Gran and Pop are Heerrrrreeeeeeee!!! Some pics from Pops camera...

End of the day at Opito Bay

Samuel showing off his 'farting chair' to Pop who wishes he had one just like it!

and some from Meeks....Gran reading The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe...

Meeks new House-Elf....

Jims new DIY-Elf....

A lovely blustery day the kite was flying beautifully today!! we actually tied it to the fence and just let it fly while we ate lunch!

Needless to say the kids are really, really, really enjoying having devoted Grandparents on hand!!!

The weekend that was....

Nice weather for ducks....yep rain again. We have two sometimes four ducks come often for feeding...and it is eagerly supplied by three welcoming little boys. 'One leg' is the favourite (yep she is uni-duck!) and care is taken that she gets plenty too....best fed ducks in the neighbourhood I reckon, and they know it! I have no idea where they belong, they just arrive through the fence, marching up to the deck and as from today I notice ON it! and look all cute waiting for some bread!

Also spotted out on the deck in the rain, this strange fellow whipping up a bacon and egg buttie brunch on the barbie! I can't decide whether that means he is showing she'll be right Kiwi behaviour by steadfastly barbequeing in all weather or English behaviour in that it is quite normal to have to barbeque in the rain LOL!

Little P, coping admirably with a horrible bug this weekend, fever and vomiting and sore throat, he slept loads, best thing really and by the end of the day Sunday seemed to be feeling a lot better and managed to eat something and keep it down...now to the tummy bug god up above, please go away and don't let anybody else get it thanks!

A spot of kite flying in between rain showers...

and Bert....whenever he hears a police or ambulance siren he launches into this funny little howling song...very funny...

Chocolate milk kisses...

Jim came home from the shop with these! They are delicious, well peaches are as a rule....but really they could have come up with a better name!!!

The bathroom is nearing completion!! woohoo!! Its clean and crisp and white and the terracotta tiles are setting as I write....it is no longer the 'scarey bathroom' as the kids dubbed it on moving here...spiderwebs and mouldy and stinky...bleugghh! Jim the super DIY dude that he is has outdone himself this time!

Baking this weekend was blueberry muffins ala Alison Holst...very tasty too...

And apples taste so much better when you can peel, core and slice them yourself on this little device...

Last but not least it was a weekend of new dares and challenges going up scrapping wise...

My turn to choose the NZ dare this time...you must have at least 200 words of journalling and the words 'Don't you love it' must be used somewhere, somehow on your layout...easy....Don't you love it when the words just flow! Heres mine...

The new Kiwi Jack Me Up also went up this weekend....and Mich chose to Jack the lovely Lesley Cooper....here is what I came up with using Lesleys wonderful layout as inspiration..

I was also up for creating the sketch challenge at Scrapbook Studio this month, anyone is welcome to join in and be in to win a voucher to spend on goodies in the shoppe....check out the sketch here this was the layout I made with it...I would love to see what you come up with!

and last, last lastly.....Have a great week MUM and DAD moving into their new digs in Cambridge this week!!

and to Gran and Pop....I am stockpiling tea bags for your arrival heh, heh...the countdown begins!!

Have an awesome week everybody!