[caption id="attachment_220" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="practising for her big day ;-)"]
[/caption]Here are some highlights (haha) for all you mums out there......
It was a typical family holiday.... it rained with the remnants of cyclone Wilma the first weekend. The wedding day it just poured, so it was quickly changed from a beach wedding to indoors. There was flooding and slips and major roadworks along the road on our way to Hamilton then New Plmouth. Lily vomited all over herself, her blankey and her carseat. It was a beautiful day the next day, and she was sick... ALL DAY. She was better the following day - it RAINED all day. We left for home on Friday, got stuck in rush hour traffic which took 2 hours to get from South Auckland to Albany. We left for Whangarei, another cyclone was making its presence well known, so we turned back. We turned back again on Saturday morning, when thousands of others were trying to make the same trip north and the main part of State Highway 1 north was closed. We finally got home at 9pm that night after a long detoured drive north.
Thankfully, our animals were all alive and well fed. Our house was intact and tidy (thanks to my epic cleaning spree the day before we left) and our car made the trip!
We really did have a good time. A sense of humour on holiday meant that we found most of the above chaotic things funny. Here are some real highlights....
I got to play/dance/read-to and hang out with this princess....
[caption id="attachment_221" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="my beautiful niece"]
[/caption]I met for the first time, and got cuddles and loads of grins from this handsome little man...
[caption id="attachment_223" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="gorgeous nephew!"]
[/caption]watching cousins play...
[caption id="attachment_222" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="People actually thought they were both mine.... and that I was crazy! (they're 8 months apart)"]
[/caption]we killed some time on Saturday at Auckland Zoo...
[caption id="attachment_224" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="the zoo! oh, the Harris' - at the zoo"]
[/caption]We got a visual treat at New Plymouth's festival of lights...
[caption id="attachment_225" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="waterfall - it changed colours...."]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_226" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="ultra-violet lights and 3D balls!"]
[/caption]That's all for now... stay tuned for highlights of the zoo and the lights over the next couple of days - got some awesome pics!
Hope you're all good out there!
Oh man! Here I was imagining you guys having a fabulous relaxing time!! Great to have a sense of humour - we often point out places while driving and remember the time when one of the kids vomited in the car here or had to take an emergency toilet stop there! hehe.
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