Hello everyone
It must have been nice that the last entry was written in German, I am sorry I can not do this too.
We have reached the end of the school holidays, yay! School tomorrow, it will be good to get back into a routine.
We stayed at home for all of the holidays and had bad weather for the first week so the boys played a lot on the computer and watched a few DVD's. They like to have time when we don't do anything, just laze about home. On Friday afternoon they went to stay with my dad and step-mother for the weekend, and didn't get home until Monday morning. I felt very lost without them! They went swimming each day and helped nana in the garden with some planting. And got to eat dessert every night.
Then the weather fined up for the second week. So we were able to get out and enjoy it. More swimming, even in the outdoor pool where we were the only ones out there. I decided to be brave and jump off the diving boards, which I have never done. The 1 metre one was ok so I jumped off the 3 metre board. This was very scary, I can't believe Dominic did it when he was 4 and Jacob when he was 7.
Dominic was allowed to choose the movie this week so we went to see Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. They used to be around when I was a kid and they have made a come back, Jacob and I actually enjoyed the movie in the end, we weren't expecting to.
We went for a couple of walks. One along the walkway to the beach and another up Paritutu which is the steep rock in the background of the beach photos.
It must have been nice that the last entry was written in German, I am sorry I can not do this too.
We have reached the end of the school holidays, yay! School tomorrow, it will be good to get back into a routine.
We stayed at home for all of the holidays and had bad weather for the first week so the boys played a lot on the computer and watched a few DVD's. They like to have time when we don't do anything, just laze about home. On Friday afternoon they went to stay with my dad and step-mother for the weekend, and didn't get home until Monday morning. I felt very lost without them! They went swimming each day and helped nana in the garden with some planting. And got to eat dessert every night.
Then the weather fined up for the second week. So we were able to get out and enjoy it. More swimming, even in the outdoor pool where we were the only ones out there. I decided to be brave and jump off the diving boards, which I have never done. The 1 metre one was ok so I jumped off the 3 metre board. This was very scary, I can't believe Dominic did it when he was 4 and Jacob when he was 7.
Dominic was allowed to choose the movie this week so we went to see Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. They used to be around when I was a kid and they have made a come back, Jacob and I actually enjoyed the movie in the end, we weren't expecting to.
We went for a couple of walks. One along the walkway to the beach and another up Paritutu which is the steep rock in the background of the beach photos.
This is the Port of Taranaki. The hill in the background of Dominic by the water is Paritutu, this is what we climb.
At the beach, jumping high. Jacob is above, Dominic is below.
Dominic didn't want his photo taken.
The boys at the bottom of Paritutu. Part way up, there is a rope to help you as you climb, it is very steep.
The view to the West out to Australia! The view to the East and the town below.
These are Dominic's photo's, he really does enjoy taking them.
In a couple of weeks Jacob is off with Bernd duck shooting in the South Island. He is very excited to be going away with dad for a week. There is a group of men, that Bernd has been doing this with for many years now. I'm sure it will be a great time for all of them. I'll make sure they take the camera and Bernd can write that week.
Well that is all from us this week, I hope you are all well, we will write again soon.






















