Monday, February 09, 2009

Waitangi Day..... In Australia



Maddisyn Getting out of the ball.



Ethan trying to keep up wtih the rolling ball.



Liam runnung at top speed



Destiny too. They all loved this ball thingy. But at $10 a pop they had better have enjoyed it!!



Do I really have to get in mum?



Liam showing enthusiasm for his pony ride.



Jasper too. Smile Boys!



At least Ruby is showing some smiles.



And Ethan loving it too.



On Saturday we all went to Mosman Park to celebrate Waitangi Day. Over here they have a big celebration and festival for us NZers, with NZ music and food and clothing and rides for the kids and just a lot of kiwis around us lol. My family all came and the Doyle clan joined us too. But we chose not to bring our tent thingy so we were all hot for the day and I ended up getting sunstroke. When we left home it was a bit windy and quite overcast. Drive an hour to our destination and the sky is clear and the sun is beating down.Hey I didnt forget the hats and sunscreens tho lol. The kids had an awesome time, for that we were grateful. Unfortunately mine and Andrews fun took a while to kick in. Within half an hour of arriving I lost our wallet. Wont go into the long distracting story but a few hours later it got returned with everything except my money in it. But at the end of the day, I was just grateful to get my medicare cards, my license and our mastercards back. After a long day, I fell asleep in the car on the way home and was comatose for the rest of the night and ended up being really sunburnt. And the crazy thing is, the kids were like little eveready batteries and kept going and going till late in the night.

3 comments:

The Doylies said...

Good day aye?even if everything was crazily expensive,we all got abit burned too!i put sunblock on kiddies too!Love the photos.
So glad your wallet was returned!Bloody theiving kiwis!!?

Anonymous said...

LOL - funny Lee's comment on the theiving kiwis - tis hard times =) Still totally sux about loosing ur wallet, bit of a rough start. Ouchies on the heat stroke glad your okay though. The kids look like they had a blast, love the photo of Ethan on the pony (sweet)! Zorbing huh - well it's cheaper over there than in rotovegas! They charge ya 50 bucks to roll down a stupid hill - HA, i don't think so. Well Logan is starting to wake and I'd like to brush me teeth. Love ya, xx

Anonymous said...

quiet huh