Friday 31 July 2015

The Great Migration

Last week my cousin moved over here to Melbourne. It is going to be so fantastic having her here. She has two boys similar ages to our kids. So it has been a busy and chaotic 2 weeks while she has been staying with us trying to find a house and sort through all the paper work for bank accounts/medicare/government payments etc. Not to mention the craziness of a small house with 5 little kids. I am sure you can imagine. Thankfully for all of us she found a house and moved in yesterday. I am totally jealous of her house it is beautiful!!!!!!!!! oh well only a few more months before my beautiful house will be ready.
We did a trip to the swimming pools, library, and indoor playground. I took all the kids to the playground by myself on the bus....I am not sure that I was thinking to clearly that day but it all went off without a problem and they were very well behaved. I think we must have stayed there for over 4 hours.
I have been forcing myself to drive here in Melbourne. It is VERY VERY different to driving in Palmy or most of NZ really. I have had to take Aarahi to work several times this week and an early morning trip to the airport. Lets just say I do not like driving at night and even more so I do not like getting lost in the country at night having to drive at 100ks oh and then missing the freeway exit....oh and add it pouring rain and gail force winds. Yep it was fun fun fun!
The city council runs free classes for kids after school which Auron is going to start going to next week. He is particularly excited about the Lego class which teaches kids about engineering using Lego. He loves going to the library to use the big Lego set they have. The librarian asked him if he would like to sign up for the class even though he is supposed to be 5. He is close enough anyway.
I have almost bought all of Aurons curriculum for next year except a couple of things that I need to ship from the US. I keep putting it off due to the ridiculous shipping cost. Hopefully I can find some way to do it cheaper but more than likely i'll just have to suck it up and hand over the money. I think this place is just incredibly expensive because I have never had to pay so much for shipping. Usually its around $30...not $80 haha its almost more in shipping than the product actually costs! So if anyone has any great ideas for me I'ld love to hear them.











Sunday 12 July 2015

We made it home

  After a LONG 5 weeks in New Zealand the kids and I are finally back in Melbourne. Can I just say I am SO happy to be home! Happy to be in my own house, doing my normal things, cooking dinner for my Mr Wonderful and getting my normal back.

On our last week in NZ the house cam down with a bug. It started on  Monday with my little brother coming home sick from school with gastro, the next day my little sister then during dinner the next night my other brother threw up all over the dining room floor. It was at this time I forbid anyone who was remotely sick from coming within 5m of my kids! I also got some Detol spray and sanitised the entire house. Mum got sick Friday, me on Saturday and Lili and Ammon started on Sunday night. Lili was still having issues right up to 20 mins before we boarded the plane Monday night.

Now for the flight home...yes we looked quite a sight I am sure. People thinking who is that crazy lady taking 3 little kids on the plane by herself. The experience wasn't bad at all really, but not something I want to have to repeat again. I don't think I will know myself when I fly without the kids.....ill have a sleep, watch movies, eat hot food nice and slow, with two hands even. Oh and when I use the bathroom there will only be me in there not 3 other little people! Yes that sounds like heaven.

We took a few days to recover a little by just staying in our pj's and watching movies all day.  The kids always struggle with the time difference when we return. They are usually fine going places but coming back is when it hits them. Auron is still recovering and slept until 1130am today. On Thursday we got back into school work and started reading our new book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory which the kids are really enjoying.

Yesterday we went for a drive out to where our house is being built. It was exciting to see all the progress on the estate. 4 months ago there were no houses built now there are close to 80 or so finished or almost finished. They have also done all the landscaping so its really all coming together.

Please excuse the huge photo dump,

Daddy happy to have his very tired baby girl back

Ammon loves his crazy cousins. 

Train ride, we took up almost the entire train

Crashed out with Uncle Kev


Uncle Teina and his little buddy

Hanging under the couch during the clean out and Grand-nana's

Trying out the ice slide

Lili even went down by herself

Family Photo

Lili-meis special treat to see Minions 


Ice Chocolate Date with Mummy


Swimming with her "Peppa Pig swimming costume hat"

Another horrible day in Levin when we went to put some decorations on Grand Nana's Grave

Out for dinner with some of my Favourite cousins

Saying goodbye to Grand Graeme. This was probably the hardest good bye of all. I had a little melt down in the bathroom when he rang to say he was coming to say good bye.  
Half way to Hamilton

Ready for Aunty Arpeges wedding

She's a married lady now

Early morning in Tauranga

Ammon's first icecream at Pokeno