Hanmer Springs

A visitor from South Africa

This is mum's brother Riaan and he is here for a visit from South Africa. Unfortunately he won't be watching any rugby here in Christchurch but we will make sure he enjoys everything else Christchurch has to offer.

I can write my name.

Our little monkey can write her name. She loves Letterland and is forever singing "Annie apple she says a, she says a...." We have ordered her some Letterland products from Fishpond and she can't wait to get in the mail. Mummy is so impressed with her writing skills!

Mum's birthday lunch

Today we celebrated mum's birthday at the Garden Hotel Restaurant. It was so much fun! It was a buffet lunch and we got to eat as much as we liked. Michelle's friend, Lilly also joined us. We ate and ate until there was no more space in our tummies for anything!!! The food was really good. Mum said she had an awesome birthday week.

Snowy Christchurch

What a fantastic 48 hours it has been here in Christchurch. We woke up in the middle of the night (1:16am to be precise) to find the lawn and cars covered in snow. I didn't think it would last till the next morning, but it did and the snow just kept on falling. It truly felt like a Winter Wonderland. The children played in the snow for most of the day, only returning for a warm change of clothes and a yummy bowl of pumpkin soup and date cake to keep their tummies happy! We had several Keren inspired snow fights, ate snow ice-cream made of condensed milk and hot chocolate and numerous attempts at building a snowman....Keren kept on kicking the poor snowman into little pieces. Dad couldn't get to work so we made the most of our day off. There is still plenty of snow around. The roads are very slippery and we try not to go anywhere unless it is necessary.
The girls finally managed to make a snowman today. He's a cutie!