24 August 2008

Hi everyone. Well another week down. We had a busy week so it made it go pretty quick. Jonathan turned 8 on Thursday. He has been such a good boy that I haven't even threatened him with bodily harm. He had a good day. We bought him some lovely new LEGO. I love LEGO because it is fun to do but I hate LEGO because I find it everywhere!!!!!

We had Jonny's party on Saturday. He had a movie party. The kids saw Kung Fu Panda.. They had a good time but little boys are very noisy. Two of them in particular. They were just animals. Well Jonny was really happy about it. I will put some pictures up of the kids and one of Jonny and his girlfriend Kate. She is a lovely little one. Very wild. She can give as good as good as she gets.

So I have a new addiction. I have become addicted to Trade Me which is the NZ ebay. I love it. I sell things and buy things. I bought 17 Goosebumps books for 20$. It is great fun. I love the bargain but I get cranky when someone outbids me.

My mum is coming for the next four weeks so I have been scrubbing the house today. I do hate cleaning on the weekend but it had to be done. I have to much to do tomorrow.

Well hope you are all well.

Love,

Me

18 August 2008

Well here we are again and amazingly enough it is raining again. I can't believe how bad the weather is here. I hate the cold and wet. It just makes the days so long because we can't go outside and play. We have a huge yard and the boys are stuck inside almost everyday. They are all sick now anyway. They like being inside on these days. We have been watching a bit of the Olympics. They cover great things like the table tennis. It is great fun. We did get to see the swimming and rowing too.

Well we have been here 7 months now and we finally have some where to sit. I have become a bit obsessed with the NZ version of ebay. I got a lovely lounge suite for only 200$. It would have been a few thousand new and it is still in great condition. David said it was a great bargain. He is happy. We have made the downstairs into a great toy room for them. They just don't go down there because it is so cold.

My mom is coming in just a week. I am so excited. David has started his new job with Panasonic and he is not around very much anymore. I have no one to talk to and life gets very lonely. I did see Mamma Mia again last week. I have a bit of an obsession with that movie. I love happy movies. Ok so I really need to get a life. At least with mom here I can do things during the day.

We had a lovely day out last weekend. We went to a river and did some walking through the forest. It was actually very nice. The weather was cold but it was sunny that day so it made it very nice. The boys loved the suspension bridges. There were two to cross. It was an old mine and you can go down in the tunnels but we forgot our flashlights that day so we didn't go in them. Something for next time. It was very beautiful.

I will have to add photos next time because it won't let me right now. So I will love you and leave you and look fowrad to posting again soon.
Helene
xoxox

10 August 2008

Why?

That is the question of the day. Actually that is the question everyday, all day. We hear it in the morning noon and night. Why do we have to eat? Why do we have to get dressed? Why do we have to go back to bed at 4 am?

Thomas is the most independent child we have. "I do." That is what we hear. That and Why? It makes me a little crazy but it is funny in a way because you just want him to do something and he looks at you with a straight face and just says "Why?". Amazing how you can't get cranky because you are running late but start laughing because really what else can you do.

If Thomas wants to get out of something he says " I am going to read." He really loves Spot books. He can't really read but he knows what the pages say because we have read them so many times. He remembers everything. I don't discourage the reading ever. He loves books right now so we are always reading to him.

3 August 2008

Well we are now a few days into August a seriously where has the year gone. On Friday was a new experience for us. Jonny had a play date with a girl. This is the same girl that he gave flowers to at the last school dance. It was very nice. She is a self proclaimed chatter box. I don't have that experince with girls but the 2 hours she was over was a whrilwind. She is very active. Lucky for us the rain stopped for a few hours so they could be outside. It is still raining everyday. I really hate the rain.

The boys and I went to see Momma Mia! What a great movie. I loved it. The boys loved it too. Harrison had a bit of a tear when he thought the mother was going to give her daughter away. I always threaten him with giving him away so he thought she was going to get rid of her daughter. I loved all the music. Pierce Brosnan is a really bad singer. I laughed and sang. It was so good. Can't wait for the DVD.

We are having a bit of a daffodil explosion in our yard. There are about 1000 little daffodiles coming up. Spring will be so beautiful up on the hill. I will wait a few more weeks and then start taking photos. The neighbor out the back has rows and rows of them growing in his yard. I don't know why but they are really in rows. I have never seen them grow in rows but it is really beautiful.

Well everything else is quite so I will leave you now. Hope everyone is well.
Love,
Helene