Small bits of Life!

Here's a few snippets of different things we've been up to lately...

Last Friday Rob was off work sick so we headed off to Kelly Tartlons to use our free pass. We loved the penguins I never realised they were such show-offs! Emma especially was very entertained and now has a newly found interest in fish. When we were at Jansens' (again) the other day she was saying 'that one, that one, that one!' to the many colourful fishes for sale!

We were excitied to see signs of Spring in Cornwall Park as the daffodils are coming out. I love walking along Twin Oak Drive when it's lined with the gorgeous daffs. I love Spring flowers (hint, hint Rob!! - in fact don't worry I'll be buying them myself!!) We even saw heaps of baby cows - now we're just waiting for the lambs.

This morning we had a Ticehurst adventure - after buying a bike seat for Emma on trade-me we headed out to a very flat area to try it out. Rob had to spend a bit of time yesterday servicing our bikes (I haven't been on mine since 2003!) But we had great fun and Emma loved zooming along even if she was somewhat close to Daddy's bottom! Poor Dudley seemed to suffer the most having to run to keep up! No photos of this sorry - co-ordination not good enough to be able to ride and take a photo!

Emma & Dudley

Well not much gets Emma down... Despite being sick again this time with tonsillitis she is still happy playing. Here she is happily deciding Dudley looks a bit chilly so dressing him in a scarf found in my wardrobe. She also is very observant noticing that Dudley hadn't had his fur brushed today so she gave that a go too - using Daddy's hair brush!! Life lesson from Emma for the week - find amusement in the little things despite how you may be feeling!

Child Abuse - A National Problem

Yesterday at 12.12pm everyone in New Zealand was encouraged to stop what they were doing and to stand out on the street for three minutes. This was to symbolize that we as a nation are not going to tolerate child abuse and if we see something dodge we will do something about it. The statistics of child abuse which has ended in death in New Zealand is shocking. The recent three year old that was killed in Rotorua shocked me to the core. So I did stand out on my little street yesterday (although I did get a little distracted picking up old raisin packets from the car!) But today watching this youtube video it made me just want to scream again....