Role models & déjà vu...

An intriguing discussion took place in the back seat this morning. It started off on role models, and who was who's, then took a abrupt turn and was all about déjà vu, before moving on to nightmares versus bad dreams. It certainly made enlightening listening! How was your weekend? In between lots of pottering about we managed to bake cookies, go for a long walk in the gardens, and have our fortunes told again (and again!?!) on Turtle's new and improved fortune telling wheel (see below).

Fortune telling & an iceberg...

We have an iceberg in our harbour. It was placed (sneakily at midnight one night) by a group wanting to raise awareness of environmental issues. It's rather cool (no pun intended), and today people were swimming out and climbing on it. Mu was quite taken by this idea :) Yesterday, Turtle came home with a 'fortune teller'. You choose a number and viola he'll tell you your fortune. My fortune? Apparently I'll fall off a cliff!?! I tried again and was told "you'll be forced to work in a Chinese factory"!?! Hmmm...

Goodness...

What a start to the day. As a rule, if you need to be somewhere say by 9am and it takes 15 minutes to drive there, well it goes without saying that leaving home at 9am means you're going to be late. I'm ashamed to admit that today the 'somewhere' was school and yes we were very late! And the whole fashionably late concept just doesn't quite fit does it?

The lovely Lucy...

An email arrived last month from the lovely Lucy. A small, blonde (and superbly stylish) ray of calm in our lives, Lucy helped care for Turtle & Mu for almost two years. Without her the wheels would have fallen off many a time, and we will be forever grateful for having her with us through some fairly distressing times. Now based in Melbourne, she has just come back from southeast Asia where she spent time in Cambodia and Thailand, and travelled most of Vietnam on a motor bike. Some of her pics are below.

Can we go back?

We've just had the most relaxing weekend away. We really didn't want to leave - in fact it's a bit hard being home...

A weekend away...

Hooray we are in the Bay! Hawkes Bay to be exact, Waimarama Beach to be even more precise. It was a long, but fun (and scenic drive up). At one point R asked the boys a question and Mu said "sorry Daddy that service isn't available" !?!? We stopped in Havelock North for a speedy and super yummy meal at Pipi's Cafe. Then on to the amazing beach house, where we toasted marshmallows over the fire and watched the moon rise over the sea. R (as usual) was photographing left, right and centre. Finally in exasperation Turtle told him he would "con-fisk-ca-cate" the camera if he didn't stop. Tomorrow it's off to the farmer's market, and then a general pottering-about-relaxing day.

Some amazing talents...

Turtle announced at dinner last night that he had "some amazing talents". When asked what these were he said "like y'know I know heaps about computers, and art..." So cute and so inspiring. At all of his 9 and a half years he's dreaming of one day working for Apple Computers, and no doubt he will. If there is one thing I want to teach my children it's that anything is possible. As my Granny said to me once (when I was dreaming of being an olympic gymnast) "there's no such word as can't". This clip via Smarty pretty much sums things up.

The Flight of the Green Eraser....

Phew! What a few days - Monday started with a bang. Turtle and Mu had to be at school bright and early (!?!) as they had a morning 'news broadcasting' at Capital E. I've started sorting through my study cupboards, and in the process taking a trip down memory lane going through all the boys old drawings. I just couldn't bear to get rid of any they are all so cool. We have more people viewing the house tomorrow, the boys have their Spanish homework to do, and we are still desperately trying to find somewhere to live in Portland. The days are disappearing - fast! Although, we are managing to sneak away to the Bay this coming weekend for some much needed RnR - hooray.