Spring Visitors

We have been having a lovely time with Mutti and Bunce.  Bunce has been predominantly horizontal but that is not stopping Sebby from having a great time with him.  Stories and lego galore!  Here they are listening to a reading of The Hobbit together.

And here's Seb having an awesome play with Mutti and his new Squaddie Headquarters that she treated him to.

Bunce is fast asleep on the sofa but I'll spare his dignity and won't post the picture of that :)

I have no such regard for my son's dignity.  Here he is pulling a mad face and being Naked Clark Kent.

(I wonder how many people Google might send my way for having that phrase in the blog?  Sorry, hopeful nerdy pervs.  There is strategically placed blinding light.  Also he is three.)

Spring has brought the wisteria to play.  It's soooo lovely.  Liam has great plans to prune the pants off it, but this summer it has a reprieve, so I'm enjoying it to the max.

I also enjoyed this to the max: going to the Stoneridge cafe maze with Mutti and Seb, getting totally lost, and eventually cheating our way into the middle via a small hole in the hedge.  It was a serious crackup.

And we've still got a whole 'nother week of your company - lucky us :)

Give it some Welly

Just back from a superawesomefabulous trip to Wellington with the girls - Molls, Mutti, Fuf, Pearl and Lucy.  SO MUCH FUN.  WoW was WOW and Welly was windy, there was much shopping and giggling and wine and all round love.

I have no decent pictures of it.  This is as close as it gets:

How can I have come away without a single picture of my beautiful sister and niece?  I am remiss.  And re: missing, I do miss them, already.  Lots.

Tell you who else I missed, my boys.  Disastrously, for the second time this year I went away and while I was gone one of my children ended up in the Emergency Department.  Zut alors.  Poor Sebby, and poor Liam too: croup, laboured breathing, fever, steroids.  Ugh.  So hard to be away from one of my angels when they are not right.

But we are home now, and he is on the improve, though he charmingly fell asleep while being sung a lullaby this evening.  So dear.

A parting pic: the ferry trip home.  Perfect weather, perfect sea, perfect possie right in front of the bow windows in the sunshine.  Gorgeous.  Love you, Mainland.