Life with the Redwoods

What a Waitangi Weekend

Like kids waiting for Xmas morning to arrive we loaded up the Hilux to the roof with all those important (family) essentials.....
Nappy bucket, high chair, spare nappies, clean baby clothes, porta cot, this weeks' fav. toys, baby buggy/trailer etc etc.
Oh the heady days less than two years ago when it was just a loaded Visa card and a few bottles of wine.
After Steve had whipped up a delicious Pizza Hut meal we were off down the Southern Motorway onwards to Lake Rotoiti - a Lockwood mansion greeted us with a huge lawn from the equally huge deck right to the water.
Saturday was low key - the boys watched Terminator 3 on dvd, we all had scones for lunch, Steve and Helen had a snooze and we took munchie for a spin in the trailer to the local playground.
Homemade Pizza for tea with Terminator 3 again then Clockwork Orange for a chaser.....
Sunday dawned with a cooked breakfast then off to the forest for an easy spin with Emily in the trailer on the gravel roads + her first extreme off road experience down Mad If You Want Too.....slow and easy with Mum tucked in behind.....
Back to the house for a clean up then off to Lisa's mum's place in KatiKati to catch up with Lisa and Warren.
Next day dawned with the girls going shopping and the boys back to Rotorua with the bikes for a couple of hours riding in the forest.
Special mention goes out to Warren's "privates." Keighley's seat apoligises and we wish you a speedy recovery.
Less haste and more speed next time geezer.
Monday we went to Waihi beach for a boogie board on the way home - professional wave observers were noted in saying the waves were choppy or messy or something like that.
We just had a ball.
No pictures this time - the camera has definitely spat the dummy.

posted by Redwoods @ 11:28 AM