Bella's Excellent Plane

Here's Bella with the great duplo plane she made depicting Daddy (at the front) and Mummy(at the back) on their way back from London to live in NZ.

Keeley's 5th Birthday

On Saturday Bella went to Keeley's 5th Birthday Party. Keeley's Mum and Dad had hired a miniature horse. The girls had lots of fun riding and leading Candy the pony. We took the twins (Abbey and Violet) to the party. Violet really liked playing with Lucia. Bella got a lovely goodie bag with a ring chocolate bar and nail polish. She also got a new fairy wand which she gave to Lucia.

Lilah's Birthday!

Lilah turned 4 yesterday and boy did she have an awesome birthday!!!

In the morning Bella and Lilah went to Disney on Ice. They both loved it and got souvenir Tinkerbell cups to take home.

In the afternoon we all went over to Lilah's house for party games and cake! We had lots fun of dancing and running around. Bella won a pen and notebook and Zach got some stickers and a stamp. They were both thought they were the bees knees.

Lilah had a cool fairy cake which she helped her Mum decorate!

We discovered that Lucia and Dave have the same hair cut! Zach couldn't believe they had china biscuits. We nearly had some major dental repairs on our hands.

Abbey's Birthday

Abbey turned 5 in the middle of July but Bella missed her party as she was sick! Boo!

The following weekend Abbey came over for a play and Bella gave her the present we'd bought and the beautiful card she'd made. Apparently, the queen is off to have a picnic in the park with her friends. The clubs are the trees and they're going to eat the flower shaped cupcakes. The diamonds and hearts are just for decoration. Bella's writing is getting so neat and tidy! She such a good reader these days too. She sounds out everything!

Our Crazy Cat!

Here Tippy is enjoying the swimming pool in the middle of winter!!! Matt had filled it up to fix his puncture but Tippy couldn't resist having a dip! She just loves water! We had to get rid of our inflatable pool as she was always climbing in it and creating holes with her claws.

The Cutest Baby Ever!!!

I just love this picture of Lucia in her pram. She's so glad we're finally leaving the house after we've all been stuck at home sick. She has the most amazing smile and gorgeous blue eyes!!!

Crazy Cousins

On Monday Vinnie came to play! Bella loved being able to see Vinnie in the school holidays. She's usually at the beach so it was so exciting to have her over to play. The girls get on so well. They just entertain themselves and all I have to do is make the snacks! When we took Vinnie home, we had a hard time trying to get back into the car. The girls were off playing again with Vinnie's toys.

Our trip to New Playmouth

In the weekend, Matt and I took Lucia down to New Plymouth to meet my godmother "Gwen" who she is named after. Gwen thought she was a lovely baby and was very excited to see her. We got some nice pictures of them together.

We stayed with Aunty Jo and Uncle Murray in their very large house! They were very hospitable even making us a yummy roast dinner.

We walked the Coastal Path and did lots of shopping for the house. Bella and Zach enjoyed a lovely weekend being spoilt by Nanny and Grandad.