Cow watching from a safe place

Dave has put a platform up on top of the frame that Mum and Dad brought Ara. This is a good safe place for Griffin to watch many things....just not a place to get away from Ara.

We had the cows come in the paddock which was great to keep both of them happy watching out the window for a few minutes.

My birthday dinner

Thank you Nana for a great dinner

Up date...snow in waipu

Art form got a contaner load of snow dumped on their front deck...I think this is the third year and its great. Dave took Ara down before work started (Snow arrives at 6am).

I asked Ara how she enjoyed it. Dave said that she tired to pick it up and started to cry as it was so cold.

Singing in the Rain

Ara does not normaly like the rain...but today after being told to go away she ran and stomped through the puddles for about 15-20mins. The rain is quite heavy and she was totaly soaked by the time she wanted to come in.

Museum Trip for Toddlers

The Playcentre trip to the Museum...

Who every thought that taking some Toddlers to the local museum would go down well. I'd have to say that Waipu Museum did it to a T.

While the younger ones like Ara needed to be held a few time (...some bits were a bit scary as the exibits are really well done...and it probaly smells a bit different as well...) they really did enjoy themselves.

The highlight for Ara was getting to sit up on the "ship bunk" and listen to the "sailor" talk in his scary voice (a few parents reconded there would be a few nightmares tonight).

The other main attaction for some of the children including Ara was the bag pipes playing on the small interactive TV that they have there...it was played again and again. And now Ara can say "Bag Pipes" in her own language (you have to be a Mother to understand) talk about living the local way.

Our trip was cut short by Ara and another little lad crashing down to the floor and Ara hitting her head and bumping her eye on the lads head (she was trying to hug him). So now we've got a little black eye but other wise fine...we left and headed home to Dada.

I would totaly recomend a Trip to the Museum for it is very well done for a small town with a big history....and thank you very much Waipu Museum for taking us through.

The Haircut

I know I cut it very short in the front but I thought I was only going to have one go so I might as well make it last a while...It doesn't look too bad once its been washed.

An up data on Ara

For about a week Ara didn't want to sleep in her room and tried out every other bed in the house...and now we are back to her room again....sleeps are getting shorter.

We try to get out everyday for a walk...we've been lucky so far with the weather very little rain and not very cold. Ara still has problems wearing shoes or boots though. I think we'll have to get Dad on the spray pack to get rid of the prickles when he gets home.

Dave is helping Ara pick a little leaf off the tree...something that we have to do every time we go past this patch on the property...I suppose through time we'll keep it nicely trimmed back.