its still active!! Have not told Fran yet.

Finally in NZ!

We are finally in New Zealand. Yippee!

We are extremely fortunate that Jo and Dan have allowed us to stay with them and borrow

their car and most importantly their SatNav!

In NZ you are allowed to use the apparatus in schools which as you can see the boys

are very pleased about. The school is 2 mins from their house.

Pixar Parade

In the California park there was a Pixar parade. As you can imagine, every character

looked 'real'. It was so fantastic that after it finished, Tom stood by the tree surrounded

by bubbles for 10 mins in disbelief. He just stared into the darkness. The shuttle

back to the hotel was noisy, they couldn't stop talking about it.

Stinkerbell

Tom was too small for a few a rides so he got to meet most of the characters.

We had to wait 30 mins to meet, we thought it was a ride, Tinkerbell. Alex

renamed her Stinkerbell due to the disappointment of no actual ride!

California

Outside the California park was the name in huge letters and we thought

it would be cool to have a photo with a letter - Ollie didn't.

Ollie Heaven!

When Ollie saw Lightning McQueen he was excited but when the guy asked

if he would like to give Lightning a clean Ollie would not stop smiling. In fact he

would not stop cleaning - he cleaned every part of him. I'm hoping he will show

such passion with our new car.